ERCOT ISO experience with transmission operating and planning criteria in a competitive environment

Author

Jones, Sam R.

Volume

1

fYear

1999

fDate

18-22 Jul 1999

Firstpage

140

Abstract

Wholesale electric competition began in the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) region of Texas in mid 1996. The ERCOT Independent System Operator (ISO) has been responsible for the security of the transmission system and the scheduling of all energy transactions in the ERCOT Region since December 16, 1996. The ERCOT ISO has been responsible for supervising transmission planning and recommending new transmission projects in the ERCOT Region since September of 1998. Electric load growth in ERCOT has been significant. The peak demand for electricity in the region increased by more than five percent in 1997 and seven percent in 1998. This load increase utilized a major portion of the generation and transmission system reserve in ERCOT causing electric industry participants to review and question historical transmission operating and planning criteria

Keywords

load (electric); power system security; power transmission planning; power transmission reliability; ERCOT; Electric Reliability Council of Texas; ISO experience; Independent System Operator; competitive environment; electric load growth; energy transactions scheduling; peak electricity demand; transmission operating criteria; transmission planning criteria; transmission projects; transmission system security; wholesale electric competition; Adders; Councils; Distributed parameter circuits; ISO; Integrated circuit interconnections; Job shop scheduling; Maintenance; Power transmission lines; Propagation losses; Security;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Engineering Society Summer Meeting, 1999. IEEE

Conference_Location

Edmonton, Alta.

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5569-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PESS.1999.784335

Filename

784335