East Central Area 
Reliability Council, ECAR

• ECAR Reliability Region
  • Generation Resources Panel
    • includes 2002 EIA411
  • Transmission System Performance Panel
    • includes 2003 Summer Assessment of Transmission System Performance
  • Document and Map order form
  • Inter-Regional Transmission Publications
  • Member Companies
  • OASIS documents
  • Generation Resource Panel Publications
    • 2003 EIA-411
    • 2004 EIA-411
    • Seasonal Assessments
      • 2003 Assessment of ECAR-Wide Capacity Margins
      • 2003 Summer Assessment of Load and Capacity
      • 2004 Summer Assessment of Load and Capacity
      • 2002/2003 Winter Assessment of Load and Capacity
      • 2003/2004 Winter Assessment of Load and Capacity
  • Transmission System Performance Panel Publications
• Alliance Regional Transmission Organization, Alliance RTO
• AEP OASIS
  • American Electric Power [AEP]
• ECAR OASIS
  • Allegheny Energy
    • Allegheny Power [AP]
      • see Mid-Atlantic page for more info
      • Monongahela Power
      • Potomac Edison
      • West Penn Power
      • West Virginia Power
  • Cinergy Corporation [CIN]
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    • Cinergy Capital & Trading Inc
    • Generating Station map
  • Dayton Power & Light Company [DP&L]
  • FirstEnergy Corp. [FE]
  • Hoosier Energy Rural Electric Cooperative [HEC]
    • Generating Facilities
  • Indianapolis Power & Light Company [IPL]
  • Kentucky Utilities Company [KU]
    • subsidiary of LG&E Energy Corp.
    • Service Areas
  • Louisville Gas & Electric Company [LGE]
  • Michigan Electric Coordinated System [MECS]
    • Detroit Edison and Consumers energy operate a combined Control Area under an Electric Coordination Agreement, commonly known as The Michigan Electric Coordinated System (MECS).
    • Consumers Energy Company [CONS]
      • see also Michigan Electric Transmission Co {MISO}
    • Detroit Edison Company [DECO]
      • see also International Transmission Company {MISO}
    • International Transmission Company
      • Michigan Electric Power Coordination Center (Ann Arbor MI)
        • A power pool jointly operated by Detroit Edison and Consumers Energy to coordinate the operation of their generating and transmission facilities
    • Michigan Electric Transmission Company LLC
  • Northern Indiana Public Service Company [NIPS]
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  • Ontario Independent Market Operator, Ontario-IMO, IEMO (link to ON page)
    • Canadian Niagara Power, CNP
    • Ontario Hydro [OH] (see Ontario IMO, Ontario Power Generation and  Hydro One)
    • Hydro One (link to ON page)
    • Ontario Power Generation (link to ON page)
  • Vectren (formerly Southern Indiana Gas & Electric Company [SIGE])
• OATI OASIS
  • Big Rivers Electric Corp (BREC) OASIS
    • Big Rivers Electric Corporation [BREC] - link to Kentucky page
  • Duquesne Light Co (DLCO) OASIS
    • Duquesne Light Company [DLCO]
  • East Kentucky Power Co-op OASIS
    • East Kentucky Power Cooperative [EKPC] - link to Kentucky page
  • Ohio Valley Electric Corp OASIS
    • Ohio Valley Electric Corporation [OVEC]
      • Indiana-Kentucky Electric Corp (IKEC) (wholly owned subsidiary of OVEC)
      • ownership:
        • Allegheny Energy Inc 12.5%
          • 12/31/2004: Allegheny Energy completes sale of ownership share in OVEC to Buckeye Power Generating LLC.  Buckeye Power Generating LLC acquires a 9% equity interest in OVEC and associated power rights.  Allegheny Energy Supply will retain the rights to nine percent of OVEC's power output until March 12, 2006.  Several electric utilities in the Ohio Valley region own OVEC, which has coal-fired power plants - Kyger Creek (1,028 MW) in Cheshire OH, and Clifty Creek (1,228 MW) in Madison IN.  Allegheny Energy and its Monongahela Power Co sub own 3.5 percent equity interest and power rights in OVEC not included in the Buckeye transaction.  Buckeye is an affiliate of Buckeye Power Inc of Columbus OH.  Buckeye Power Inc is a G&T co-op supplying power to member electric distribution co-ops in Ohio
        • American Electric Power Co Inc (American Gas & Electric Co) 39.9%
        • The Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co (Cinergy Corp) 9.0%
        • Columbus Southern Power Co (Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co) 4.3%
        • The Dayton Power and Light Co (DPL Inc) 4.9%
        • Kentucky Utilities Co (E.ON AG) 2.5%
        • Louisville Gas and Electric Co (E.ON AG) 4.9%
        •  Ohio Edison Company (FirstEnergy Corp)16.5%
        • Southern Indiana Gas and Electric Co (Vectren Corp) 1.5%
        • The Toledo Edison Co (FirstEnergy Corp) 4.0%
      • Power participation benefits:
        • Allegheny Energy Supply Co LLC (Allegheny Energy Inc) 9.0%
        • Appalachian Power Co (American Electric Power Co) 15.2%
        • The Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co (Cinergy Corp) 9.0%
        • Columbus Southern Power Co (American Electric Power Co) 4.3%
        • The Dayton Power and Light Co (DPL Inc) 4.9%
        • FirstEnergy Generation Corp (FirstEnergy Corp) 20.5%
        • Indiana Michigan Power Co (American Electric Power Co) 7.6%
        • Kentucky Utilities Co (E.ON AG) 2.5%
        • Louisville Gas and Electric Co (E.ON AG) 7.0%
        • Monongahela Power Co (Allegheny Energy Inc) 3.5%
        • Ohio Power Co (American Electric Power Co) 15.0%
        • Southern Indiana Gas and Electric Co (Vectren Corp) 1.5%
      • PJM Extends Its Reliability Coordination Responsibilities, 2/3/2003
        • The new reliability coordination areas for PJM are served by five utilities -- American Electric Power (AEP), Commonwealth Edison (ComEd), Dayton Power and Light (DP&L), Duquesne Light and the Ohio Valley Electric Corporation (OVEC). They have given PJM the authority to be their reliability coordinator within guidelines approved by NERC.