MISO is cool and collected heading into the winter, staff told the Markets Committee of the Board of Directors.

The MISO board’s Markets Committee met at Potomac Economics headquarters in Fairfax, Va., to review the Market Monitor’s quarterly metrics report and its monitoring procedures.

A summary of issues the MISO Board of Directors discussed at the MISO Informational Forum last week.

Registered wind capacity in MISO is projected to rise 50% by the end of 2019 — and that’s not even counting more turbines likely to sprout due to the Clean Power Plan.

FERC Commissioner Tony Clark said that the commission has “a sense of urgency” to take action on price formation issues after initiating an inquiry into the subject more than a year ago.

A summary of issues the MISO Markets Committee of the Board of Directors discussed at the MISO Informational Forum last week.

MISO has a pile of 22 active recommendations made over the years by its Independent Market Monitor, all in various stages of progress. Of 15 past recommendations through the 2013 State of the Market Report, MISO is working to implement six.

MISO's Board of Directors will generally be limited to three three-year terms, while the board chairman will be allowed to hold the gavel for a maximum of five years.

MISO Market Monitor David Patton called for tighter rules on wayward generators, more precise real-time pricing and a fix for Financial Transmission Rights funding shortfalls.

Dynegy CEO Robert Flexon defended his company’s bidding strategy in MISO’s April capacity auction and said the controversy over the results signals the need for a regulatory change in Illinois.