North Dakota has filed a rare federal complaint against MISO, claiming its $22B transmission expansion plan will saddle residents with decades of higher bills for projects that mostly benefit other states. (ND Monitor)
Under MISO’s new cost-benefit formula, North Dakota customers would pay about $5 more/month for 24 transmission upgrades—only two of which enter the state.
MISO says the plan was shaped through 300+ stakeholder meetings to boost reliability and meet future demand, but North Dakota argues the revised math unfairly shifts costs without delivering proportional benefits.