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The Midcontinent Independent System Operator is a regional transmission organization that plans transmission projects, administers wholesale markets for its membership and manages the flow of electricity in Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas and Wisconsin.
The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission approved the $6.2 billion sale of Allete to BlackRock’s Global Infrastructure Partners and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board.
MISO’s Independent Market Monitor has called for the RTO to change how it manages its Midwest-South transfer limit in ways he contends will open line capacity and reduce costs for Midwest market participants.
Inflation and higher borrowing costs pushed MISO’s cost of new entry up by about 5% heading into the 2026/27 planning year, but stakeholders are questioning MISO’s use of 2020 data in calculations in order to keep prices lower.
Stakeholders told MISO they need a better explanation of the every-other-day capacity advisories issued for MISO South, which have become customary since the beginning of summer.
CEBA put out a study quantifying how its members' offtake agreements with clean energy have helped grow the sector, which will be a major factor going forward regardless of federal policy changes.
MISO says it needs more time to finish meting out refunds, nearly a dozen years after a complaint was first raised to lower its transmission owners’ base return on equity.
Entergy Arkansas says a recently enacted Arkansas law strengthens the case for its plan to build a new gas-fired plant, a proposal that has drawn criticism from the state’s attorney general and regulatory staff.
MISO is poised to retain two of its term-limited board members in 2026 while adding an executive from a federal power marketing agency.
MISO’s Board of Directors has asked the RTO’s Independent Market Monitor to better explain its $10.6 million 2026 budget before it agrees to the amount.
MISO said 2025 was the most demanding summer since 2012, though it steered the grid with only a single maximum generation event.
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