North American power transmission grid

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critical infrastructure system electric power transmission network

The North American power transmission grid is the vast, interconnected high-voltage network that delivers electricity across the United States, Canada, and parts of Mexico through several major synchronized interconnections.

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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form Occurrences
North American power grid 3
New England power grid 2
New England electric grid 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf critical infrastructure system ⓘ
electric power transmission network ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
countryCovered Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ
United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
energySource coal-fired power plants ⓘ
hydroelectric power plants ⓘ
natural gas power plants ⓘ
nuclear power plants ⓘ
solar power plants ⓘ
wind farms ⓘ
function bulk power transmission ⓘ
interconnection of power plants and load centers ⓘ
long distance electricity delivery ⓘ
governedBy reliability standards ⓘ
hasPart Alaska Interconnection NERFINISHED ⓘ
Eastern Interconnection NERFINISHED ⓘ
Electric Reliability Council of Texas interconnection NERFINISHED ⓘ
Quebec Interconnection NERFINISHED ⓘ
Western Interconnection NERFINISHED ⓘ
includes HVDC ties between interconnections ⓘ
includesComponent control centers ⓘ
substations ⓘ
switching stations ⓘ
transformers ⓘ
transmission lines ⓘ
interconnectionType alternating current synchronous interconnection ⓘ
operatedBy transmission companies ⓘ
utilities ⓘ
planningBody independent system operators ⓘ
regional transmission organizations ⓘ
regulatoryBody Federal Energy Regulatory Commission NERFINISHED ⓘ
North American Electric Reliability Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ
risk blackouts ⓘ
cascading failures ⓘ
securityConcern cybersecurity threats ⓘ
physical attacks on infrastructure ⓘ
standardizedBy North American Electric Reliability Corporation reliability standards ⓘ
supportsSector commercial electricity consumption ⓘ
industrial electricity consumption ⓘ
residential electricity consumption ⓘ
synchronizedArea Alaska Interconnection NERFINISHED ⓘ
Eastern Interconnection NERFINISHED ⓘ
Electric Reliability Council of Texas interconnection ⓘ
Quebec Interconnection NERFINISHED ⓘ
Western Interconnection NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod operational 24 hours per day ⓘ
voltageLevel high voltage ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

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Holyoke Gas and Electric hydroelectric facilities → connectedTo → North American power transmission grid ⓘ
this entity surface form: New England electric grid
Darlington Nuclear Generating Station → gridCode → North American power transmission grid ⓘ
this entity surface form: North American power grid
Moses–Saunders Power Dam → gridConnection → North American power transmission grid ⓘ
this entity surface form: North American power grid
Muskrat Falls dam → gridConnection → North American power transmission grid ⓘ
subject surface form: Muskrat Falls Generating Station
this entity surface form: North American power grid
Oglethorpe Power Corporation → gridConnection → North American power transmission grid ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S. electric grid
Wyman Dam → gridConnection → North American power transmission grid ⓘ
this entity surface form: New England power grid
Hydro-Québec → gridInterconnection → North American power transmission grid ⓘ
this entity surface form: New England power grid
Western Interconnection → isPartOf → North American power transmission grid ⓘ
this entity surface form: North American bulk power system
Eastern Interconnection → partOf → North American power transmission grid ⓘ
Niagara River hydropower system → partOf → North American power transmission grid ⓘ
this entity surface form: North American power system
Eastern Interconnection → synchronizationBoundary → North American power transmission grid ⓘ
this entity surface form: Quebec Interconnection