A NERC official told MISO that recommendations to utilities for restoring power after the loss of normal communication are unlikely to become binding.

MISO regulators gathered to discuss how the electricity sector will accommodate the growth of distributed energy resources within the RTO’s footprint.

Entergy reported second-quarter profits of $409.9 million ($2.27/share), compared to $567.3 million ($3.11/share) a year ago.

MISO’s Steering Committee declined to reconsider a proposal that would allow funders of transmission upgrades for lines under 345 kV to recover costs.

MISO must fully consider the special attributes of energy storage devices before developing new rules, stakeholders said.

MISO’s system operated as intended in June, which saw the usual early summer peak loads and lower-than-expected natural gas prices.

MISO will begin using its Transmission Expansion Plan dispatch modeling in interconnection queue studies beginning Aug. 1.

Environmentalists last week urged FERC to decide whether states can control participation of energy efficiency resources in RTOs.

Stakeholders are at odds with MISO over some aspects of its interconnection queue rules during a time when the queue is beset by “unprecedented” backlogs.

The MISO IMM gave board members an explanation of the most pressing of the nine new recommendations contained in this year’s State of the Market report.