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goal of 30% by 2025 and 80% by 2050 (Minn. Stat. § 216H.02). Some of the largest cities in the U.S, including New York, Chicago, Atlanta and more than 30 others have also set ambitious emissions reductions goals. Generation In January 2017, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Interconnection (FERC)conditionally approved Queue Reform 4.5 which revises the Risks MISO generation interconnection process. Queue Refoim 4.5 aims to improve the timeliness and efficiency of the interconnection process. MISO continues to incorporate Queue Reform 4.5 into the active interconnection study cycles and its Business Practices Manuals. Timing and cost risks from the generation interconnection process persist during implementation of queue reform and may remain into the near future. MISO launches two cycles of new interconnection study groups each year for different regions. Many of the active interconnection study groups are seeing delays in the cycle process schedule. It is unknown when or if the queue reform will improve the timeliness of the interconnection process. This creates planning challenges for interconnection timing. A provisional interconnection alternative exists,but this option could create operational and transmission upgrade cost risks. MISO Market MISO is the entity that manages the reliable and cost-effective Enhancements delivery of electricity and conducts transmission planning activities Continue in 15 states, including Minnesota, and the Canadian province of Manitoba. MISO commenced its market operations for energy and financial transmission markets in 2005, followed by ancillary services markets in 2009, and capacity markets in 2010. Since its inception, MISO has continued to introduce or propose market enhancements and rule changes. In 2011, MISO introduced the concept of a dispatchable intermittent resource (DIR) to address the uncertainties associated with the intermittency of wind resources. At that time, MISO had less than 10,000 MW of registered wind generation. MISO now hosts over 17,500 MW of registered wind. Over 12,500 MW of this wind is in Iowa, Minnesota, and North Dakota and MISO has managed the concentrated wind resources, locational prices, and reliability effectively. MISO is now in the process of incorporating energy storage into its markets and complying with FERC orders 841 and 845. On April 3, 2017, MISO made a compliance filing with FERC where it revised Module A of its Tariff to add a new term called Stored Energy 80