SPP's Seams Steering Comm. discussed the RTO's agreement with MISO and upcoming meetings between the Regional State Comm. and the Org. of MISO States.

MISO is home to more than 4.5 GW of unregistered distributed energy resources, much of it for nonresidential use, the Organization of MISO States estimates.

MISO and SPP regulators are considering an analysis of the interregional planning process to supplement the seams coordination analysis already underway.

The Organization of MISO States issued a set of principles intended to guide the RTO’s approach to long-term transmission planning.

A key annual capacity report issued by MISO and the Organization of MISO States (OMS) predicts the RTO is unlikely to soon face a shortfall in generation.

The SPP Regional State Committee approved a recommendation to engage the RTO’s MMU and the MISO Monitor to conduct a joint analysis on seams issues.

State regulators are bringing in the MISO and SPP market monitors to help solve seams issues between the two RTOs.

Benjamin Sloan, a former attorney in the Mississippi Attorney General’s Office, will become the Organization of MISO States’ new director of regulatory affairs.

State regulators in MISO and SPP are making progress on the seams issues that continue to vex the RTOs, but much work remains, stakeholders learned.

The Organization of MISO States (OMS) announced that its board of directors has promoted Marcus Hawkins to head the organization next year.