Texas Interconnection

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The Texas Interconnection is an electric power grid that covers most of Texas and operates largely independently from the other major North American interconnections.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Texas Interconnection canonical 4
Texas (MISO portion) 1
Texas Interconnected System 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf electric power grid ⓘ
synchronous grid ⓘ
abbreviation ERCOT grid ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
coversMostOf Texas ⓘ
energySource coal ⓘ
natural gas ⓘ
nuclear power ⓘ
solar power ⓘ
wind power ⓘ
gridCharacteristic largely intrastate transmission network ⓘ
limited ability to import power from other interconnections ⓘ
gridTopology high-voltage transmission network ⓘ
hasBalancingAuthority Electric Reliability Council of Texas ⓘ
hasLoadCenters Austin metropolitan area ⓘ
Dallas–Fort Worth metropolitan area ⓘ
Houston metropolitan area ⓘ
San Antonio metropolitan area ⓘ
interconnectionType largely isolated from other North American interconnections ⓘ
intertieLocation DC ties at Texas–Mexico border ⓘ
DC ties between Texas and Eastern Interconnection ⓘ
intertieType connected to other interconnections mainly via DC ties ⓘ
jurisdictionalNote largely outside Federal Energy Regulatory Commission jurisdiction for intrastate transmission ⓘ
marketOperator Electric Reliability Council of Texas ⓘ
marketStructure wholesale electricity market ⓘ
notableEvent February 2021 Texas power crisis ⓘ
operatesIndependentlyOf Eastern Interconnection ⓘ
Quebec Interconnection ⓘ
Western Interconnection ⓘ
partOf North American power transmission network ⓘ
peakDemandUnit megawatts ⓘ
planningAuthority Electric Reliability Council of Texas ⓘ
primaryFrequency 60 Hz ⓘ
purpose bulk power transmission within Texas ⓘ
reasonForIndependence limits federal regulatory jurisdiction over intrastate electricity ⓘ
regionType balancing authority area ⓘ
regulatoryJurisdiction Electric Reliability Council of Texas ⓘ
Public Utility Commission of Texas ⓘ
reliabilityRegion Texas RE (Texas Reliability Entity) ⓘ
reliabilityStandardBody North American Electric Reliability Corporation ⓘ
stateCovered Texas ⓘ
synchronizationStatus synchronously isolated from Eastern Interconnection ⓘ
synchronously isolated from Quebec Interconnection ⓘ
synchronously isolated from Western Interconnection ⓘ
systemOperator Electric Reliability Council of Texas ⓘ
voltageLevel extra-high voltage transmission lines ⓘ
vulnerabilityHighlightedBy February 2021 Texas power crisis ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Eastern Interconnection → coexistsWith → Texas Interconnection ⓘ
Eastern Interconnection → synchronizationBoundary → Texas Interconnection ⓘ
Western Interconnection → isSeparatedFrom → Texas Interconnection ⓘ
Eastern Interconnection → comparedWith → Texas Interconnection ⓘ
subject linked to: EI
Midcontinent Independent System Operator region → includesState → Texas (MISO portion) ⓘ
linked to: Texas Interconnection
Electric Reliability Council of Texas → precededBy → Texas Interconnected System ⓘ
linked to: Texas Interconnection
Comanche Peak Unit 2 → connectedTo → Texas power grid ⓘ
linked to: Texas Interconnection