{
  "$schema": "https://ps-wiki.github.io/schema/v1/term.schema.json",
  "id": "distribution-provider",
  "title": "Distribution Provider",
  "description": "Provides and operates the “wires” between the transmission system and the end-use customer.",
  "language": "en",
  "tags": [
    "distribution",
    "entity",
    "nerc"
  ],
  "related": [],
  "breaking": false,
  "dates": {
    "created": "2025-03-15",
    "last_modified": "2025-06-20"
  },
  "authors": [
    {
      "name": "Jinning Wang",
      "url": "https://jinningwang.github.io"
    }
  ],
  "content": {
    "sections": [
      {
        "order": 1,
        "id": "definition-by-nerc",
        "title": "Definition by NERC",
        "type": "definition",
        "source_keys": [
          "nerc2024glossary"
        ],
        "page": null,
        "body_md": "> Provides and operates the “wires” between the transmission system and the end-use customer. For those end-use customers who are served at transmission voltages, the Transmission Owner also serves as the Distribution Provider. Thus, the Distribution Provider is not defined by a specific voltage, but rather as performing the distribution function at any voltage.\n"
      }
    ]
  }
}