By sharing innovative ideas and real-world best practices, IRC members work together to build a smarter and more efficient electric grid that’s well prepared to serve the North American power market and its consumers, today and tomorrow.
Ever wonder what ISOs/RTOs actually do?
From integrating a diverse mix of power resources onto the electric grid reliably, to orchestrating the generation and transmission of electricity for two-thirds of North America, ISOs and RTOs match power generation instantaneously with demand to keep the lights on. Harnessing a commodity and then moving it at the speed of light across thousands of miles of high-voltage wires involves sophisticated coordination among utilities, energy generators and other resource suppliers, as well as consumers. The ultim