Electric Reliability Organization definition

Electric Reliability Organization or “ERO” means the organization that is certified by the Commission under Section 39.3 of its regulations, the purpose of which is to establish and enforce Reliability Standards for the Bulk Power System in the United States, subject to Commission review. The organization may also have received recognition by Applicable Governmental Authorities in Canada and Mexico to establish and enforce Reliability Standards for the Bulk Power Systems of the respective countries.
Electric Reliability Organization or “ERO” means NERC and/or the entity designated by FERC pursuant to the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to establish and oversee standards for maintaining reliability of the United States’ electric grid (or any regional organization with authority delegated therefrom).
Electric Reliability Organization or “ERO” means the organization that is certified by the Commission pursuant to Section 39.3 of its regulations, and has received recognition by appropriate regulatory authorities in Canada and Mexico, as applicable, to establish and enforce Reliability Standards for the Bulk Power Systems of the respective countries and that has entered into a delegation agreement with the Corporation pursuant to which the Electric Reliability Organization delegates enforcement authority for Reliability Standards for the Bulk Power System in the ERCOT Region. NERC was certified as the ERO on July 20, 2006.

Examples of Electric Reliability Organization in a sentence

  • FERC certified The North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) as the Electric Reliability Organization (ERO) in 2006.

  • Order Certifying NERC as the Electric Reliability Organization and Ordering Compliance Filing, FERC Docket No. RR06-1-000, 116 FERC ¶ 61,062 (July 20, 2006).

  • SPP is a Regional Entity of the Electric Reliability Organization and is subject to the terms of the Delegation Agreement executed by SPP and the ERO.

  • Texas Regional Entity (TRE)The organization approved by the Electric Reliability Organization and the FERC to perform the regional Entity functions for the ERCOT Region described in the Electricity Modernization Act of 2005 (16 U.S.C. §824 et seq.).

  • Regional Entity - An entity to whom NERC has delegated Electric Reliability Organization (ERO) functions in a particular geographic region.


More Definitions of Electric Reliability Organization

Electric Reliability Organization has the meaning given in Section 215(a)(2) of the Federal Power Act.
Electric Reliability Organization. ’ or ‘‘ERO’’ means the organization certified by the Commission the purpose of which is to establish and enforce Reliability Standards for the Bulk-Power System, subject to Commission review.
Electric Reliability Organization or “ERO” means the organization that is certified by the Commission under Section 39.3 of its regulations, the purpose of which is to establish and enforce Reliability Standards for the Bulk Power System in the United States, subject to Commission review.
Electric Reliability Organization or “ERO” has the meaning set forth in 18 C.F.R. § 39.1.
Electric Reliability Organization means an organization that is
Electric Reliability Organization means the organization certified by FERC to propose and enforce mandatory standards for the reliable operation and planning of the bulk power system throughout the United States of America.
Electric Reliability Organization means a self-regulating organization cer- tified by the Commission under subsection