Staff Reports and Papers

Each year, the Commission's Staff makes public various docketed and non-docketed reports that are primarily of an investigative and informational nature.

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Issuance Date	Title
March 19, 2026	2025 State of the Markets \| Report \| Presentation
September 19, 2025	Implementation of Executive Order 14303 Restoring Gold Standard Science; May 23, 2025
November 21, 2024	2024-2025 Winter Energy Market and Electric Reliability Assessment \| Presentation
May 23, 2024	2024 Summer Energy Market and Electric Reliability Assessment Presentation \| Report
March 21, 2024	2023 State of the Markets \| Presentation \| Report
January 17, 2024	2024 Energy Primer: A Handbook of Energy Market Basics
December 19, 2023	FERC-NERC-Regional Entity Joint Blackstart Availability Study in Texas \| Presentation \| Report
November 16, 2023	Winter Energy Market and Reliability Assessment 2023/2024 \| Staff Presentation \| Report
November 07, 2023	Winter Storm Elliott Report: Inquiry into Bulk-Power System Operations During December 2022 \| News Release
September 21, 2023	A-3 Elliott Report: Complete Electricity Standards, Implement Gas Reliability Rules \| Presentation
May 18, 2023	Summer Energy Market and Electric Reliability Assessment 2023 \| Staff Presentation \| Report
March 16, 2023	2022 State of the Markets \| Presentation \| Report
October 20, 2022	Winter Energy Market and Reliability Assessment 2022/2023 \| Staff Presentation \| Report
May 19, 2022	2022 Summer Energy Market and Reliability Assessment \| Presentation \| Report \| News Release
November 18, 2021	Staff Report on the Office of Enforcement’s activities during Fiscal Year 2021 \| Staff Presentation \| Report
September 21, 2023	Elliott Report: Complete Electricity Standards, Implement Gas Reliability Rules \| Presentation
November 16, 2021	The February 2021 Cold Weather Outages in Texas and the South Central United States \| FERC, NERC and Regional Entity Staff Report
November 4, 2021	FERC, NERC, Regional Entity Joint Review of Protection System Commissioning Programs \| Report
October 21, 2021	2021-2022 Winter Energy Market and Reliability Assessment \| Presentation \| Report
September 23, 2021	FERC, NERC Staff Review 2021 Winter Freeze, Recommend Standards Improvements \| News Release \| Staff Presentation \| PPT
July 8, 2021	FERC and ERO Enterprise Joint Report on Real-time Assessments \| News Release \| Report
July 6, 2021	FERC, NERC Joint Report on SolarWinds and Related Supply Chain Compromise \| Report
May 20, 2021	2021 Summer Energy Market and Reliability Assessment \| Staff Presentation \| Report
March 18, 2021	Order to Show Cause and Staff Report regarding Rover Pipeline, LLC and Energy Transfer News Release \| Order C-6
March 18, 2021	2020 State of the Markets Report Staff Presentation \| Report
December 17, 2020	Staff Presentation on California Heat Storms, August-September 2020 Staff Presentation
November 19, 2020	2020 Report on Enforcement Staff Presentation \| Report
October 15, 2020	2020/2021 Winter Energy Market and Reliability Assessment \| Updated Report
June 3, 2020	2020 Energy Primer: A Handbook of Energy Market Basics
May 21, 2020	2020 Summer Energy Market and Reliability Assessment \| Podcast
March 19, 2020	2019 State of the Markets Report
November 21, 2019	2019 Report on Enforcement
October 17, 2019	2019-2020 Winter Energy Market Assessment Presentation (As Presented) \| Presentation (Full Version)
May 16, 2019 2019	Summer Energy Market and Reliability Assessment Report \| Staff Presentation
April 18, 2019	2018 State of the Markets Report \| Presentation
November 15, 2018	2018 Report on Enforcement
October 18, 2018	2018–2019 Winter Energy Market Assessment Presentation (As Presented) \| Presentation (Full Version)
May 17, 2018 2018	Summer Energy Market and Reliability Assessment Report \| Staff Presentation
April 19, 2018	2017 State of the Markets Report \| Presentation
November 16, 2017	2017 Report on Enforcement
October 25, 2017	Agency Actions Pursuant to Executive Order 13783, Promoting Energy Independence and Economic Growth
October 19, 2017 2017–2018	Winter Energy Market Assessment (As Presented) \| Full Version
