Regional Boundaries Clause Samples

Regional Boundaries. SERC Reliability Corporation (SERC) is a not for profit entity committed to safeguarding and improving reliability of the Bulk Power System covering an area of approximately 630,000 square miles in sixteen states: all of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina; most of Arkansas, Louisiana, Missouri, and Tennessee; and portions of Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Texas, and Virginia. The geographic boundaries of SERC are determined by the service areas of its membership, comprised of investor-owned utilities, municipal, cooperative, state and federal systems, merchant electricity generators, and power marketers, and as documented in the NERC Compliance Registry. Service provided by SERC members in areas which overlap with neighboring regions include: • The area in southern Iowa is served by N.E. Missouri Electric Power Cooperative, a member of Associated Electric Cooperative, Inc., and N.W. Electric Power Cooperative, a member of Associated Electric Cooperative, Inc. • The area in eastern Oklahoma is served by KAMO Electric Cooperative, Inc., a member of Associated Electric Cooperative, Inc. • The area in western Missouri is served by N.W. Electric Power Cooperative, a member of Associated Electric Cooperative, Inc., and KAMO Electric Cooperative, Inc., a member of Associated Electric Cooperative, Inc. CRITERION 1: The Regional Entity shall be governed by an independent board or a hybrid board consisting of a combination of independent and balanced stakeholder board members. CRITERION 2: The Regional Entity has established rules that assure its independence from the users and owners and operators of the bulk power system, while assuring fair stakeholder representation in the selection of its directors. Federal Power Act § 215(c)(2)(A) and (e)(4), 18 C.F.R. § 39.8(c)(2), Order No. 672 at ¶¶ 699, 700.)

Regional Boundaries. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) region is the geographic area and associated transmission and distribution facilities that are not synchronously interconnected with electric utilities operating outside the jurisdiction of the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT). The ERCOT region does not interconnect synchronously across state lines to import or export power with neighboring reliability regions. The ERCOT geographic region includes 200,000 square miles, 90% of Texas load, and 75% of Texas land area but does not include the Panhandle (with the exception of certain Competitive Energy Renewable Zone transmission lines), El Paso area, and two areas of East Texas. The ERCOT region includes the following Texas cities and towns: Dallas, Ft. Worth, Houston, San Antonio, Austin, Paris, Tyler, Nacogdoches, ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇, College Station, Corpus Christi, Harlingen, Brownsville, Laredo, Brownwood, San ▇▇▇▇▇▇, Abilene, Midland, Odessa, Fort Stockton, Monahans, ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇, Wichita Falls, Denton, Garland, Greenville, Waco, Temple, Killeen, Weatherford, and ▇▇▇▇▇▇, as indicated on the map below. *Map shows approximate geographic areas for general information only and does not indicate areas where service providers overlap.

Regional Boundaries. The geographic boundaries of Southwest Power Pool (SPP) are determined by the service areas of its membership, comprised of investor-owned utilities, municipal, cooperative, state and federal systems, merchant electricity generators and power marketers. The SPP Regional Entity covers an area of approximately 250,000 square miles of service territory (purple region depicted below) in all or part of eight states: Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas. Service provided by SPP members in areas which overlap with neighboring regions:  The area in northeastern Oklahoma is served by Western Farmers Electric Cooperative, Oklahoma Gas & Electric Company, Oklahoma Municipal Power Authority, Grand River Dam Authority, and AEP.  The area in Arkansas is served by Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation, Oklahoma Gas & Electric Company, and AEP.  The area in western Missouri is served by Empire District Electric Company, City Power & Light (Independence, MO), City Utilities (Springfield, MO), Grand River Dam Authority, Kansas City Power & Light Company, City Power & Light (Independence, MO), and Southwestern Power Administration. Within the SPP region, compliance monitoring and enforcement functions with respect to reliability functions for which SPP is the registered entity are performed by SERC Reliability Corporation (SERC) pursuant to a contract between SPP and SERC. CRITERION 1: The Regional Entity shall be governed by an independent board, a balanced stakeholder board, or a combination independent and balanced stakeholder board. (Federal Power Act § 215(e)(4)(A), 18 C.F.R. § 39.8(c)(1), Order No. 672 at ¶ 727.)

