MISO’s Advisory Committee voted to recommend allowing the RTO’s newly created Affiliate sector voting rights in certain committees.

MISO members are urging the RTO to implement dynamic line ratings, saying the benefits would outweigh the costs.

The MISO Advisory Committee discussed possible design elements of the RTO’s sector setup after FERC said the new sector is only temporary.

MISO won FERC approval to create an 11th stakeholder sector for hard-to-categorize members despite some misgivings about the equity of the new arrangement.

The MISO Advisory Committee adopted the first set of standards for creating and joining stakeholder sectors and discussed the coordination of transmission planning.

Some regulators aren’t convinced about merging MISO’s transmission planning with interconnection studies, a move some say could improve cost effectiveness.

MISO members say work-from-home measures and social distancing in workplaces aren’t impeding their pace of work, but miss the personal collaboration.

MISO’s Advisory Committee is beginning work on a possible new process for prospective members to join the RTO.

MISO’s Steering Committee is considering proposing a rule that would require consultants to identify clients they represent when participating in stakeholder meetings.

MISO’s Board of Directors cleared the Advisory Committee to create an 11th stakeholder sector while instructing the committee to overhaul its sector design.