Comments on: links for 2008-02-17 http://redmonk.com/cote/2008/02/17/links-for-2008-02-17/ One foot in the muck, the other in utopia Tue, 29 May 2012 14:02:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1 By: cote http://redmonk.com/cote/2008/02/17/links-for-2008-02-17/#comment-2096 Mon, 18 Feb 2008 19:10:10 +0000 http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2008/02/17/links-for-2008-02-17/#comment-2096 Thanks for the foot-work there, Mark ;)

]]> By: Mark Wahl http://redmonk.com/cote/2008/02/17/links-for-2008-02-17/#comment-2095 Mon, 18 Feb 2008 11:17:40 +0000 http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2008/02/17/links-for-2008-02-17/#comment-2095 Wikipedia sez
"All of the electric utilities in the Texas Interconnection are electrically tied together during normal system conditions … The Texas Interconnection covers most of the State of Texas."
and

"Unlike the other major NERC interconnections, the high voltage transmission and energy market within the Texas Interconnection is operated by ERCOT as essentially a single power system instead of as a network of cooperating utility companies."

ERCOT = Electric Reliability Council of Texas

"As the independent system operator for the region, ERCOT schedules power on an electric grid that connects 38,000 miles of transmission lines and more than 500 generation units.

ERCOT also manages financial settlement for the competitive wholesale bulk-power market and administers customer switching for 6 million Texans in competitive choice areas.

ERCOT is a membership-based 501(c)(6) nonprofit corporation, governed by a board of directors and subject to oversight by the Public Utility Commission of Texas and the Texas Legislature. "

http://www.ercot.com/news/presentations/2007/Bojo…

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