June 15, 2017	2017 Summer Market and Reliability Assessment
April 13, 2017	FERC Staff Issues the 2016 State of the Markets Report
November 17, 2016	2016 Report on Enforcement
October 20, 2016	2016–2017 Winter Energy Market Assessment
May 19, 2016	2016 Summer Market and Reliability Assessment
March 17, 2016	2015 State of the Markets Presentation
November 19, 2015	2015 Report on Enforcement
October 15, 2015	2015 Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey Results
October 15, 2015	2015–2016 Winter Energy Market Assessment
May 14, 2015	2015 Summer Market and Reliability Assessment
March 19, 2015	OAL Contributions to the Work of the Commission
March 19, 2015	2014 State of the Markets Presentation

Issuance Date	Title
February 25, 2026	Interregional Transfer Capability Study
December 12, 2025	2025 Assessment of Demand Response and Advanced Metering
October 20, 2025	2025 Staff Report Lessons Learned from Commission-Led CIP Reliability Audits
April 15, 2025	January 2025 Arctic Events A System Performance Review FERC, NERC, and its Regional Entities: A Joint Staff Report - AD25-9-000 \| News Release \| Report
August 26, 2024	2024 Staff Report Lessons Learned from Commission-Led CIP Reliability Audits \| News Release
June 27, 2024	Item E-1 \| Implementation of Dynamic Line Ratings \| Presentation \| News Release & Fact Sheet
December 12, 2023	2023 Staff Report Lessons Learned from Commission-Led CIP Reliability Audits \| News Release
December 16, 2022	2022 Assessment of Demand Response and Advanced Metering
October 14, 2022	2022 Staff Report Lessons Learned from Commission-Led CIP Reliability Audits \| News Release
December 15, 2021	2021 Assessment of Demand Response and Advanced Metering
October 8, 2021	2021 Staff Report Lessons Learned from Commission-Led CIP Reliability Audits \| News Release
September 23, 2021	FERC, NERC Staff Review 2021 Winter Freeze, Recommend Standards Improvements News Release \| Staff Presentation \| PPT
July 8, 2021	FERC and ERO Enterprise Joint Report on Real-time Assessments \| News Release \| Report
April 15, 2021	Staff Report on Electric Transmission Incentives Policy Under Section 219 of the Federal Power Act (RM20-10-000) News Release \| Presentation \| Supplemental NOPR
December 22, 2020	2020 Assessment of Demand Response and Advanced Metering Report
December 17, 2020	Item E-3 - Staff Presentation on California Independent System Operator Response to August Heat Event (EL21-19-000) Staff Presentation
December 17, 2020	Staff Presentation on Cybersecurity Incentives (RM21-3-000) News Release \| Staff Presentation \| NOPR
November 19, 2020	Staff Presentation on Managing Transmission Line Ratings. Staff Presentation
October 2, 2020	2020 Staff Report Lessons Learned from Commission-Led CIP Reliability Audits \| News Release
September 23, 2020	FERC, NERC Second Joint Staff White Paper on Notices of Penalty Pertaining to Violations of Critical Infrastructure Protection Reliability Standards
September 14, 2020	FERC, NERC and REs Staff Report on Cyber Planning for Response and Recovery Study(CYPRES) \| News Release
February 20, 2020	FERC Launches Look into Virtualization, Cloud Services for Power Grid Operations News Release \| Presentation \| Orders: E-19 NOI , E-22
January 23, 2020	FERC Accepts NERC Performance Assessment, Bolsters Grid Reliability News Release \| Presentation \| Orders: E-20 , E-21 , E-22 , E-24
October 17, 2019	FERC Approves First Compliance Filings on Landmark Storage Rule News Release \| Presentation \| Orders: E-1 and E-2
October 4, 2019	FERC Staff Report Identifies Lessons Learned from CIP Reliability Audits \| News Release
August 27, 2019	FERC/NERC Staff White Paper on CIP Standards Notices of Penalties \| News Release
August 22, 2019	Managing Transmission Line Ratings
July 18, 2019	The South Central United States Cold Weather Bulk Electric System Event of January 17, 2018
March 29, 2019	FERC Staff Report Identifies Lessons Learned from CIP Reliability Audits \| News Release
November 7, 2018	FERC Staff Issues Assessment of Demand Response and Advanced Metering Report
May 2, 2018	FERC–NERC Staff Report on Grid Operators Having Sufficient ‘Blackstart’ Capability \| News Release
