MISO unveils first batch of possible projects in regional grid planning process

摘要

Midcontinent Independent System Operator has identified a handful of projects that could form the core of its long-range transmission portfolio, pointing to a wide range of benefits that could come from pursuing regional grid projects. Stakeholders are divided on the benefits of regional grid projects, with some arguing MISO should look at a broader range of benefits from transmission, and others arguing MISO is ignoring some key costs. MISO has run into controversy at several points in its long-range transmission planning process. MISO president Clair Moeller recently defended the grid operator’s approach to cost allocation and argued that the grid operator would continue to move ahead with a batch of large grid projects needed to integrate renewables and meet state and utility climate goals.