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  2. North American power transmission grid - Wikipedia

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    Interconnections can be tied to each other via high-voltage direct current power transmission lines as well as containing internal DC connections such as the north-south Pacific DC Intertie, or with variable-frequency transformers (VFTs), which permit a controlled flow of energy while also functionally isolating the independent AC frequencies ...

  3. Midcontinent Independent System Operator - Wikipedia

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    In cooperation with PJM Interconnection (PJM), the two organizations developed a Joint and Common Market (JCM) to align market rules between them and to reduce the operating impact of the many transmission interconnections between the two RTOs. In December 2003, the two RTOs filed a Joint Operating Agreement with FERC, detailing how the ...

  4. Regional transmission organization (North America) - Wikipedia

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    Tariff administration and design – in order to ensure non-discriminatory transmission service, an RTO must be the sole provider of transmission service and sole administrator of its own open access tariff. Congestion management – an RTO must ensure the development and operation of market mechanisms to manage transmission congestion.

  5. Wide area synchronous grid - Wikipedia

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    The two major and three minor interconnections of North America The synchronous grids of Europe and North Africa A wide area synchronous grid (also called an " interconnection " in North America ) is a three-phase electric power grid that has regional scale or greater that operates at a synchronized utility frequency and is electrically tied ...

  6. Texas Interconnection - Wikipedia

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    The two major and three minor NERC Interconnections, and the nine NERC Regional Reliability Councils. The Texas Interconnection is an alternating current (AC) power grid – a wide area synchronous grid – that covers most of the state of Texas. The grid is managed by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT).

  7. PJM Interconnection - Wikipedia

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    In 1927 the Public Service Electric and Gas Company, Philadelphia Electric Company, and Pennsylvania Power & Light Company formed a power pool called the Pennsylvania-New Jersey Interconnection. [7] The purpose of the power pool was to dispatch electric generating plants on a lowest cost basis, thereby reducing the electric costs for all ...

  8. Oncor Electric Delivery - Wikipedia

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    Oncor Electric Delivery Company is the largest transmission and distribution electric utility in the state of Texas and the 5th largest utility company in the US. [2] Their service territory includes east, west, and north-central Texas, including Dallas, Fort Worth, Irving, Plano, Arlington, Beeville, Midland, Odessa, Killeen, Waco, Wichita Falls, Tyler, and other cities throughout Texas. [3]

  9. Eastern Interconnection - Wikipedia

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    Interconnections can be tied to each other via high-voltage direct current power transmission lines , or with variable-frequency transformers (VFTs), which permit a controlled flow of energy while also functionally isolating the independent AC frequencies of each side. The Eastern Interconnection is tied to the Western Interconnection with six ...