December 28, 2017	Assessment of Demand Response and Advanced Metering Report
October 6, 2017	2017 Report on Transmission Investment Metrics
October 6, 2017	Lessons Learned from Commission-Led CIP Version 5 Reliability Audits
June 9, 2017	FERC, NERC Staff Report on Grid Restoration and Recovery Plans Absent SCADA or EMS
December 22, 2016	Assessment of Demand Response and Advanced Metering Report
December 8, 2016	Electric Reliability Primer
August 12, 2016	Staff Report on Common Metrics for RTO/ISOs and Individual Utilities \| Errata Notice (revised on August 3, 2017)
March 17, 2016	Staff Report on Transmission Investment Metrics
January 29, 2016	FERC-NERC-Regional Entity Joint Review of Restoration and Recovery Plans Report

Issuance Date	Title
February 5, 2024	FERC Staff Sends Thirty-seventh Report to Congress on Progress Made in Licensing and Constructing the Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline
August 9, 2023	Thirty-sixth Report to Congress on Progress Made in Licensing and Constructing the Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline
February 2, 2023	FERC Staff sends Thirty-Fifth Report to Congress on Progress Made in Licensing and Constructing the Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline
August 10. 2022	FERC Staff sends Thirty-fourth Report to Congress on Progress Made in Licensing and Constructing the Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline
February 7, 2022	FERC Staff sends Thirty-third Report to Congress on Progress Made in Licensing and Constructing the Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline
August 2. 2021	FERC Staff sends Thirty-Second Report to Congress on Progress Made in Licensing and Constructing the Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline
February 2, 2021	FERC staff sends Thirty-First Report to Congress on progress made in licensing and constructing the Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline
December 17, 2020	Items G-2 & G-3: Staff Presentation on Price Index Policy Statement and Safe Harbor Price Index (PL20-3-000, RM20-7-000) News Release \| Staff Presentation \| Proposed Revised Policy Statement \| NOPR
August 4, 2020	FERC staff sends Thirtieth Report to Congress on progress made in licensing and constructing the Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline
February 12, 2020	FERC staff sends Twenty-Ninth Report to Congress on progress made in licensing and constructing the Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline
August 13, 2019	FERC staff sends Twenty-Eighth Report to Congress on progress made in licensing and constructing the Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline
February 7, 2019	FERC staff sends Twenty-Seventh Report to Congress on progress made in licensing and constructing the Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline
August 17, 2018	FERC staff sends Twenty-Sixth Report to Congress on progress made in licensing and constructing the Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline
February 14, 2018	FERC staff sends Twenty-Fifth Report to Congress on progress made in licensing and constructing the Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline
August 9, 2017	FERC staff sends Twenty-Fourth Report to Congress on progress made in licensing and constructing the Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline
February 21, 2017	FERC staff sends Twenty-Third Report to Congress on progress made in licensing and constructing the Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline
August 8, 2016	FERC staff sends Twenty-Second Report to Congress on progress made in licensing and constructing the Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline
February 2, 2016	FERC staff sends Twenty-First Report to Congress on progress made in licensing and constructing the Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline
August 12, 2015	FERC staff sends Twentieth Report to Congress on progress made in licensing and constructing the Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline
