The Midcontinent Independent System Operator is advancing through its stakeholder process a $10.4 billion set of transmission lines that could support about 53 GW of wind, solar, hybrid and stand-alone battery projects.
The transmission projects would provide $37 billion in benefits across MISO's northern footprint over 20 years, according to a presentation the grid operator's staff made last week. The benefits of the transmission projects, slated to be voted on by MISO's board in late July, outweigh the costs in each of the grid operator's seven transmission zones in the region.
The Clean Grid Alliance, a trade group for renewable energy developers, backs MISO's proposed transmission lines. "We think that they're critically needed to support reliability as the utilities in the MISO footprint move towards cleaner resources," Natalie McIntire, a CGA technical and policy consultant, said Wednesday, adding that they are "the first step" in an expected transmission buildout in the grid operator's region.
MISO's pending first tranche of its Long Range Transmission Plan focuses on a set of transmission projects that could support existing utility integrated resource plans and state clean energy goals in the grid operator's northern region, which includes all or parts of Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Missouri, Iowa, South Dakota and North Dakota.
"The LRTP Tranche 1 portfolio reflects a cost-effective set of solutions that enable [the] delivery of energy to support future energy requirements of the MISO customers," grid operator staff said in the March 29 presentation.
The CGA estimates the pending plan, which is still moving through the stakeholder process, could provide 213,000 jobs building renewable energy and energy storage facilities, plus another 120,000 jobs building the transmission facilities. The 53 GW of capacity the lines would enable could power 12 million homes, according to the trade group.
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