Dive Summary:
- The Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) has announced that eight power companies have decided to join the ISO.
- The eight companies include Cleco Corp. of Louisiana, South Mississippi Electric Power Association, Louisiana Energy and Power Authority, Louisiana Generating LLC and four other municipal utilities.
From the article:
The additions followed the integration of Arkansas Electric Cooperative and Entergy Corp's utilities in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas into the MISO's reliability region in December.
MISO said the Entergy utilities, Cleco and South Mississippi Electric are working toward full integration into MISO's market operations by December 2013.