MISO said it will defer any initiative to account for outages in capacity planning until it kicks off a broader discussion on overall resource availability.

MISO’s market planners outlined a potential 30-minute reserve product to reduce uplift and multiday generator commitments to cut production costs.

Texas Public Utility Commission (PUCT) Chair DeAnn Walker briefed her fellow commissioners on matters concerning SPP, MISO and FERC.

Three solar advocates filed a joint challenge to the Montana PSC’s decision to alter the contract terms available to small generators under PURPA.

The U.S. Supreme Court denied DTE’s petition to review an environmental penalty against one its coal plants over increased emissions.

MISO is moving ahead with developing an automatic generation control (AGC) program designed to rapidly deploy 400 MW of fast-ramping resources.

MISO will pre-emptively refile its current resource adequacy construct for FERC approval Friday.

MISO sector representatives expressed uncertainty about the future of the grid, cautiously offering their predictions and suggestions.

MISO’s Zone 4 either has sufficient reserves or is in dire straits, depending on the viewpoint expressed at an Illinois Commerce Commission workshop.

The MISO board of directors stepped in to order a plan of succession for the RTO’s executive leadership, while also approving its requested 2018 budget.