The Florida Reliability Coordinating Council (FRCC) was (until 2019
) one of the
Regional Entities (REs) that were delegated authority to ensure reliability by
North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) in
North America
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and was formed on September 16, 1996. The area served by FRCC was previously served by
SERC Reliability Corporation (SERC), RE functions of FRCC were transferred back to SERC
in July 2019.
[ NERC and the regional reliability councils were formed following the Northeast Blackout of 1965. FRCC's offices were located in ]Tampa
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, Florida
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.
The FRCC is a not-for-profit company incorporated in the state of Florida. The FRCC’s mission was to ensure that the bulk power system in Peninsular Florida is reliable, adequate and secure. The FRCC served as a regional entity with delegated authority from the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) for the purpose of proposing and enforcing reliability standards within the FRCC Region. The FRCC footprint was electrically unique in that it is tied to the interconnection on only one side. The area of the state of Florida that was within the FRCC Region is peninsular Florida east of the Apalachicola River. Areas west of the Apalachicola River stayed within the SERC Region.
See also
* Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is an independent agency of the United States government that regulates the interstate transmission and wholesale sale of electricity and natural gas and regulates the prices of interstate transport ...
* North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC)
* SERC Reliability Corporation
The Southeastern Electric Reliability Corporation (SERC) is responsible for ensuring a reliable and secure electric grid across 16 southeastern and central states. The SERC region lies within the Eastern Interconnection, and includes the states of ...
* Western Electricity Coordinating Council
The Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC) oversees Bulk Electric System (BES) reliability for the entire Western Interconnection system in North America. WECC is the regional entity responsible for managing for coordinating planning an ...
* Electric Reliability Council of Texas
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCOT) is an American organization that operates Texas's electrical grid, the Texas Interconnection, which supplies power to more than 25 million Texas customers and represents 90 percent of the st ...
* Southwest Power Pool
Southwest Power Pool (SPP) manages the electric grid and wholesale power market for the central United States. As a regional transmission organization, the nonprofit corporation is mandated by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to ensure rel ...
* Kissimmee Utility Authority
* TECO Energy
TECO Energy Inc. is an energy-related holding company based in Tampa, Florida, and a subsidiary of Emera Incorporated. TECO Energy has several subsidiaries: Tampa Electric, which provides electricity to the Tampa Bay Area and parts of Central ...
* Florida Municipal Power Agency
References
External links
Home Page
Electric power transmission system operators in the United States
Eastern Interconnection
1996 establishments in Florida
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