MISO told the Reliability Subcommittee that it will have an easier time than expected complying with EPA’s Cross State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR).

FERC last week rejected the MISO attempt to exempt external generators from interconnection queue milestone payments, saying the fees should be applied equally to all.

Members of the MISO Board of Directors last week expressed support for increasing their pay and relaxing their independence requirements, saying the changes were needed to ensure the RTO can attract strong candidates.

MISO's forward capacity auction proposal was approved by the Board of Directors' Markets Committee, setting up a FERC filing expected in three weeks.

FERC last week rejected the MISO plan for ensuring it terminates reactive power payments when generating units are no longer capable of providing the service or are transferred out of a fleet.

MISO’s forward capacity auction proposal for merchant supply is close to being filed with FERC, and the RTO is using the final weeks to make presentations to support its stance.

MISO defended its calculation of sub-regional transfer limits for the 2016/17 Planning Resource Auction to stakeholders last week, recommending that it continue to use the same numbers for future auctions.

The MISO Independent Market Monitor presented new data showing how much energy is wasted because of the RTO’s lenient thresholds for uninstructed deviations, reviving his criticism of the rules.

MISO's mechanism for allocating charges under its settlement with SPP was certified by a FERC administrative law judge the same day the Market Subcommittee met.

The MISO Market Roadmap projects have been rearranged following stakeholder complaints over the lack of transparency behind the RTO’s reasoning.