A round-up of news from the MISO Board of Directors meeting on Feb. 26, 2015.

Entergy’s request for a $187 million transmission upgrade near Lake Charles, La., will receive a “full review” by MISO’s board following stakeholder dissent over its classification as an out-of-cycle project.

Market Monitor David Patton told the MISO Board of Directors’ Markets Committee that the RTO should see significant benefits from its market-to-market coordination with SPP.

The MISO Board of Directors Thursday rejected proposed guidelines on how the chair makes committee appointments, while members elected two new directors.

MISO's Board of Directors approved MTEP 14, a $2.5 billion package of 369 transmission projects, including the 500-kV Great Northern Transmission Line.