Dive Summary:
- Louisiana power company Cleco Corp. filed a request with utility regulators to leave the Southwest Power Pool (SPP) and join the Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator (MISO).
- Cleco services 281,000 customers in Louisiana and has approximately 2,500 megawatts of generating capacity.
- The request comes in the wake of Entergy's contentious decision to leave the SPP for MISO.
From the article:
"Louisiana power company Cleco Corp on Friday said it filed a request with Louisiana utility regulators to join the group that operates much of the power grid in the U.S. Midwest.
Cleco's decision to join the Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator (MISO), follows a move by its much bigger neighbor Entergy Corp in April 2011 to integrate its transmission systems in Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi and Texas into the Midwest power grid. ..."