Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO)
MISO convened a stakeholder workshop to go over new requirements for demand response resources heading into the 2026/27 planning year.
MISO is contemplating a better way to communicate generation shortfalls in its Southern load pockets than continuing to send out repeat capacity advisories.
The $1.6 billion Joint Targeted Interconnection Queue transmission portfolio of SPP and MISO remains in play even though the Department of Energy has reneged on almost a half billion dollars in funding.
MISO is taking load updates and stakeholder suggestions as part of a pilot program to improve its long-term load forecasting.
MISO wants to increase the number of generation projects it may study under its interconnection queue express lane from 10 to 15 per quarter.
MISO said its first crack at long-range transmission planning in the South region likely would take about three years to culminate in potential project recommendations.
MISO’s Independent Market Monitor has called for the RTO to change how it manages its Midwest-South transfer limit in ways he contends will open line capacity and reduce costs for Midwest market participants.
Texas regulators have approved the first transmission project in the Permian Basin Reliability Plan, along with several other projects.
The U.S. Department of Energy has terminated 321 grants totaling $7.56 billion for 223 projects, apparently targeting Democratic-leaning states.
Inflation and higher borrowing costs pushed MISO’s cost of new entry up by about 5% heading into the 2026/27 planning year, but stakeholders are questioning MISO’s use of 2020 data in calculations in order to keep prices lower.
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