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By Amanda Durish Cook CARMEL, Ind. — MISO is looking to improve its annual resource adequacy survey by expanding the scope of potential projects included in the report, but some stakeholders are still questioning the survey’s credibility. Landstrom | © RTO Insider The survey — a joint undertaking between MISO...

By Amanda Durish Cook The Organization of MISO States was unable to achieve consensus on a response to a five-question survey asking how MISO should revise its cost allocation procedures, Wisconsin Public Service Commission staffer Randel Pilo said Tuesday. OMS Executive Director Tanya Paslawski at the 2016 OMS Annual Meeting...

By Amanda Durish Cook Left to right: Talberg and Bay | © RTO Insider LEXINGTON, Ky. — FERC Chairman Norman Bay headlined the Organization of MISO States’ annual meeting Thursday, where panelists discussed the grid of the future, the growing role of natural gas and the continuing uncertainty over state...

By Amanda Durish Cook DETROIT — MISO and its Independent Market Monitor have reconciled their differences and reached a compromise on a redesign of the capacity auction, CEO John Bear told stakeholders at the RTO’s Annual Meeting last week. Bear made his remarks at Wednesday’s Advisory Committee meeting, which was...

The Organization of MISO States is reviewing and revising its decision document — the rules for approving position statements submitted to MISO and FERC. Last updated in 2009, the document describes the group’s guidelines for creating issue statements, discussing and voting on issues, and filing comments. An ad-hoc working group...

By Amanda Durish Cook MISO last week proposed the adoption of three new future scenarios intended to inform the development of the 2017 Transmission Expansion Plan (MTEP 17). Jenell McKay, a MISO senior analyst, told participants at a March 30 workshop that stakeholders are seeking a “range of modeling futures...

By Amanda Durish Cook The Organization of MISO States board approved its 2016 Strategic Initiative on Thursday, calling for the RTO to focus on issues including resource adequacy, capacity, demand response and cost allocations under the settlement of the SPP transmission dispute. Talberg (Source: Michigan PSC) “There were several different...

MISO no longer faces a capacity shortfall next year, the RTO announced in releasing the results of its newest survey with the Organization of MISO States. MISO said its newest results show a minimum 1.7-GW surplus for 2016 as a result of reduced load forecasts and an increase in resources...

By Chris O’Malley The Organization of MISO States voted last week to convene discussions on ways to improve the RTO’s stakeholder process and address friction between the RTO and some of its members. OMS President Libby Jacobs noted that MISO has several efforts under way already, including a white paper...

By Chris O’Malley CARMEL, Ind. — MISO on Thursday launched the first in a series of stakeholder workshops planned over the next 18 months dedicated to improving resource adequacy as the RTO deals with the retirement of coal-fired generation and the growth of natural gas and renewables. There’s some urgency:...