The MISO PAC deferred for a future meeting a vote on Wind on the Wires’ request to require external generators seeking network resource interconnection service to pay the dollars-per-megawatt portion of M2 milestone costs.

Two of three proposed MISO-SPP interregional projects touted to offer $235 million in benefits look much less attractive following additional modeling and are likely doomed.

MISO planners who just completed the third phase of a study on the Clean Power Plan said last week that a “multibillion dollar” transmission build-out will be necessary in almost every compliance scenario they’ve anticipated.

News that MISO is reconsidering a market congestion project in Southern Indiana sparked renewed complaints from developers over the RTO’s transmission planning processes.

MISO stakeholders have submitted recommendations for refining the out-of-cycle request process in the wake of transmission developer complaints.

A list of joint transmission projects between MISO and SPP has been trimmed and sent further down the line toward possible board approval late this year.

Stinging from objections to Entergy’s proposed Lake Charles transmission upgrade, MISO has launched discussions that could lead to refinements in its procedures for handling out-of-cycle requests.

MISO and PJM have identified what lower-voltage flowgate projects could be done quickly and cheaply on their own sides of the seam.

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.

MISO recommended that Entergy’s request for a $187 million transmission upgrade near Lake Charles, La., be sent for consideration by the RTO’s board.