February 24, 2015	FERC staff sends Nineteenth Report to Congress on progress made in licensing and constructing the Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline

Issuance Date	Title
January 17, 2019	Fees for the Use of Government Dams Report to Congress
May 31, 2017	Report and Recommendations on the Two-Year Hydro Pilot Process
April 17, 2017	Hydropower Primer

Issuance Date	Title
December 17, 2020	Item G-1: Staff Presentation on Five-Year Review of the Oil Pipeline Index (RM20-14-000) News Release \| Staff Presentation \| Order
June 2005	Staff Oil Pipeline Handbook, Volume IV

Issuance Date	Title
April 9, 2026	Energy Infrastructure Update for December 2025 (revised data on April 8, 2026)
January 29, 2026	Energy Infrastructure Update for November 2025
January 20, 2026	Energy Infrastructure Update for October 2025
December 1, 2025	Energy Infrastructure Update for September 2025
October 30, 2025	Energy Infrastructure Update for August 2025
September 30, 2025	Energy Infrastructure Update for July 2025
September 2, 2025	Energy Infrastructure Update for June 2025
August 20, 2025	Energy Infrastructure Update for May 2025
July 1, 2025	Energy Infrastructure Update for April 2025
May 8, 2025	Energy Infrastructure Update for March 2025 (revised data on May 14, 2025)
April 16, 2025	Energy Infrastructure Update for February 2025 (revised data on May 14, 2025)
March 18, 2025	Energy Infrastructure Update for January 2025 (revised data on May 14, 2025)
February 6, 2025	Energy Infrastructure Update for December 2024 (revised data on April 22, 2025)
January 23, 2025	Energy Infrastructure Update for November 2024 (revised data on April 22, 2025)
December 18, 2024	Energy Infrastructure Update for October 2024 (revised data on January 7, 2025)
November 29, 2024	Energy Infrastructure Update for September 2024
October 21, 2024	Energy Infrastructure Update for August 2024
September 24, 2024	Energy Infrastructure Update for July 2024
August 20, 2024	Energy Infrastructure Update for June 2024
July 15, 2024	Energy Infrastructure Update for May 2024 (revised data on August 20, 2024)
June 10, 2024	Energy Infrastructure Update for April 2024 (revised data on August 20, 2024)
May 20, 2024	Energy Infrastructure Update for March 2024 (revised data on August 20, 2024)
April 8, 2024	Energy Infrastructure Update for February 2024 (revised data on August 20, 2024)
March 14, 2024	Energy Infrastructure Update for January 2024
February 15, 2024	Energy Infrastructure Update for December 2023 (revised data on May 20, 2024)
January 16, 2024	Energy Infrastructure Update for November 2023 (revised data on May 20, 2024)
January 11, 2024	Energy Infrastructure Update for October 2023 (revised data on May 20, 2024)
January 11, 2024	Energy Infrastructure Update for September 2023 (revised data on May 20, 2024)
January 11, 2024	Energy Infrastructure Update for August 2023 (revised data on May 20, 2024)
January 11, 2024	Energy Infrastructure Update for July 2023 (revised data on May 20, 2024)
January 11, 2024	Energy Infrastructure Update for June 2023 (revised data on May 20, 2024)
January 11, 2024	Energy Infrastructure Update for May 2023 (revised data on May 20, 2024)
January 11, 2024	Energy Infrastructure Update for April 2023 (revised data on May 20, 2024)
January 11, 2024	Energy Infrastructure Update for March 2023 (revised data on May 20, 2024)
January 11, 2024	Energy Infrastructure Update for February 2023 (revised data on January 10, 2024)
April 18, 2023	Energy Infrastructure Update for January 2023 (revised data on April 13, 2023)
February 7, 2023	Energy Infrastructure Update for December 2022
January 13, 2023	Energy Infrastructure Update for November 2022
December 1, 2022	Energy Infrastructure Update for October 2022
November 7, 2022	Energy Infrastructure Update for September 2022
October 5, 2022	Energy Infrastructure Update for August 2022
September 15, 2022	Energy Infrastructure Update for July 2022
August 9, 2022	Energy Infrastructure Update for June 2022 (revised data on August 23, 2022)
July 12, 2022	Energy Infrastructure Update for May 2022 (revised data on August 23, 2022)
June 9, 2022	Energy Infrastructure Update for April 2022 (revised data on August 23, 2022)
