The MISO Planning Advisory Committee discussed making retirement notices public, including energy storage in interconnection rules and charging for Quarterly Operating Limit studies.

MISO and PJM have agreed not to publicly talk about the issue of pseudo-tie congestion double-counting until a FERC complaint on the issue is resolved.

MISO has FERC’s permission to end a system support resource agreement in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula effective Nov. 26, 2016.

Illinois lawmakers introduced legislation that would provide ratepayer-financed support for nuclear power, coal power, renewables and energy efficiency.

MISO asked FERC to reject the IPL (NYSE:AES) complaint over energy storage rules, calling it disruptive to stakeholder proceedings.

MISO will ask FERC to approve new pseudo-tie rules next year, officials said during a Nov. 8 special conference call of the Reliability Subcommittee.

MISO will have a 15.8% planning reserve margin for the 2017/18 planning year, up slightly from last year, according to the RTO’s loss-of-load-expectation study.

The Michigan Senate approved legislation that would increase the renewable portfolio standard while maintaining the 10% cap on retail choice.

In what may be one of its last earnings reports as an independent company, Westar Energy (NYSE:WR) said it improved its third-quarter earnings over 2015.

MISO will continue its current treatment of sub-regional transfer limits in the Planning Resource Auction, both in the initial limit and transmission reservations.