MISO is once again poised to file generator interconnection process changes to help manage the record volumes in its queue.

Stakeholders remain skeptical of a MISO-SPP plan to eliminate the joint model in favor of using their respective regional models for interregional projects.

The MISO Steering Committee approved an expanded role for the Energy Storage Task Force, provided it doesn’t impede discussions in other stakeholder forums.

FERC approved MISO’s plan to improve its procurement of reserves in MISO South.

MISO will not move forward with an economic project in MISO South this year, based on results from the RTO’s market congestion planning study.

In a special conference call, MISO officials went over how the RTO would treat energy storage resources in its markets in compliance with FERC Order 841.

MISO is planning a study to ensure external resources bordering more than one of its local resource zones participates in only one zone.

MISO’s replacement of its market platform is complete, with the RTO now settling at five-minute intervals.

MISO is probing what eligibility requirements it should establish before allowing energy storage resources to function as transmission assets.

MISO is planning to file with FERC in October a proposal to create two new benefit metrics to appraise new market efficiency transmission projects.