A regional entity (RE) in the North American power transmission grid is a regional organization representing all segments of the electric industry : electric utilities (investor-owned, cooperatives, state, regional, and municipal), federal agencies , independent power producers , power market operators, and end-users of the energy. North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) delegates to REs authority to enforce reliability standards (which NERC has throughout the contiguous United States ), collectively REs, together with NERC, are known as an "ERO Enterprise" (from the Electric Reliability Organization ).
5-493: The Northeast Power Coordinating Council ( NPCC ) was formed on January 19, 1966, as a successor to the Canada–United States Eastern Interconnection (CANUSE). It was established to improve the reliability of electric service. NPCC is one of six regional entities under North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) authority. NERC and the regional reliability councils were formed following
10-834: The Northeast Blackout of 1965 . NPCC's offices are located in New York City , New York . The NPCC region lies within the Eastern Interconnection and encompasses the greater New England area of North America , covering all the States of Maine , Vermont , New Hampshire , Massachusetts , New York, Connecticut , Rhode Island , and the Provinces of Ontario , Québec , New Brunswick , Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island . NPCC also has ties to non-NERC systems in eastern Canada. In terms of load served, NPCC accounts for 20% of
15-474: The 2010, the process was slow: just nine standards were developed, all by the WECC. An RE approves the transmission plans and chooses the projects for regional (as opposed to per-local-pricing-zone) cost allocation. One of the important roles of an RE is suggesting to NERC (and FERC ) to include the facilities into - or exclude from - the list of "elements" that constitute the bulk-power system (BPS, also known as
20-712: The Eastern interconnection's total load demand, and 70% of Canada's entire demand. The Hydro-Québec system, which encompasses all of Québec, is commonly considered part of the Eastern Interconnection, even though it is technically a separate interconnection . It is connected to the rest of the NPCC and Eastern Interconnection through four high voltage direct current ties. At the time of its formation in 1966, NPCC had 22 utility systems as members. As of 2019, NPCC has 90 members. Regional entity The regional entities, at
25-869: The bottom of the structure for the development and enforcement of the reliability standards for the US electric grid, were established by the Section 215 of the Federal Power Act as amended by the Energy Policy Act of 2005 . The statute tried to mimic the balance of power between the federal and state authorities in the US, with REs playing the role of regional (state-like) components. As of 2021, there were six regional entities: The original list included eight entities, two REs were later dissolved: The reliability standard development process had Regional Entities developing regional standards, to be approved by NERC and FERC. By
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