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Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO)

04Jun

Racing to Cover Capacity Shortfalls

Need more evidence we’re in a power supply emergency? Look no further than how the nation’s grid operators are scrambling to fast-track interconnection of new dispatchable resources that can shore up eroding reliability. From the Great Plains to New York, operators are frantically trying to revise interconnection processes to get new generation added to grids […]
  • On June 4, 2025
  • Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), grid reliability, ICF International, Mark Christie, Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO), NYISO, PJM Interconnection, Rich Dewey, Southwest Power Pool (SPP)
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28May

A Grid Emergency in MISO

Well, that didn’t take long. Before the boiling heat of summer has even officially arrived, the lights went out in the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) region. More than 100,000 customers in and around New Orleans went without power for most of the day on Sunday when MISO was forced to order rotating outages in […]
  • On May 28, 2025
  • blackouts, Chris Wright, Department of Energy (DOE), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), grid reliability, ICF International, John Bear, Mark Christie, Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO), North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), PJM Interconnection, plant retirements
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14May

Another Summer of Potential Power Shortfalls

Scorching heat could threaten the nation’s energy supply this summer, with demand eclipsing supply and potentially causing shortfalls and power outages throughout large swaths of the United States, the North American Electric Reliability Corp. (NERC) warned today in its 2025 Summer Reliability Assessment. NERC underscored that the nation’s grid reliability – facing the twin challenges […]
  • On May 14, 2025
  • Aftab Khan, Electricity Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), grid reliability, Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO), National Mining Association (NMA), North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), PJM Interconnection, Rich Nolan, Southwest Power Pool (SPP), U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)
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07May

Listen to the Capacity Markets

For years, despite ever louder warnings of a rapidly approaching electricity supply shortfall, electricity markets weren’t reflecting impending scarcity. No longer. In both the PJM and Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) capacity markets, prices have exploded—an unmistakable signal to bring more capacity to the market and keep existing resources operating. Last year, capacity payments to […]
  • On May 7, 2025
  • Argus, electricity prices, grid reliability, Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO), PJM Interconnection
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30Apr

It’s Good to Have a Reliability Backstop

With Spain, Portugal and parts of France still reeling from a stunning blackout, grid reliability is once again top of mind. While it remains to be seen what caused the grid failure, the complexities of moving away from dispatchable power and towards heavy reliance on intermittent energy are understandably in the spotlight. Regardless of what […]
  • On April 30, 2025
  • dunkelflaute, Europe, grid reliability, Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO), PJM Interconnection, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), Wall Street Journal, wind power
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02Apr

Grid Operators Tell Congress They Face a “Generational Challenge”

Last week, a congressional hearing, titled “Keeping the Lights On: Examining the State of Regional Grid Reliability,” brought together executives from the seven U.S. wholesale power markets that manage the supply and flow electricity in two-thirds of the country. Their message to all listening was crystal clear: power shortfalls and soaring prices for consumers are […]
  • On April 2, 2025
  • Artificial Intelligence (AI), Center for Strategic and International Studies, Jennifer Curran, Lanny Nickell, Manu Asthana, Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO), PJM Interconnection, Southwest Power Pool (SPP)
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30Dec

2024 in Review

Happy almost new year! Before we turn the page on 2024, it’s worth looking back on the stories and major developments that shaped – even reshaped – the energy landscape over the past 12 months. Years of warnings about rapidly eroding grid reliability collided with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA’s) regulatory agenda and the […]
  • On December 30, 2024
  • ABC News, Biden Administration, Bloomberg, California, CBS News, CPP 2.0, Donald Trump, electricity prices, Electricity Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), grid reliability, Grid Strategies, International Energy Agency (IEA), Javier Blas, Jim Robb, Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO), National Mining Association (NMA), North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), PJM Interconnection, Rich Nolan, Southwest Power Pool (SPP), The New York Times, The Washington Post, Wall Street Journal
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18Dec

NERC’s Christmas Present: Majority of the Nation Faces Blackout Risks

This should be the nail in the coffin of the Biden administration’s unworkable and downright dangerous regulatory policy undermining the nation’s power supply. According to new analysis from the North American Electric Reliability Corp. (NERC), more than half of the nation faces blackout risks over the next decade due to capacity shortfalls. While these findings […]
  • On December 18, 2024
  • dunkelflaute, E&E News, electricity prices, Financial Times, Germany, grid reliability, Mark Olson, Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO), National Mining Association (NMA), North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), Norway, Peter Behr, Rich Nolan, Robert Habeck, Terje Aasland, Trump administration
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02Oct

PJM Can’t Get New Capacity Online

At the precise moment power demand is exploding, PJM, the operator of the nation’s largest grid, is struggling to get new capacity online. In fact, the problem is doubly difficult. At the exact time PJM desperately needs new capacity additions to surge, they’re stalled, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is making matters worse […]
  • On October 2, 2024
  • energy transition, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), grid reliability, Mark Christie, Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO), Paul McGlynn, PJM Interconnection
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18Sep

Grid Operators Tell the Court: EPA’s Rule is a Dire Threat to Reliability

The nation’s grid operators warned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that the then proposed so-called Clean Power Plan 2.0 was a direct and alarming threat to grid reliability. Those concerns were shrugged off as EPA pushed forward and finalized an unworkable and unlawful rule. Now, the grid operators are getting involved in the legal […]
  • On September 18, 2024
  • carbon capture utilization and storage, Clean Power Plan 2.0, Electricity Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), grid reliability, Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO), PJM Interconnection, plant retirements, Southwest Power Pool (SPP), technology
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  • A Grid Emergency in MISO
  • Another Summer of Potential Power Shortfalls
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  • It’s Good to Have a Reliability Backstop
  • Grid Operators Tell Congress They Face a “Generational Challenge”
  • 2024 in Review
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