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Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Issues Delegated Order to Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc.

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On June 6, 2025, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued a delegated order to Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) to accept revisions to their Open Access Transmission, Energy and Operating Reserve Markets Tariff. The revisions, submitted on April 29, 2025, aimed to reconcile the definition of "Target MW Value" with a prior Commission Order from November 2024. The FERC accepted the filing, effective January 31, 2025, as requested by MISO, without any protests or adverse comments.

Key Takeaways:

  • The FERC issued a delegated order to MISO to accept revisions to their Open Access Transmission, Energy and Operating Reserve Markets Tariff.
  • The revisions, submitted on April 29, 2025, aimed to reconcile the definition of "Target MW Value" with a prior Commission Order from November 2024.
  • The FERC accepted the filing, effective January 31, 2025, as requested by MISO, without any protests or adverse comments.
  • The filing was publicly noticed, and notices of intervention, timely-filed motions to intervene, and unopposed motions to intervene out-of-time were granted.
  • The action does not constitute approval of any service, rate, charge, classification, or any rule, regulation, contract, or practice affecting such rate or service provided for in the filed document(s).
  • This order constitutes final agency action, and requests for rehearing by the Commission may be filed within 30 days of the date of issuance.

Statistics:

  • 30 days: the timeframe for filing requests for rehearing by the Commission.
  • 1: the number of protests or adverse comments received by the FERC.
  • 1 document: the document accession number ER25-2078-000.crt.
  • 1 revision: the number of revisions submitted by MISO to their Open Access Transmission, Energy and Operating Reserve Markets Tariff.
  • 1 Commission Order: the prior Commission Order from November 2024 that the revisions aimed to reconcile with.
  • $2024: the year of the prior Commission Order referenced in the delegated order.

Sources:

  • FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, DC 20426 OFFICE OF ENERGY MARKET REGULATION Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. Docket No. ER25-2078-000 Issued: June 6, 2025
  • 18 C.F.R. S 375.307
  • 18 C.F.R. S 385.214
  • Midcontinent Indep. Sys. Operator, Inc., Docket No. ER24-2871-002 (Jan. 24, 2025) (delegated order)
  • Midcontinent Indep. Sys. Operator, Inc., 189 FERC P 61,108 (2024)
  • Cent. Hudson Gas & Elec. Corp., 60 FERC P 61,106, reh'g denied, 61 FERC P 61,089 (1992)
  • Sunflower Elec. Power Corp., 173 FERC P 61,054 (2020) (Danly, Comm'r, dissenting)

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