The Utility Wind Integration Group (UWIG) supports the integration of wind resources into the electrical system. The more than 100 members of UWIG include investor-owned, public power and electric cooperative utilities; transmission system operators; and associate members that are corporate, government and academic organizations.

Founded in 2003, the ISO/RTO Council (IRC) is an industry organization comprised of 10 Independent System Operators (ISOs) and Regional Transmission Organizations (RTOs) in North America, including PJM. These ISOs and RTOs deliver two-thirds of the electricity consumed in North America to two-thirds of its population.

PJM Environmental Information Services, Inc. (PJM-EIS), a wholly-owned subsidiary of PJM Technologies, Inc., was formed to provide environmental and emissions attributes reporting and tracking services to its subscribers in support of renewable portfolio standards and other information disclosure requirements that may be implemented by government agencies. PJM-EIS owns and administers the Generation Attribute Tracking System (GATS).

The Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc.and PJM Interconnection together form the MISO-PJM, a partnership that intends to move toward effective implementation of a robust, non-discriminatory single energy market covering their collective regions. The goal is to create a common wholesale market with a "one-stop shop" that meets the needs of all customers and stakeholders using the electric power grid in the 22 states, the District of Columbia and the Canadian province of Manitoba. The market will be developed through an open stakeholder process and will be designed to serve residents regardless of whether they reside in states with bundled or unbundled retail rates.

The ISO Memorandum of Understanding is a formal agreement to explore ways in which the ISOs can work together cooperatively to resolve present and future interregional issues. The objectives of the agreement are:

• Enhance interregional reliability through coordinated operations and planning.
• Facilitate broader competitive markets.
• Improve flow of information to market participants and the public.

The Department of Energy (DOE) is principally a national security agency and all of its missions flow from this core mission to support national security.

The DOE's overarching mission is to advance the national, economic, and energy security of the United States; to promote scientific and technological innovation in support of that mission; and to ensure the environmental cleanup of the national nuclear weapons complex.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is an independent regulatory agency within the U.S. Department of Energy. The FERC regulates the transmission and wholesale sales of electricity in interstate commerce. The FERC also adminsters accounting and financial reporting regulations and conduct of jurisdictional companies.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is an independent agency established by the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 to regulate civilian use of nuclear materials. NRC is headed by a five-member Commission.

NRC's primary mission is to protect the public health and safety, and the environment from the effects of radiation from nuclear reactors, materials and waste facilities. We also regulate these nuclear materials and facilities to promote the common defense and security.

The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC), through its member agencies, regulates the activities of telecommunications, energy, and water utilities. Its members include the governmental agencies that are engaged in the regulation of utilities and carriers in the fifty States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.

A non-profit organization, NARUC's mission is to serve the public interest by improving the quality and effectiveness of public utility regulation. Under State law, NARUC's members have the obligation to ensure the establishment and maintenance of utility services as may be required by the public convenience and necessity, and to ensure that such services are provided at rates and conditions that are just, reasonable and nondiscriminatory for all consumers.

Kentucky

The National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates ( NASUCA) is an association of 44 consumer advocates in 42 states and the District of Columbia. NASUCA's members are designated by the laws of their respective jurisdictions to represent the interests of utility consumers before state and federal regulators and in the courts.

Kentucky

The North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) operates as an electric reliability organization to improve the reliability and security of the bulk power system in North America. To achieve that, NERC develops and enforces reliability standards; monitors the bulk power system; assesses future adequacy; audits owners, operators, and users for preparedness; and educates and trains industry personnel. As the Electric Reliability Organization, NERC is subject to audit by the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and governmental authorities in Canada.

ReliabilityFirst is a not-for-profit company incorporated in the State of Delaware whose goal is to preserve and enhance electric service reliability and security for the interconnected electric systems within its territory. ReliabilityFirst was approved by the North American Electric Reliability Council (NERC) to become one of eight Regional Reliability Councils in North America and began operations on January 1, 2006.

ReliabilityFirst is the successor organization to three former NERC Regional Reliability Councils: the Mid-Atlantic Area Council (MAAC), the East Central Area Coordination Agreement (ECAR) and the Mid-American Interconnected Network organizations (MAIN).

The East Central Area Coordination Agreement (ECAR) was formally one of the ten Regional Reliability Councils of the North American Electric Reliability Council.

ECAR was established in 1967 to augment the reliability of its members’ electricity supply systems through coordination of the planning and operation of the members’ generation and transmission facilities. ECAR’s membership included 29 major electricity suppliers located in nine east-central states serving more than 36 million people.

The Mid-American Interconnected Network organizations (MAIN) was formally one of the ten Regional Reliability Councils of the North American Electric Reliability Council.

MAIN's regular members included investor-owned utilities, cooperative systems, municipal power agencies, independent power producers, power marketers, and municipal systems. Together they provided electricity to 21 million people living in the 145,000 square miles the region encompasses. This region included all of Illinois and portions of Missouri, Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota and Michigan. The associate members served customers in several other states.

The North American Energy Standards Board (NAESB) serves as an industry forum for the development and promotion of standards which will lead to a seamless marketplace for wholesale and retail natural gas and electricity, as recognized by its customers, business community, participants and regulatory entities.

The Consortium for Electric Reliability Technology Solutions (CERTS) was formed in 1999 to research, develop, and disseminate new methods, tools, and technologies to protect and enhance the reliability of the U.S. electric power system and efficiency of competitive electricity markets.