The MISO Advisory Committee last week discussed the Stakeholder Governance Working Group, its priorities for 2016 and adding extra seats to the Nominating Committee.

MISO stakeholders laid the foundation for the Resource Adequacy Subcommittee (RASC), hammering out a rough mission statement and management plan.

The MISO Advisory Committee unanimously adopted a sleeker stakeholder process, shedding a structure that MISO stakeholders have called cumbersome.

At an Advisory Committee “hot topic” discussion, some stakeholders cautioned MISO against taking CPP policy positions, while others said the RTO should help guide the states to the most economical compliance options.

MISO's Board of Directors voted to switch to a quarterly meeting schedule from its current every-other-month calendar, a change likely to also be adopted by the Advisory Committee.

MISO officials outlined proposals to boost its capacity resources, winning support for efforts to streamline the generator interconnection process and redraw its zonal boundaries to reflect constraints.

MISO on Wednesday got an earful of stakeholder suggestions about how to spur interregional transmission projects at the seams with PJM and SPP.

MISO has declined a request by the Public Consumer Advocates sector for $200,000 to help cover its legal costs in a fight over MISO transmission owners’ return on equity.

MISO declined a request by the Public Consumer Advocates sector for $200,000 to help cover its legal costs in a fight over MISO transmission owners’ return on equity.

A round-up of news from the MISO Advisory Committee meeting on Feb. 25, 2015.