As a reaction to the 1967 New York City black out, the electric utility industry formed a council in 1968 to promote the reliability and adequacy of bulk power supply in the electric utility systems of North America. NERC consists of ten regional reliability councils and encompasses essentially all the power regions of the contiguous United States, Canada, and a small portion of Mexico. There is also one affiliate member in Alaska, the Alaskan System Coordination Council. The NERC Regions are:
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