MISO announced that 123 GW of new generation spread across 600 applications are vying to enter its generator interconnection queue under the 2023 cycle.

MISO confirmed it likely will try again with FERC in the third quarter to apply an annual megawatt cap to its interconnection queue.

MISO’s Planning Subcommittee will tackle possible modifications to expedited project reviews, the process that allows transmission developers to begin construction earlier than usual.

Weeks after the nearly $2 billion Joint Targeted Interconnection Queue (JTIQ) transmission portfolio was awarded a $465 million Department of Energy grant, MISO and SPP are switching their proposed cost allocation for the projects.

Battery storage that charges from the grid should be able to use non-firm transmission service, MISO has decided.

MISO says its 2024 Transmission Expansion Plan will look much the same as last year’s MTEP.

After completing its initial economic and reliability analysis, MISO has found numerous overloads and congestion await its system if it doesn’t recommend a second long-range transmission plan portfolio.

MISO agrees that it should relax onerous transmission service requirements for energy storage resources charging from the grid.

The revised MTEP 23 plan dropped from $9.4 billion to $8.96 billion with the deferral of phase 3 of Entergy Louisiana’s Amite South reliability project.

In light of stressed-out supply chains and a bogged-down study process, MISO has agreed to re-evaluate its rules around commercial operation dates in its interconnection queue.