MISO and SPP are optimistic the RTOs will finally agree on an interregional transmission project, they said at GCPA's 7th annual MISO South Conference.

MISO avoided maximum generation alerts and events this fall despite dealing with record-breaking temperature swings in its southern footprint.

MISO’s Monitor found no major concerns with performance in MISO South, but wants the RTO to better handle short-notice and unreported generation outages.

MISO’s most recent maximum generation emergency is yet another portent of its increasing need to rethink grid operations, execs told the Board of Directors.

MISO will keep a system support resource agreement in MISO South intact for another few months while it awaits completion of an area transmission project.

MISO CEO John Bear opened GCPA’s MISO South Regional Conference with the RTO’s strategic initiatives and the five “500-year” storms it has experienced.

Entergy’s proposal to spend $10-12 billion to address a 7,000-MW capacity deficit Entergy Louisiana forecasts through 2038 is being challenged.

MISO asked for ideas on transmission projects to relieve congestion in MISO South and near the SPP-MISO seam as the Entergy transition nears its end.

FERC approved Cleco’s $1 billion acquisition of eight NRG Energy generation assets in MISO South along with the plants' wholesale contracts.

FERC allowed MISO to designate certain Louisiana resources as commercially significant to voltage and local reliability without collecting a year of data.