Regional Boundaries. SERC Reliability Corporation (SERC) is a not for profit entity committed to safeguarding and improving reliability of the Bulk Power System covering an area of approximately 630,000 square miles in sixteen states: all of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina; most of Arkansas, Louisiana, Missouri, and Tennessee; and portions of Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Texas, and Virginia. The geographic boundaries of SERC are determined by the service areas of its membership, comprised of investor-owned utilities, municipal, cooperative, state and federal systems, merchant electricity generators, and power marketers, and as documented in the NERC Compliance Registry. Service provided by SERC members in areas which overlap with neighboring regions include: • The area in southern Iowa is served by N.E. Missouri Electric Power Cooperative, a member of Associated Electric Cooperative, Inc., and N.W. Electric Power Cooperative, a member of Associated Electric Cooperative, Inc. • The area in eastern Oklahoma is served by KAMO Electric Cooperative, Inc., a member of Associated Electric Cooperative, Inc. • The area in western Missouri is served by N.W. Electric Power Cooperative, a member of Associated Electric Cooperative, Inc., and KAMO Electric Cooperative, Inc., a member of Associated Electric Cooperative, Inc. CRITERION 1: The Regional Entity shall be governed by an independent board or a hybrid board consisting of a combination of independent and balanced stakeholder board members. CRITERION 2: The Regional Entity has established rules that assure its independence from the users and owners and operators of the bulk power system, while assuring fair stakeholder representation in the selection of its directors. Federal Power Act § 215(c)(2)(A) and (e)(4), 18 C.F.R. § 39.8(c)(2), Order No. 672 at ¶¶ 699, 700.)
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