Facing possible high capacity prices, MISO stakeholders debate transition

摘要

Stakeholders in the Midcontinent Independent System Operatorregion are clashing about whether a potential increase in regionalcapacity prices during the rollout of MISO’s new resource adequacyconstruct is unfair, or whether it is necessary to signal MISO’s urgentneed for capacity.Increased capacity prices in some regions of MISO wouldencourage load-serving entities to update their integrated resourceplans and prioritize certain projects, Travis Stewart, a consultant withGabel Associates, representing generators, said at a Nov. 3 meeting ofMISO’s Resource Adequacy Subcommittee.