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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission administers policies, programs, and procedures to ensure compliance with the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) , 5 U.S.

For the last 6 years, the FERC dam safety program has been conducting Potential Failure Mode Analyses (PFMAs) for all high and significant downstream hazard potential dams that require Part 12D Inspections.

Recent events involving the operation of spillways for the Oroville Dam in California have brought renewed attention to potential failure modes associated with both concrete chute spillways and unlined spillways at dams.

On March 30-31, 2016 a workshop was held covering the FERC’s Dam Safety Surveillance Monitoring Plan and Report (DSSMP/DSSMR) Engineering Guidelines, including recent changes, best practice procedures and presentation methods for DSSMR’s, the importance of defining threshold and action levels bas

The Office of Energy Projects initiated a public workshop to exchange information and discuss monitoring and management options for purple loosestrife and Eurasian water milfoil at FERC hydropower projects. The workshop was held on May 13, 2003, in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

Western Energy Crisis Settlements

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's wide-ranging response to the 2000-2001 Western energy crisis is a detailed and complex narrative. It still is unfolding to this day.

A review of PFMs developed under the FERC’s PFMA process found many to be inadequately developed and described from initiation up through potential breach of the reservoir.

The Owners Dam Safety Program (ODSP) is the most important factor in maintaining safe dams and preventing dam failures. Dams with owners who do not have an effective ODSP represent a higher risk.