Fellow Mortals Wildlife Hospital's dispute with American Transmission Co. (ATC) over its trees will go to trial after a judge this month denied the utility’s motion to dismiss the case.

NIPSCO officials said they are considering the future of some of their coal-powered units - closing the 2-unit Bailly Generating Station, and idling 2 of 4 units at the R.M. Schahfer Generating Station.

MISO told their Planning Subcommittee that it's working to coordinate its generator retirement studies with PJM without changing the RTOs’ Tariffs.

Michigan is asking for another assessment from MISO, this time to study grid transmission improvements across the state’s peninsulas and Canada.

A group of Upper Peninsula electric users in MISO plans to ask FERC to investigate WEPCo. for allegedly falsifying records to increase its revenues under the Presque Isle SSR.

MISO used its first-ever Market Symposium last week to ask industry leaders how a low-carbon future will influence the electricity market.

Eleven respondents have submitted proposals for the Duff-Coleman project in MISO, the RTO’s first competitive project under FERC Order 1000.

MISO said it will work to improve the role of the Planning Advisory Committee in interregional matters following complaints that the committee was hearing after the fact about IPSAC decisions.

Concerned about the impact of nuclear plant retirements in the state, Michigan officials have asked MISO to conduct a reliability analysis that assumes simultaneous outages at the Palisades and Fermi 2 nuclear plants. 

The MISO Reliability Subcommittee discussed improving frequency response, pseudo-tie congestion management, and its 2016/17 winter Coordinated Seasonal Assessment.