Some regulators aren’t convinced about merging MISO’s transmission planning with interconnection studies, a move some say could improve cost effectiveness.

MISO can begin requiring new solar generation in its footprint to become dispatchable by early 2022, FERC ruled.

MISO West won’t see any major projects in this year’s transmission planning cycle, despite complaints that renewables in the interconnection queue necessitate billions in upgrades.

MISO will not open its doors to stakeholders or visitors for the rest of the year as the coronavirus pandemic runs its course, the RTO said.

MISO floated ideas on how it could better synchronize the studies supporting its annual transmission planning and generator interconnection queue processes.

MISO is examining additional measures to shave time customers spend in the generation interconnection queue by focusing on the definitive planning phase.

MISO will use the recommendations of the Coordinated Planning Process Task Team to work on synchronizing the RTO's transmission planning and generator interconnection processes.

MISO will ask FERC to waive its June 25 deadline for developers to demonstrate site control for projects entering MISO South’s 2020 interconnection cycle.

MISO gathered interconnection and transmission customers to discuss potential waivers of its queue requirements because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

FERC approved a new MISO Tariff provision that allows transmission owners to recover interconnection facility O&M costs from interconnection customers.