Texas Reliability Entity

Each Regional Entity is tasked with compliance, monitoring, and enforcement on the behalf of NERC to ensure bulk power system reliability.

[3][4] ERCOT is located in Texas, covering 75% of the state's land area and 90% of its electric load, making it the only Regional Entity that serves both a single interconnection (the Texas Interconnection) and a single state.

[5] Users, owners, and operators within ERCOT are eligible for membership in Texas RE at no cost.

[5] As of May 2019, Fred N. Day, IV serves as the chair of the Texas RE board of directors.

The MRC directly advises the board with respect to Texas RE's annual budgets, business plans, and funding mechanisms.