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Amanda Durish Cook

Amanda Durish Cook

MISO Correspondent

Amanda has worked in newspapers for over a decade, first contributing to community papers in Michigan before working as a reporter and editor for The Florida Times-Union in Jacksonville, Fla. Amanda is an alumna of the University of Michigan and is back in the Midwest where she belongs. She resides in Indianapolis, Ind. with her husband Scott and dog Ichabod. You can find her camping, canoeing, skiing and making her way through the titles in Oprah’s Book Club.

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ARTICLES

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MISO Puts Finishing Touches on $10B Tx Plan, Hunts New Projects

Jun 30, 2022
Amanda Durish Cook

MISO’s $10 billion long-range transmission plan is closer to approval, with the portfolio clearing its first of two board votes on Thursday.


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SACE Says Southeastern US Unprepared to Decarbonize

Jun 30, 2022
Amanda Durish Cook

None of the major utilities in the Southeastern U.S. are on track to decarbonized by midcentury or even by 2070, SACE indicated in a recent report.


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​MISO, SPP Commit to Replacing Affected System Studies

Jun 28, 2022
Amanda Durish Cook

MISO, SPP revealed details of their plan to abandon the maligned affected system study process in favor of regular interregional transmission planning studies.


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FERC Gives MISO More Time on Software Fix

Jun 28, 2022
Amanda Durish Cook

FERC has granted MISO an additional three months on two temporary waivers of its tariff after the grid operator hit delays on software upgrades.


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MARC Annual Meeting Highlights Transmission Needs

Jun 26, 2022
Amanda Durish Cook

The first meeting of the Mid-America Regulatory Conference in two years focused on transmission needs that are necessary for a fast-changing energy landscape.


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Overheard at MARC Annual Meeting 2022

Jun 26, 2022
Amanda Durish Cook

Mid-America Regulatory Conference’s annual meeting tackled climate justice, workforce diversity, Order 2222 and the ongoing solar panel investigation.


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MISO Membership to Become More Valuable in Future

Jun 26, 2022
Amanda Durish Cook

MISO expects the savings it delivers to its members under a resource sharing pool to more than triple within 20 years.


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MISO Describes Bleak RA Future, Stakeholders Push Back

Jun 20, 2022
Amanda Durish Cook

MISO executives issued warnings about its future resource adequacy in front of its board of directors while some state regulators and stakeholders pushed back.


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MISO, Membership Share Impacts of Great Resignation

Jun 20, 2022
Amanda Durish Cook

MISO and its membership said they’re experiencing firsthand the national trend of employee churn that picked up in the latter half of the pandemic.


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FERC to Take 2nd Look at 2015 MISO Capacity Auction

Dynegy’s Potential Pricing Manipulation Still at Issue
Jun 20, 2022
Amanda Durish Cook

FERC said it will take another look into whether Dynegy manipulated pricing in MISO’s 2015/16 capacity auction and violated federal laws.


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