Western Interconnection definition

Western Interconnection means the area comprising those states and provinces, or portions thereof, in Western Canada, Northern Mexico and the Western United States in which Members of the WSCC operate synchronously connected transmission systems.

Western Interconnection means a network of transmission lines embodied within the WSCC Region.

Western Interconnection means the network of subsystems of generators, transmission lines, transformers, switching stations, and substations owned or operated by members of the WECC, to the extent located in the continental United States.

Examples of Western Interconnection in a sentence

• The purpose of this Agreement is to maintain the reliable operation of the Western Interconnection through the Generator’s commitment to comply with certain reliability standards.

• Electric Line of Business Entities owning, controlling or operating more than 1000 circuit miles of transmission lines of 115 kV and higher voltages within the Western Interconnection.

• Electric Line of Business Entities owning, controlling or operating transmission or distribution lines, but not more than 1,000 circuit miles of transmission lines of 115 kV or greater, within the Western Interconnection.

• The circuit is a monitored Facility of a permanent flowgate in the Eastern Interconnection, a major transfer path within the Western Interconnection as defined by the Regional Entity, or a comparable monitored Facility in the Québec Interconnection, that has been included to address reliability concerns for loading of that circuit, as confirmed by the applicable Planning Coordinator.B2.

• End users of significant amounts of electricity in the Western Interconnection, including industrial, agricultural, commercial and retail entities as well as organizations in the Western Interconnection that represent the interests of a substantial number of end users or a substantial number of persons interested in the impacts of electric systems on the public or the environment.

More Definitions of Western Interconnection

Western Interconnection means the area comprising those states and provinces, or portions thereof, in Western Canada, Northern Mexico and the Western United States in which members of the WSCC operate synchronously connected transmission systems.

Western Interconnection means the interconnected electrical transmission system located in the western region of the United States.

Western Interconnection means the synchronously operated electric transmission grid located in the western part of North America, including parts of Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, South Dakota, Texas and Mexico and all of Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming and the Canadian provinces of British Columbia and Alberta.

Western Interconnection means the area comprising those

Western Interconnection means the westernmost of the three major alternating-current electrical grids in North America. The Western Interconnection stretches from Western Canada South to Baja California in Mexico, reaching eastward over the Rockies to the Great Plains.

Western Interconnection means the geographic area spanning

Western Interconnection means the wide synchronous power grid overseen by the WECC.