May 17, 2022	Energy Infrastructure Update for March 2022 (revised data on August 23, 2022)
April 26, 2022	Energy Infrastructure Update for February 2022 (revised data on August 23, 2022)
March 17, 2022	Energy Infrastructure Update for January 2022 (revised data on August 23, 2022)
March 8, 2022	Energy Infrastructure Update for December 2021 (revised on September 28, 2022)
January 5, 2022	Energy Infrastructure Update for November 2021 (revised on September 28, 2022)
December 20, 2021	Energy Infrastructure Update for October 2021 (revised on September 28, 2022)
November 17, 2021	Energy Infrastructure Update for September 2021 (revised on September 28, 2022)
September 30, 2021	Energy Infrastructure Update for August 2021 (revised on September 28, 2022)
September 14, 2021	Energy Infrastructure Update for July 2021 (revised on September 28, 2022)
August 4, 2021	Energy Infrastructure Update for June 2021 (revised on September 28, 2022)
July 12, 2021	Energy Infrastructure Update for May 2021 (revised on September 28, 2022)
June 4, 2021	Energy Infrastructure Update for April 2021 (revised on September 28, 2022)
June 4, 2021	Energy Infrastructure Update for March 2021 (revised on September 28, 2022)
April 20, 2021	Energy Infrastructure Update for February 2021 (revised on September 28, 2022)
March 23, 2021	Energy Infrastructure Update for January 2021 (revised on September 28, 2022)
February 8, 2021	Energy Infrastructure Update for December 2020 (revised on September 28, 2022)
January 5, 2021	Energy Infrastructure Update for November 2020
December 1, 2020	Energy Infrastructure Update for October 2020 (revised generation data on January 5, 2021 based on source data changes)
November 18, 2020	Energy Infrastructure Update for September 2020
October 15, 2020	Energy Infrastructure Update for August 2020
October 15, 2020	Energy Infrastructure Update for July 2020
August 17, 2020	Energy Infrastructure Update for June 2020
July 9, 2020	Energy Infrastructure Update for May 2020
June 5, 2020	Energy Infrastructure Update for April 2020
June 5, 2020	Energy Infrastructure Update for March 2020
April 20, 2020	Energy Infrastructure Update for February 2020
March 9, 2020	Energy Infrastructure Update for January 2020
March 5, 2020	Energy Infrastructure Update for December 2019
January 15, 2020	Energy Infrastructure Update for November 2019 (revised generation data on January 24, 2020 based on source data changes)
December 18, 2019	Energy Infrastructure Update for October 2019
November 19, 2019	Energy Infrastructure Update for September 2019
November 1, 2019	Energy Infrastructure Update for August 2019
September 11, 2019	Energy Infrastructure Update for July 2019
August 8, 2019	Energy Infrastructure Update for June 2019 (revised generation data on September 11, 2019 based on source data changes)
July 5, 2019	Energy Infrastructure Update for May 2019 (revised generation data on September 11, 2019 based on source data changes)
June 7, 2019	Energy Infrastructure Update for April 2019 (revised generation data on September 11, 2019 based on source data changes)
May 7, 2019	Energy Infrastructure Update for March 2019 (revised generation data on September 11, 2019 based on source data changes)
April 10, 2019	Energy Infrastructure Update for February 2019
March 12, 2019	Energy Infrastructure Update for January 2019 (revised generation data on April 16, 2019 based on source data changes)
February 5, 2019	Energy Infrastructure Update for December 2018
January 2, 2019	Energy Infrastructure Update for November 2018
December 6, 2018	Energy Infrastructure Update for October 2018 (revised generation data on January 11, 2019 based on source data changes)
November 5, 2018	Energy Infrastructure Update for September 2018
October 9, 2018	Energy Infrastructure Update for August 2018 (revised generation data on November 8, 2018 based on source data changes)
September 6, 2018	Energy Infrastructure Update for July 2018 (revised generation data on October 11, 2018 based on source data changes)
July 31, 2018	Energy Infrastructure Update for June 2018 (revised generation data on September 6, 2018 based on source data changes)
July 5, 2018	Energy Infrastructure Update for May 2018 (revised generation data on July 31, 2018 based on source data changes)
