The power pool is an arrangement whereby members buy and sell power from each other over a regional grid of transmission lines.

Thus, it is more advantageous to form a power pool with a single agreement that all join.

In one model, the power pool, formed by the utilities, has a control dispatch office from where the pool is administered.

The formation of power pools provide the following potential advantages:

The formation of a power pool is associated with a number of problems and constraints.

Cost or conscience will move the public to conserve electricity, officials of the regional power pools say, but only until the temperature gets into the 90's.

That is why the power pool sought an earlier maintenance plan for Seabrook, to get things in place before summer heat really sets in.

Spent power is taken from the player's power pool but resources remain available, even after characters are killed off in game.

New York had a power pool and so did the six New England states.

Power can also be sold or purchased from adjoining power pools.