Even though the MISO testimony to congress states that MISO is a fuel that is policy-neutral it would seem that they are now favouring transmission owners rather than energy providers. The regulator has said that they want to try and do their bit to distribute energy resources properly and to do this they have to conduct studies while also estimating the potential of the market. Unlike the transmission studies that have been done, it seems that the energy projections aren’t lining up. On top of this, it is obvious that MISO have to do more to try and be more flexible with their load. Unless regulators remind MISO about their system and their responsibilities in regard to staying neutral, they think that it is only natural gas and transmissions that are going to solve the deficiency with capacity. It is very difficult for someone who does not follow the guidelines to connect all of the dots, while ringing the alarm bells. It would seem that MISO have taken steps to try and have attribute discussions with all of their stakeholders and they have also undergone a close examination of the attributes that lead with the natural gas aspect being a good fit. Today the only thing that they are aware of that is going to provide these attributes would be gas units.

MISO have said that this is not the case and that they are going to be doing everything they can to try and favour everyone but this is difficult given the current situation. MISO do seem to favour transmission owners when you look at their planning efforts and this is something that really does have to change. Who knows what the future holds but right now, something has to change.