Infocast’s first SPP and MISO Markets Summit attracted participants and industry representatives from the RTOs’ footprints for panel discussions.

MISO and SPP announced they plan to relax barriers that have prevented them from agreeing to develop interregional projects.

MISO says it will seek to alter SPP’s practice of levying unreserved transmission use penalties on MISO load-serving entities.

MISO said it will revise its regional cost-sharing practices for interregional projects with SPP to match its process for PJM seams projects.

Interregional transmission planning challenges and the growth of renewable energy, particularly wind power were among the topics of discussion at the 2018 Mid-America Regulatory Conference.

MISO is delaying release of a final draft of its cost allocation redesign for market efficiency projects because of conflicting stakeholder feedback.

MISO and PJM will pursue two separate interregional studies this year to identify potential joint transmission projects, the stakeholders learned during an IPSAC conference call.

SPP and MISO staff are evaluating feedback gathered from their members on how best to improve their interregional planning process.

FERC approved the MISO proposed cost recovery schedules for its new category of smaller interregional transmission projects with PJM.

Industry experts talked about the trends dictating new energy infrastructure at a Midwest Energy Policy Series panel hosted by the Missouri Energy Initiative.