Dive Brief:
- The Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) board approved $1.5 billion in transmission investments.
- Most of the planned spending – $927 million – is in MISO's western region, with Iowa, Michigan and Wisconsin seeing the most new investment under MISO's annual transmission plan. MISO East gets $334 million and MISO Central gets $224 million in spending under the plan.
Dive Insight:
Planned spending under MISO's 2013 transmission plan is the same as last year, but down from $6.5 billion in MISO's 2011 plan. Last week, the PJM Interconnection board approved $4.6 billion in transmission spending.