MISO is reviewing an expedited project request from ATC to connect a massive Foxconn manufacturing plant that would be Wisconsin’s largest power user.

MISO will delay until next year its proposal to implement a more open-ended approach to its generator retirement process.

MISO will submit two filings with FERC to further refine its new generation interconnection process, while a third will facilitate HVDC interconnection.

Stakeholder sectors have eschewed MISO’s suggestion that they apply equal weight to the RTO’s four 15-year future scenarios used for next year’s planning.

After a second full review of the 2011 slate of multi-value transmission projects, MISO has concluded that benefits outpace rising project costs.

MISO officials presented three proposals related to the implementation of the RTO’s new generator interconnection queue for stakeholder feedback.

The MISO rejection of the last possible interregional transmission project resulting from a coordinated study with SPP surprised the latter RTO.

MISO has developed a revised approach for providing owners of financially struggling generators more flexibility.

MISO will pursue changes to its Transmission Expansion Plan futures weighting process in the 2019 cycle of projects.

MISO will conduct a study to identify the challenges of integrating growing volumes of renewable generation in its footprint.