Western Electricity Coordinating Council

The Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC) is a non-profit corporation that exists to assure a reliable Bulk Electric System in the geographic area known as the Western Interconnection. WECC has been approved by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) as the Regional Entity for the Western Interconnection. The North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) delegated some of its authority to create, monitor, and enforce reliability standards to WECC through a Delegation Agreement.

WECC was formed on April 18, 2002, by the merger of the Western Systems Coordinating Council (WSCC), and two regional transmission associations. WSCC, WECC’s predecessor organization was organized in August 1967 to facilitate electric industry coordination in the planning and operations of the electric system in Western North America.