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Rao Konidena

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MISO Consumer Advocates should think about critical load segregation.

The 3.8 GW load transfer event in PJM this July highlights the role of automatic transfer switches in large loads dropping off the transmission system and coming back online. This event shows that large loads with backup power can withstand...

10 days ago
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Does ERCOT's Provisional Controllable Load Resource work at MISO?

Provisional Controllable Load Resource is a large load related concept that was approved in Texas on the same date – June 18, 2026 - FERC issued Show Cause Orders to all Regional Transmission Organizations within its jurisdiction including...

12 days ago
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MISO's GRITS proposal does not meet the intent behind FERC's Show Cause Order.

MISO’s Grid Responsive Integration Transmission Service (GRITS) proposal is a step in the right direction – it provides transmission service options – firm/non-firm for large loads on a permanent basis. But it does not go further. The non-f...

19 days ago
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FERC's rejection of PJM's IRAS proposal requires a second glance.

FERC issued a decision on PJM’s Interim Resource Adequacy Service proposal on October 9th, 2026. Even though FERC accepted PJM’s large load definition of 50 MW and above and the large load registry idea, FERC rejected PJM’s IRAS filing on j...

a month ago
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RR703 clears the mechanical path for DR in SPP — now the work shifts to regulators.

What is RR703

Revision Request 703 (”RR703”) is SPP’s version of demand response reforms. In a nutshell, RR703 does two things: it moves the penalties for capacity deficiencies from a pre-season forecast to a post-season, actual, weather...

a month ago
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  • Rao Konidena

    Energy market expert, spent 15 years at MISO, advocates for energy aggregators and distributed energy resources such as energy storage, distributed solar and storage, textbook co-author - https://a.co/d/3jV4bWY, transmission expert. Rakon Energy ®

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