FERC again decided that neither MISO nor Montana-Dakota Utilities are entitled to recourse over a MISO-SPP flowgate in North Dakota strained by a cryptocurrency mining facility.

Calls to consider a dissolved or weakened Inflation Reduction Act alongside appeals for stronger MISO South planning epitomized the tough situation and unsteady political climate MISO finds itself in as it tries to establish transmission planning expectations.

FERC granted rate incentives for the priciest project to come out of MISO’s 2024 Transmission Expansion Plan, setting off friction between commissioners.

The 7th Circuit has tossed a temporary injunction against Indiana’s right of first refusal law and sent the case back to a lower court, leaving plaintiff LS Power with more work ahead of it to increase competitively bid transmission projects in MISO.

MISO members haven’t landed on easy answers in getting the approximately 54 GW of unfinished generation that has cleared the interconnection queue online sooner.

MISO confirmed it’s taking steps to get answers from FERC about the role the Independent Market Monitor should have — if any — in transmission planning.

FERC Commissioner Judy Chang delivered remarks on the importance of meeting ballooning load at MISO Board Week in New Orleans.

MISO announced it will ask FERC for a postponement on rolling out ambient-adjusted line ratings until December 2028.

MISO’s preliminary 2025 Transmission Expansion Plan is set to become another record-breaking collection, at 434 transmission projects at an estimated cost of $11 billion.

MISO emerged from winter 2024/25 without turning to emergency procedures despite wide-ranging winter storms Jan. 6-9 and again Jan. 20-22.