Regional Boundaries. The geographic boundaries of Southwest Power Pool (SPP) are determined by the service areas of its membership, comprised of investor-owned utilities, municipal, cooperative, state and federal systems, merchant electricity generators and power marketers. The SPP Regional Entity covers an area of approximately 255,000 square miles of service territory (purple region depicted below) in all or part of eight states: Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas. Service provided by SPP members in areas which overlap with neighboring regions: ◆ The area in northeastern Oklahoma is served by Western Farmers Electric Cooperative, Oklahoma Gas & Electric Company, Oklahoma Municipal Power Authority, Grand River Dam Authority, and AEP West. ◆ The area in Arkansas is served by Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation, Oklahoma Gas & Electric Company, and AEP West. ◆ The area in western Missouri is served by Aquila, Empire District Electric Company, City Power & Light (Independence, MO), City Utilities (Springfield, MO), Grand River Dam Authority, Kansas City Power & Light Company, City Power & Light (Independence, MO), and Southwestern Power Administration. Within the SPP region, compliance monitoring and enforcement functions with respect to reliability functions for which SPP is the registered entity are performed by SERC Reliability Corporation (SERC) pursuant to a contract between SPP and SERC dated as of (DATE).

Regional Boundaries. The Boundaries of ReliabilityFirst Corporation (ReliabilityFirst) are defined by the service territories of Load Serving Entities (LSEs) and include all of New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Maryland, District of Columbia, West Virginia, Ohio, Indiana, Lower Michigan and portions of Upper Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee and Virginia as shown on the map below. In addition, transmission systems and generation within the metered boundaries of the LSEs are within ReliabilityFirst even if outside the respective service territories shown. The area is electrically contiguous.

Regional Boundaries. The geographic boundaries of SERC Reliability Corporation (SERC) are determined by the service areas of its membership, comprised of investor-owned utilities, municipal, cooperative, state and federal systems, merchant electricity generators, and power marketers. SERC covers an area of approximately 574,000 square miles in sixteen states: all of Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina; most of Arkansas, Louisiana, Missouri, and Tennessee; and portions of Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Texas, and Virginia. Service provided by SERC members in areas which overlap with neighboring regions include: • The area in southern Iowa is served by N.E. Missouri Electric Power Cooperative, a member of Associated Electric Cooperative, Inc., and N.W. Electric Power Cooperative, a member of Associated Electric Cooperative, Inc. • The area in eastern Oklahoma is served by KAMO Electric Cooperative, Inc., a member of Associated Electric Cooperative, Inc. • The area in western Missouri is served by N.W. Electric Power Cooperative, a member of Associated Electric Cooperative, Inc., and KAMO Electric Cooperative, Inc., a member of Associated Electric Cooperative, Inc. • The area in N.E. Florida (part of ▇▇▇▇▇ and Nassau counties) served by Okefenoke Rural Electric Membership Corporation (OREMC), a member of Georgia System Operations Corporation; and facilities physically located in ▇▇▇▇▇ County, Florida owned by Georgia Transmission Corporation (GTC) are part of the SERC Region and not the FRCC Region. A regional map is show in Section 1.1. SERC may also perform compliance and enforcement activities outside of the Regional Entity, on behalf of NERC and/or other Regional Entities, such activities to be undertaken pursuant to a contract between the Regional Entities that is approved by the SERC Board, the NERC Board, and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. 1.1 SERC Regional Map Exhibit B — Governance The Regional Entity bylaws shall meet the following criteria: CRITERION 1: The Regional Entity shall be governed by an independent board, a balanced stakeholder board, or a combination independent and balanced stakeholder board. (Federal Power Act § 215(e)(4)(A), 18 C.F.R. § 39.8(c)(1), Order No. 672 at ¶ 727.)