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May 13, 2025

MISO

The Midcontinent Independent System Operator is a regional transmission organization that plans transmission projects, administers wholesale markets for its membership and manages the flow of electricity in Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas and Wisconsin. 
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MISO Prepping for Likely 123-GW Summer 2025 Peak
MISO cautioned it’s likely in for heat waves and drought this summer with a slight chance it navigates a 130-GW peak in July.
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MISO’s AC Rekindles Talk on Gas-Electric Coordination Frustrations
After a hiatus on gas-electric coordination discussions, MISO’s Advisory Committee touched on lingering frustrations in 2025 and potential solutions.
SMS Group
Stakeholders Ask FERC to Soften MISO’s Proposed DR Accreditation
Stakeholders asked FERC to force MISO to cut or dilute some of the harsher requirements of its proposed demand response participation and accreditation package.
KFYR-TV
MISO Petitions 8th Circuit in Dispute with SPP over Data Center-strained Flowgate

MISO is seeking judicial review of two FERC decisions preventing the RTO from recouping costs or revising a joint procedure with SPP over a shared North Dakota transmission line that has become congested by a new cryptocurrency mining facility.

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State Regulators Weigh Drafting Alternative to MISO Tx Cost Allocation
Regulators of MISO states are mulling whether they should work together to offer up an entirely new cost allocation for the RTO’s long-range transmission projects.
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MISO Summer Capacity Prices Shoot to $666.50 in 2025/26 Auction
MISO’s 2025/26 capacity auction returned $666.50/MW-day prices across all zones in the summer, reinforcing the need for members to build new generation fast, the grid operator said.
Xcel Energy
Xcel ‘Optimistic’ It Will Handle Tariffs, Trade War
Xcel CEO Bob Frenzel tried to reassure the investment community that the company is better prepared for a trade war and President Trump's tariffs during a first-quarter earnings call.
Xcel Energy
MISO Debuting Flag System to Curb Deviations from Dispatch
MISO said it will debut a new flag system within weeks to give stronger signals to generation owners when their units deviate from their dispatch instructions.
ITC Midwest
Consumer Groups Invoke DOJ Stance in Stalled Complaint on ROFRs in MISO Planning
A collective of consumer groups has invoked a recent letter from the U.S. Department of Justice in an attempt to get FERC to act on its three-year-old complaint against MISO deferring to state right of first refusal laws in regional planning.
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MISO: New Software Effective, Faster than Previous Queue Study Process
MISO concluded that Pearl Street’s SUGAR automation software is an effective alternative to the power flow simulations it used to conduct to identify network upgrades for generation projects in the queue.

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