North American Electric Reliability Council
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The North American Electric Reliability Council (NERC) was formed in 1968 by the electric utility industry to promote the reliability and adequacy of bulk power supply in the electric utility systems of North America. The NERC consists of ten regional reliability councils and encompasses essentially all the power systems of the contiguous United States, Canada and part of Mexico. Of those ten regions there are three interconnections, the Western Interconnection which encompasses all of the WECC (which serve the areas west of the Rockies), the ERCOT Interconnection which covers most of the state of Texas, and the remaining eight regions comprise the Eastern Interconnection.
See also: FERC
External links
- Home Page (http://www.nerc.com)
- Map of North American Electrical Regions (http://www.nerc.com/regional)