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January 31, 2026

Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO)

Entergy Louisiana
Stakeholders Say MISO’s Nonpublic Extreme Events Study Merits Closer Look
Some MISO stakeholders said an extreme events analysis from 2025’s transmission planning cycle potentially raises a red flag and deserves more attention.
Walters Group
Regulators: MISO Stakeholders Should Decide Cost-sharing for DOE Coal Plant Orders
State regulators in MISO asked FERC to let power industry stakeholders determine how to allocate the costs for an Indiana coal plant forced to stay online by the Trump administration’s Department of Energy.
Fluence
MISO Pushes Interconnection Queue Timelines Back Again
MISO announced further delays in its generator interconnection queue for the cycles of projects that entered in 2022, 2023 and 2025.
MISO
MISO Enters Max Gen Emergency in Arctic Blast
MISO declared a maximum generation emergency for its Midwest region just after midnight on Jan. 24 as the northern portions of the footprint rode out double-digit negative temperatures.
NextEra Energy
FERC Rebuffs Clean Energy Orgs’ Arguments Against MISO Fast Lane
FERC ruled that MISO is free to continue using its interconnection queue fast lane, shutting down rehearing requests from several clean energy organizations.
Microsoft
Questions Abound over MISO Idea for Zero-injection Agreements
Stakeholders have several lingering questions as MISO continues to draw up a “zero-injection” avenue for large loads with planned on-site generation.
Great River Energy
Stakeholders Suggest Cost Overruns Ubiquitous as MISO Reviews Long-range Tx Project
Stakeholders told MISO it might have anticipated an impending cost increase for a long-range transmission project in the works in Minnesota that jumped about 43% in price to nearly $1.4 billion.
MISO
MISO to End Market Platform Project in 2026, Leave Major Real-time Market Work Unfinished
After nine years, MISO will close out its multiphase market platform replacement project, leaving a bulk of unfinished work on its real-time market.
Burns and McDonnell
MISO Preliminary Auction Data Shows Added Load in 2026/27
MISO is registering and accrediting resources to meet a roughly 2-GW uptick in load for the 2026/27 planning year.
Meta
Earthjustice Says Change to Louisiana Meta Data Center Funding Fishy, Asks PSC to Investigate
Earthjustice accused Meta of deliberately executing an unsanctioned financial arrangement to underwrite its planned, multibillion-dollar data center in northern Louisiana and asked the Public Service Commission to investigate.

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