{"document":{"slug":"filing-20260902-5107","title":"Answer of Southern Regulators in Support of Motion for Extension of Time filed by the Public Interest Organizations filed on 08/28/2026","issued":"2026-09-02","accession":"20260902-5107","docket":"ER26-3552-000","group":"MISO filings","filer":"Mississippi Public Service CommissionLouisiana Public Service CommissionArkansas Public Service Commission ,Council of the City of New Orleans, Louisiana ,","kind":"answer","file":"sources/originals/20260902-5107_01.pdf","url":"https://elibrary.ferc.gov/eLibrary/filelist?accession_Number=20260902-5107","sha256":"02ab3abc0cd562f8c71110235a6f51cda90d4cfd2c7d7b66c4c3abdc73b21a5d","pages":4,"tokens":710,"emptyPages":[]},"pages":[{"page":1,"startToken":0,"endToken":311,"text":"UNITED STATES OF AMERICA \nBEFORE THE \nFEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION \n \nMidcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. \n) \n \nDocket No.  ER26-3552-000 \n \n          \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n           \n \nANSWER OF SOUTHERN REGULATORS IN SUPPORT OF MOTION FOR \nEXTENSION OF TIME \n \nThe Mississippi Public Service Commission, the Arkansas Public Service Commission, \nand the Louisiana Public Service Commission (the Southern Regulators) submit this answer1 in \nsupport of the Public Interest Organizations’ (PIOs)2 motion for an extension of time3 to submit \ncomments on the Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc.’s (MISO) Zero-Injection \nGenerator Interconnection Agreement (ZGIA) proposal in the above captioned docket. The PIOs \nrequest that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) extend the comment \ndeadline in this proceeding by seven days from September 8, 2026, to September 15, 2026. Good \ncause exists for the Commission to grant the PIOs’ request.4  \nThe ZGIA proposal is part of MISO’s response to a recent Show Cause Order,5 which \nrequired MISO to either (i) explain why its tariff remains just and reasonable and not unduly \ndiscriminatory or preferential without provisions addressing, among other things, transmission \nservice and co-location arrangements for large load customers or (ii) file amendments to make its \ntariff just and reasonable as applied to large and co-located loads.6 The ZGIA framework is \nMISO’s novel proposal to study the interconnection of generating facilities that are co-located with \n \n1 Southern Regulators submit this answer pursuant to Rule 213 of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure. \n18 C.F.R. § 385.213.  \n2 The PIOs are the Michigan Environmental Justice Coalition, Community Collaboration on Climate Change, Natural \nResources Defense Council, and Sustainable FERC Project. \n3 Public Interest Organizations, Motion for Extension of Time (Aug. 28, 2026).  \n4 18 C.F.R. § 385.2008(a) (allowing the Commission to extend filing deadlines for good cause).  \n5 Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc., 195 FERC ¶ 61,212 (June 18, 2026). \n6 Id. at P 3."},{"page":2,"startToken":311,"endToken":544,"text":"2 \nand exclusively serve large loads. As retail regulators of public utilities, the Southern Regulators \nhave a substantial interest in understanding how the ZGIA proposal will impact reliability in MISO \nSouth and fit into MISO’s holistic Show Cause Order Response. Understanding these complex \nand novel issues requires the additional time requested by the PIOs.  \nTherefore, the Southern Regulators support the PIOs’ motion to extend the deadline to \nsubmit comments on MISO’s ZGIA proposal from September 8, 2026, to September 15, 2026. \n \n \n \n \n \n \nBarton Norfleet \nSpecial Counsel; Federal Energy Affairs  \nMississippi Public Service Commission  \n501 N. West Street, Suite 201-A  \nP.O. Box 1174  \nJackson, MS 39215-1174  \nPhone: (601) 961-5821  \nbarton.norfleet@psc.ms.gov  \n \n \nRespectfully submitted, \n \n/s/ William D. Booth  \n \nWilliam D. Booth \nAlex L. Peterson  \nMichael Best & Friedrich LLP \n1000 Maine Avenue, S.W. \nSuite 400  \nWashington, D.C. 20024 \nPhone: (202) 747-9560 \nwdbooth@michaelbest.com \nalpeterson@michaelbest.com \n \nAttorneys for the Mississippi Public \nService Commission  \n  \n \n \n \n                           \n \n/s/ Noel J. Darce \nKathryn Bowman \nExecutive Counsel \nLauren Evans \nDeputy General Counsel  \nLouisiana Public Service \nCommission  \n602 North Fifth Street \nBaton Rouge, Louisiana 70802 \nPhone: (225) 342-9888  \nKathryn.bowman@la.gov \nLauren.evans@la.gov \n \nNoel J. Darce \nDana M. Shelton \nJustin A. Swaim \nFishman Haygood LLP \n601 St. Charles Ave. Suite 4600 \nNew Orleans LA 70170 \nPhone: (504) 586-5252 \nndarce@fishmanhaygood.com \ndshelton@fishmanhaygood.com \njswaim@fishmanhaygood.com \n \nAttorneys for the Louisiana Public Service \nCommission"},{"page":3,"startToken":544,"endToken":642,"text":"3 \n/s/ Bridgette Frazier  \nBridgette Frazier  \nLuke Kinder \nCommission Counsel  \nArkansas \nPublic \nService \nCommission  \n1000 Center Street  \nP.O. Box 400  \nLittle Rock, AR 72201-4314  \nTelephone: (501) 682-5816 \n(501) 682-5766  \nbridgette.frazier@arkansas.gov  \nluke.kinder@arkansas.gov \n \nAttorneys for the Arkansas Public \nService Commission \n \n/s/ David Shaffer \nClinton A. Vince \nPresley R. Reed, Jr. \nDavid S. Shaffer \nDentons US LLP \n1900 K Street, N.W. \nWashington, DC 20006 \nPhone: (202) 408-9174 \nclinton.vince@dentons.com \npresley.reedjr@dentons.com \ndavid.shaffer@dentons.com \n \nAttorneys for the Council of the City of \nNew Orleans \n \n \nDated: September 2, 2026"},{"page":4,"startToken":642,"endToken":710,"text":"CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE \n \n \nI hereby certify that I have served the foregoing document upon each person listed on the \nofficial service list compiled by the Secretary in this proceeding. \n \nDated at Milwaukee, Wisconsin this 2nd day of September, 2026. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nRespectfully submitted, \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n/s/ Zachary S. Schumacher \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nZachary S. Schumacher  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nMichael Best & Friedrich LLP \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n790 N. Water St. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nSuite 2500 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nMilwaukee, WI 53202 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n(414) 223.2513 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nzach.schumacher@michaelbest.com"}],"sections":[{"p":1,"at":0,"title":"Opening text","method":"opening text","endPage":4,"endAt":0,"startToken":0,"endToken":642},{"p":4,"at":0,"title":"CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE","method":"printed heading","endPage":4,"endAt":588,"startToken":642,"endToken":710}]}