MISO contemplates upgrades to allow more granular emergency declarations

摘要

The Midcontinent Independent System Operator is debating whetherit should refine the way it determines emergency declaration areas, achange some stakeholders have sought to limit the size of the regionthat could be impacted by potential load shed.The issue has taken on increased significance since MISOannounced that it does not have enough firm resources to covertypical summer loads. MISO is increasingly relying on emergencydeclarations to maintain reliability. Tight capacity and emergencyconditions have boosted wholesale power prices.