Midcontinent ISO (MISO)

Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) is an independent, not-for-profit, member-based organization responsible for operating the power grid across 15 U.S. states (Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas, and Wisconsin) and the Canadian province of Manitoba. Over 42 million people are served by MISO to generate and transmit electricity. MISO has market capacity of 186,986 MW of electricity across 72, 000 miles of transmission lines. In addition to managing the power grid within our region, MISO administers the buying and selling of electricity, and partners with members and stakeholders to plan the grid of the future.

MISO Capacity Market Service

Every quarter, ESAI provides updates on supply & demand fundamentals, market rule developments, & policy changes that impact MISO capacity market outcomes. This service includes:

Pre-Auction Briefing and forecast on the 2024/25 PRA.
Quarterly Update summarizing recent developments related to the MISO RA market.
Quarterly MISO PRA forecast update including a 10-year supply/demand outlook and a 10-year PRA forecast.
MISO Generation Asset Monitor with New Capacity and Retirement Data.
Full access to ESAI’s analyst team for research clarifications, decision support related to the MISO Capacity Market.

ESAI Power also monitors the ISO-NE, NYISO, and PJM wholesale power markets.

MISO Blog Posts

MISO Interconnection Queue Update I Generation Asset Monitor Blog

November 19, 2024

This update provides a high-level overview of our recently published MISO Generation Asset Monitor (GAM) report and database for November, 2024. The MISO GAM tracks the Interconnection queue in MISO for additions, forecasts plant retirements and plants deemed at risk of retirement, and provides an outlook for the timeline of renewable generation projects in MISO.

MISO PRA Scheduled to Start March 26th | Capacity Watch Blog

March 20, 2024

ESAI brings 20 years of experience analyzing and forecasting the Capacity Markets in PJM, ISO-NE and NYISO, into our new Capacity coverage of MISO. ESAI also maintains a MISO Energy Asset Database (Delivered to subscribers in excel) that tracks the MISO Interconnection queue to forecast Renewables Additions that produces a Probability Weighted Renewable Additions forecast, any Fossil Additions, and also any plant Retirements or forecasting plants at risk of retirement.

MISO PRA Scheduled to start April 18th | Capacity Watch Blog

March 28, 2023

ESAI brings 20 years of experience analyzing and forecasting the Capacity Markets in PJM, ISO-NE and NYISO, into our new Capacity coverage of MISO. ESAI also maintains a MISO Energy Asset Database (Delivered to subscribers in excel) that tracks the MISO Interconnection queue to forecast Renewables Additions that produces a Probability Weighted Renewable Additions forecast, any Fossil Additions, and also any plant Retirements or forecasting plants at risk of retirement.

MISO Capacity Price Forecast PRA 2023/24 | Capacity Watch Blog

November 2, 2022

ESAI brings 20 years of experience analyzing and forecasting the Capacity Markets in PJM, ISO-NE and NYISO, into our new Capacity coverage of MISO. ESAI also maintains a MISO Energy Asset Database (Delivered to subscribers in excel) that tracks the MISO Interconnection queue to forecast Renewables Additions that produces a Probability Weighted Renewable Additions forecast, any Fossil Additions, and also any plant Retirements or forecasting plants at risk of retirement.

Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO)

MISO Capacity Market Service

MISO Blog Posts

MISO Interconnection Queue Update I Generation Asset Monitor Blog

MISO PRA Scheduled to Start March 26th | Capacity Watch Blog

MISO PRA Scheduled to start April 18th | Capacity Watch Blog

MISO Capacity Price Forecast PRA 2023/24 | Capacity Watch Blog

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