MISO officials signaled their willingness to entertain a request by state regulators to develop another long-term transmission package.

The Wisconsin PSC authorized the Cardinal-Hickory Creek transmission line, sanctioning MISO’s last remaining multi-value project.

The Organization of MISO States issued a set of principles intended to guide the RTO’s approach to long-term transmission planning.

Environmentalists, preservationists and renewable energy advocates are at odds over the approval of a MISO transmission line designed to carry wind energy.

MISO stakeholders said impact to customers and solid business cases should factor prominently in any new regional transmission package.

FERC denied a rehearing request but clarified an underlying order addressing MISO’s multi-value transmission projects.

FERC rejected the MISO proposed cost allocation plan for interregional projects outside the RTO, sending the issue back to a divided stakeholder body.

MISO said it will work to improve the role of the Planning Advisory Committee in interregional matters following complaints that the committee was hearing after the fact about IPSAC decisions.

MISO filed revised Tariff language allowing it to recover costs for multi-value transmission projects that benefit PJM customers by charging a fee on exports to PJM.

Panelists discussed improving the transmission interconnection process at the Energy Bar Association’s Annual Meeting.