MISO received FERC approval for these project cost allocation methodologies.
So far, MISO has avoided controversies in transmission project competitive bids like PJM's Artificial Island.
Unfortunately for competitive transmission developers and fortunately for incumbent transmission owners, the following states in MISO have Right of First Refusal (ROFR) laws, which favor their transmission utilities as opposed to independent transmission companies - Iowa, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and Texas. Source -