Western Electricity Coordinating Council

WECC is geographically the largest and most diverse of the six Regional Entities with delegated authority from the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).

WECC was designated a Regional Entity for the Western Interconnection in 2007 after NERC delegated some of the authority it had received from FERC to create, monitor and enforce reliability standards.

Today, WECC is an independent organization that works with entities across the West to further the common theme of electrical grid reliability.

Through its various reliability-related activities, WECC provides critical support to the Reliability Coordinators and the resource owners/operators throughout the Western Interconnection.

One of WECC's functions is coordinating high voltage intertie paths throughout the region.