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WECC Responsibilities
- Coordinating and promoting electric system reliability in the Western Interconnection
- Supporting efficient competitive power markets
- Assuring open and non-discriminatory transmission access among members
- Providing a forum for resolving transmission access disputes
- Providing an environment for coordinating the operating and planning activities of its members
Highlights
- RMS (Reliability Management System): entities voluntarily enter into contracts to abide by reliability criteria and violations can result in monetary sanctions. At the end of 2004, control areas serving 93 percent of customer load in WECC were subject to RMS.
Relevant Energy Types
About WECC
- Voluntary membership
- Open to organizations interested in the reliability of interconnected system operation or coordinated planning in the western US or Canada
- Salt Lake City, UT
Formation of WECC
- Year: 2002
- By: Merger of three regional systems -
- WSCC: Western Systems Coordinating Council
- SWRTA: Southwest Regional Transmission Association
- WRTA: Western Regional Transmission Association
- Action: Created voluntarily to coordinate and promote electric system reliability for the western US and Canada
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