North Dakota regulators join complaint against grid operator for 'egregious' transmission planning

North Dakota regulators join complaint against grid operator for 'egregious' transmission planning

BISMARCK — The North Dakota Public Service Commission has joined a handful of states in filing a complaint to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission against the Midcontinent Independent System Operator — a regional grid operator known as MISO that serves much of the Midwest. The complaint, filed July 30, claims projects under MISO’s $22 billion transmission plan called “Tranche 2.1” were planned using skewed metrics that would cause state resi…