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The RF region is situated within the Eastern Interconnection and covers territory stretching from the Eastern United States to the lower Great Lakes, including all or portions of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky, Tennessee, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, and the District of Columbia.
English: English version of a map showing the Regional Reliability Councils and Interconnections in North America. Based on File:BlankMap-USA-states-Canada-provinces,_HI_closer.svg by Lokal Profil, CC-BY-SA 2.5, File:Nercmap.JPG by J JMesserly PD-Self Data Source: North American Reliability Corporation
NERC's mission states that it "is to assure the effective and efficient reduction of risks to the reliability and security of the grid". [4] NERC oversees six regional reliability entities and encompasses all of the interconnected power systems of Canada and the contiguous United States, as well as a portion of the Mexican state of Baja California.
The two major and three minor North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) interconnections, and the nine NERC Regional Reliability Councils. The electric power transmission grid of the contiguous United States consists of 120,000 miles (190,000 km) of lines operated by 500 companies.
The two major and three minor NERC interconnections, and the nine NERC Regional Reliability Councils The electric power transmission grid of the contiguous United States consists of 120,000 miles (190,000 km) of lines operated by 500 companies.
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In short, an ISO operates a region's electricity grid, administers the region's wholesale electricity markets, and provides reliability planning for the region's bulk electricity system. Today's RTOs do the same thing with an added component of greater responsibility for the transmission network, as established by the FERC.
Additional documentation is also provided with each eGRID release such as, a Technical Guide (PDF), Summary Tables, eGRID subregion map (JPG), NERC region Map (JPG), and release notes (TXT). These files are available as separate downloadable files or all of them are contained in a ZIP file.