Southeast utilities could cut electric rates and emissions by joining an organized market, according to an Energy Innovation Policy & Technology study.

The MISO Advisory Committee discussed possible design elements of the RTO’s sector setup after FERC said the new sector is only temporary.

SPP identified a couple potential joint projects with MISO but none with Associated Electric Cooperative Inc.

MISO is not resting after FERC recently accepted its transmission cost allocation plan, promising more such work on long-term and interregional projects.

MISO’s Board of Directors is expected next month to approve MISO and PJM’s first major interregional transmission project.

FERC approved new rules likely to reduce load-modifying resources’ capacity accreditation in MISO, despite several protests from RTO members.

MISO is juggling several transmission planning activities as it faces a cascade of new gigawatts in its interconnection queue.

MISO’s first rule set for storage resources functioning as transmission assets passed muster with FERC, though James Danly opposed the plan.

MISO is once again evaluating the effectiveness of the rules behind its scarcity pricing just three years after shelving a similar effort.

The MISO stakeholder community appears to support the RTO’s plan to extend the current arrangement on Midwest and South transmission flows.