The Texas PUC formally approved Rayburn Country Electric Cooperative’s request to move about 12% of its load and transmission facilities from SPP into ERCOT

MISO will rely on the same set of futures for the third straight year when it evaluates transmission projects in its 2020 Transmission Expansion Plan.

MISO released draft Tariff language that would allow energy storage resources to compete for projects in the RTO’s annual Transmission Expansion Plan.

MISO plans to revamp its annual MTEP report to emphasize the justifications and analyses behind proposed projects while removing some planning process narratives.

MISO confirmed it will work with stakeholders to develop a fast-track option to accelerate the process for projects ready for development.

MISO will prototype its proposed short-term reserve product to demonstrate cost and benefits to its members.

In an assessment of this year’s load forecast, MISO told load-serving entities they could do more to support their individual forecasts with documentation.

MISO foresees a “modest probability” it will declare a systemwide maximum generation event this spring.

MISO revived the idea of implementing a seasonal capacity auction as part of its multipronged resource availability and need initiative, but promised to gather more data before defining long-term solutions.

FERC authorized NextEra Energy Transmission Midwest to recover all “prudently incurred” costs related to the Hartburg-Sabine Junction 500-kV project.