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The Western Interconnection is a wide area synchronous grid and one of the two major alternating current -LRB- AC -RRB- power grids in the continental U.S. power transmission grid .. wide area synchronous grid. wide area synchronous grid. continental U.S. power transmission grid. continental U.S. power transmission grid. The other major wide area synchronous grid is the Eastern Interconnection .. wide area synchronous grid. wide area synchronous grid. Eastern Interconnection. Eastern Interconnection. The three minor interconnections are the Quebec Interconnection , the Texas Interconnection , and the Alaska Interconnection .. Quebec Interconnection. Quebec Interconnection. Texas Interconnection. Texas Interconnection. Alaska Interconnection. Alaska Interconnection. All of the electric utilities in the Western Interconnection are electrically tied together during normal system conditions and operate at a synchronized frequency of 60 Hz .. The Western Interconnection stretches from Western Canada south to Baja California in Mexico , reaching eastward over the Rockies to the Great Plains .. Canada. Canada. Baja California. Baja California. Mexico. Mexico. Rockies. Rocky Mountains. Great Plains. Great Plains. Interconnections can be tied to each other via high-voltage direct current power transmission lines -LRB- DC ties -RRB- such as the north-south Pacific DC Intertie , or with variable-frequency transformers -LRB- VFTs -RRB- , which permit a controlled flow of energy while also functionally isolating the independent AC frequencies of each side .. high-voltage direct current. high-voltage direct current. Pacific DC Intertie. Pacific DC Intertie. There are six DC ties to the Eastern Interconnect in the US and one in Canada , and there are proposals to add four additional ties .. Canada. Canada. It is not tied to the Alaska Interconnection .. Alaska Interconnection. Alaska Interconnection. On October 13 , 2009 , the Tres Amigas SuperStation was announced to connect the Eastern , Western and Texas Interconnections via three 5 GW superconductor links .. Tres Amigas SuperStation. Tres Amigas SuperStation. superconductor. Superconductivity. , the project was reduced in scope and only related infrastructure was constructed for nearby wind projects connecting to the Western Interconnection .