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ERCOT Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) is the
corporation comprised and governed by a board of
directors from investor and municipally own electric
utilities, generators, independent members and
consumers. Their mission is to maintain and
ensure the reliability of the power grid that
operates in the State of Texas. Essentially, they
make sure you get the electricity you need into your
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According
to the ERCOT website (www.ercot.com);
“Texas' main electric power grid is a 38,000-mile
network of long-distance, high-voltage transmission
lines and substations that carries bulk electricity
to multiple utility companies for distribution to
their customers. This grid, which has an overall
generation capacity of about 78,000 Megawatts,
delivers approximately 85 percent of Texas' overall
power usage to 20 million Texans (7 million total
electric customers or meters).Basically, ERCOT is
here to maintain and ensure the reliability of the
power grid that operates in the State of Texas. They
make sure you get electricity into your home or
business. ERCOT is one regional reliability councils
in North America and enforce reliability standards
for the electricity grid and utility operations." The ERCOT power grid covers about 75 percent of
Texas and about 85 percent of the electricity load
in Texas. They manage the scheduling and financial
settlement of power onto this electricity grid and
the delivery of that power over the transmission
lines.
ERCOT is comprised and governed by a board of
directors from investor and municipally own electric
utilities, generators, independent members and
consumers.
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