Resource Planning: AAEA Comments at MISO Board Week
On behalf of the Arkansas Advanced Energy Association (AAEA), Transmission Fellow Virginia Paschal engaged with the MISO Board of Directors, transmission planning staff, and Arkansas Public Service Commission staff at the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) Board Week this March in New Orleans, Louisiana. AAEA members and partners Pattern Energy, EDP Renewables, Southeastern Wind Coalition, and Southern Renewable Energy Association (SREA) were also in attendance.
Paschal provided public comment at the System Planning Committee, where she emphasized the need for MISO to take a more proactive approach to multi-value transmission planning in MISO South.
“We need transmission that maximizes economic reliability and consumer benefits,” Paschal said.
Proper planning is crucial to prevent unnecessary energy curtailments and utility bill increases during winter storms. She also pointed out that MISO has focused exclusively on its Midwest region in its long-range transmission planning.
Other significant meeting topics included MISO's 2025 preliminary Transmission Expansion Plan (MTEP 2025); stakeholder concerns over the new Expedited Resource Adequacy Study (ERAS) process, and building generation to meet ballooning load growth.
Paschal’s comments, as well as more detail about MISO’s week of meetings, are highlighted in RTO Insider.