Organization of MISO States (OMS)
The Organization of MISO States is warning NERC that its possible new resource adequacy standard would tread on states’ planning authority.
The Organization of MISO States estimates MISO is up to approximately 16.6 GW of distributed energy resources across its footprint, up 3 GW from 2024.
MISO’s Advisory Committee will continue to be led by its vice chair through the end of 2025 after the departure of Sarah Freeman from Indiana’s regulatory agency.
MISO leadership shed more light on the RTO’s need for a pilot program to estimate load growth on a 20-year horizon after stakeholders asked for details.
At a time when MISO’s long-term planning is under fire, the Organization of MISO States’ annual meeting featured speakers who vouched for the power of planning.
Members of the Organization of MISO States are divided on whether the organization should register comments in a FERC complaint that could fundamentally change the way MISO can plan its long-view transmission.
Half of the Organization of MISO States have challenged the Department of Energy’s directive to keep the J.H. Campbell coal plant in Michigan operating through late August.
The Organization of MISO States and MISO are confident the footprint will be resource-sufficient in the 2026/27 planning year but said anything from an 11.4-GW surplus to a 14.1-GW deficit could be in store by the 2030/31 planning year.
MISO confirmed it will make a second bid to FERC to establish a temporary fast lane in its interconnection queue, this time limiting the process to 50 generation projects.
MISO CEO John Bear put a positive spin on the grid operator making do with little cushion in its supply.
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