Electric Reliability Council of Texas: Difference between revisions
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[[File:Rto_map.gif|thumb|300x300px|ISOs and RTOs of North America as of 18 March 2021]]
[[File:Rto_map.gif|thumb|300x300px|ISOs and RTOs of North America as of 18 March 2021]]
The ”’Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc.”’ (”’ERCOT”’) is an American organization that operates [[Texas]]’s [[electrical grid]], the [[Texas Interconnection]],{{Cite Q|Q114357264|access-date=2022-10-02}}{{cite web |title=2019 ERCOT County Map |url=http://www.ercot.com/content/wcm/landing_pages/89373/sized-county-map-6.27.19.jpg |publisher=ERCOT |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190630212458/http://www.ercot.com/content/wcm/landing_pages/89373/sized-county-map-6.27.19.jpg |archive-date=June 30, 2019 |date=June 27, 2019 |url-status=live}} which supplies power to more than 25 million Texas customers and represents 90 percent of the state’s electric load.{{cite web|url=http://www.ercot.com/content/wcm/lists/144926/ERCOT_Quick_Facts_8818.pdf|title=Quick facts |date=818 |website=www.ercot.com }} ERCOT is the first [[Regional transmission organization|independent system operator]] (ISO) in the United States.{{cite web|url=http://www.ercot.com/about/profile/history/ |title=History of ERCOT |publisher=Ercot.com |access-date=2018-08-14}} ERCOT works with the [[Texas Reliability Entity]] (TRE),{{Cite web |url=http://www.texasre.org/about/Pages/Default.aspx |title=Texas Reliability Entity – About Us |access-date=2013-04-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130328213848/http://www.texasre.org/about/Pages/Default.aspx |archive-date=2013-03-28 |url-status=dead }} one of eight regional entities within the [[North American Electric Reliability Corporation]] (NERC) that coordinate to improve reliability of the bulk power grid.{{cite web|url=http://www.nerc.com/page.php?cid=1%7C9%7C119 |title=NERC|website=www.nerc.com}}
The ”’Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc.”’ (”’ERCOT”’) is an American organization that operates [[Texas]]’s [[electrical grid]], the [[Texas Interconnection]],{{Cite Q|Q114357264|access-date=2022-10-02}}{{cite web |title=2019 ERCOT County Map |url=http://www.ercot.com/content/wcm/landing_pages/89373/sized-county-map-6.27.19.jpg |publisher=ERCOT |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190630212458/http://www.ercot.com/content/wcm/landing_pages/89373/sized-county-map-6.27.19.jpg |archive-date=June 30, 2019 |date=June 27, 2019 |url-status=live}} which supplies power to more than 25 million Texas customers and represents 90 percent of the state’s electric load.{{cite web|url=http://www.ercot.com/content/wcm/lists/144926/ERCOT_Quick_Facts_8818.pdf|title=Quick facts |date=818 |website=www.ercot.com }} ERCOT is the first [[Regional transmission organization|independent system operator]] (ISO) in the United States.{{cite web|url=http://www.ercot.com/about/profile/history/ |title=History of ERCOT |publisher=Ercot.com |access-date=2018-08-14}} ERCOT works with the [[Texas Reliability Entity]] (TRE),{{Cite web |url=http://www.texasre.org/about/Pages/Default.aspx |title=Texas Reliability Entity – About Us |access-date=2013-04-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130328213848/http://www.texasre.org/about/Pages/Default.aspx |archive-date=2013-03-28 |url-status=dead }} one of regional entities within the [[North American Electric Reliability Corporation]] (NERC) that coordinate to improve reliability of the bulk power grid.{{cite web|url=http://www.nerc.com/page.php?cid=1%7C9%7C119 |title=NERC|website=www.nerc.com}}
As the ISO for the region, ERCOT dispatches power on an electric grid that connects more than 46,500 miles of transmission lines and more than 610 generation units.{{cite web|url=http://www.ercot.com/content/wcm/lists/144926/ERCOT_Quick_Facts_8818.pdf |title=Quick facts |website=www.ercot.com }}
As the ISO for the region, ERCOT dispatches power on an electric grid that connects more than 46,500 miles of transmission lines and more than 610 generation units.{{cite web|url=http://www.ercot.com/content/wcm/lists/144926/ERCOT_Quick_Facts_8818.pdf |title=Quick facts |website=www.ercot.com }}
Regional transmission organization in Texas
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCOT) is an American organization that operates Texas‘s electrical grid, the Texas Interconnection,[3][4] which supplies power to more than 25 million Texas customers and represents 90 percent of the state’s electric load.[5] ERCOT is the first independent system operator (ISO) in the United States.[6] ERCOT works with the Texas Reliability Entity (TRE),[7] one of six regional entities within the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) that coordinate to improve reliability of the bulk power grid.[8]
As the ISO for the region, ERCOT dispatches power on an electric grid that connects more than…
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