The OMS voted to lodge a protest in an ongoing dispute over whether states can prohibit energy efficiency resources from entering RTO markets.

MISO’s Planning Advisory Committee heard updates on the RTO’s ambitious slate of current planning studies and process improvements.

MISO has introduced a three-step checklist that owners of BTM generation can use to prove deliverability for the Planning Resource Auction.

Most load-modifying resources called up during the MISO April 4 maximum generation event failed to respond properly to scheduling instructions.

MISO presented stakeholders with a proposal to tighten rules on capacity imports amid uncertainty over a recent appellate court ruling.

MISO is considering the possibility of factoring transmission constraints into its reserve requirement modeling to help prevent scarcity pricing.

A federal judge dismissed challenges to Illinois’ zero-emission credit program, saying the plaintiffs lacked standing.

FERC staff approved MISO’s proposal to allow generators to withdraw from its interconnection queue without penalty if they undergo a three-stage evaluation process.

Illinois and New York state officials filed briefs citing a recent 2nd Circuit decision in defense of their zero-emission credits for nuclear plants.

Brian Tulloh, a former public policy vice president at Energy Future Holdings Corp., has been named head of the external affairs division of MISO North.