June 5, 2018	Energy Infrastructure Update for April 2018 (revised generation data on July 31, 2018 based on source data changes)
May 3, 2018	Energy Infrastructure Update for March 2018 (revised generation data on June 5, 2018 based on source data changes)
April 23, 2018	Energy Infrastructure Update for February 2018 (revised generation data on May 3, 2018 based on source data changes)
March 13, 2018	Energy Infrastructure Update for January 2018
February 6, 2018	Energy Infrastructure Update for December 2017
January 3, 2018	Energy Infrastructure Update for November 2017 (revised generation data on February 6, 2018 based on source data changes)
December 4, 2017	Energy Infrastructure Update for October 2017 (revised natural gas tables on February 8, 2018 reflect end of year revisions)
November 7, 2017	Energy Infrastructure Update for September 2017 (revised natural gas tables on February 8, 2018 reflect end of year revisions)
October 4, 2017	Energy Infrastructure Update for August 2017 (revised natural gas tables on February 8, 2018 reflect end of year revisions)
September 13, 2017	Energy Infrastructure Update for July 2017 (revised natural gas tables on February 8, 2018 reflect end of year revisions)
August 3, 2017	Energy Infrastructure Update for June 2017 (revised natural gas tables on February 8, 2018 reflect end of year revisions)
July 6, 2017	Energy Infrastructure Update for May 2017 (revised natural gas tables on February 8, 2018 reflect end of year revisions)
June 5, 2017	Energy Infrastructure Update for April 2017 (revised natural gas tables on February 8, 2018 reflect end of year revisions)
May 2, 2017	Energy Infrastructure Update for March 2017 (revised natural gas tables on February 8, 2018 reflect end of year revisions)
March 30, 2017	Energy Infrastructure Update for February 2017 (revised natural gas tables on February 8, 2018 reflect end of year revisions)
February 28, 2017	Energy Infrastructure Update for January 2017
February 1, 2017	Energy Infrastructure Update for December 2016 (revised generation data on February 28, 2017 based on source data changes)
January 5, 2017	Energy Infrastructure Update for November 2016
December 6, 2016	Energy Infrastructure Update for October 2016 (revised generation data on December 28, 2016 based on source data changes)
November 2, 2016	Energy Infrastructure Update for September 2016 (revised generation data on December 6, 2016 based on source data changes)
September 30, 2016	Energy Infrastructure Update for August 2016 (revised generation data on October 27, 2016 based on source data changes)
September 2, 2016	Energy Infrastructure Update for July 2016 (revised generation data on October 3, 2016 based on source data changes)
July 29, 2016	Energy Infrastructure Update for June 2016 (revised generation data on September 1, 2016 based on source data changes)
July 1, 2016	Energy Infrastructure Update for May 2016 (revised generation data on August 2, 2016 based on source data changes)
June 6, 2016	Energy Infrastructure Update for April 2016 (revised generation data on July 1, 2016 based on source data changes)
April 27, 2016	Energy Infrastructure Update for March 2016 (revised generation data on July 1, 2016 based on source data changes)
March 23, 2016	Energy Infrastructure Update for February 2016 (revised generation data on April 27, 2016 based on source data changes)
March 3, 2016	Energy Infrastructure Update for January 2016 (revised generation data on March 28, 2016 based on source data changes)
February 2, 2016	Energy Infrastructure Update for December 2015 (revised generation data on March 2, 2016 based on source data changes)

Disclaimer: The views presented in the following Staff Papers are the personal views of the authors and not FERC or any of its Commissioners.

Issuance Date	Title
March 19, 2026	2025 State of the Markets \| Report \| Presentation
November 21, 2025	FERC Staff Issues Whitepaper on Seams Coordination in the Western Interconnection
May 13, 2022	Incentives for Advanced Cybersecurity Technology Investment
April 21, 2022	Presentation & Report - 2021 State of Markets
September 9, 2021	Energy and Ancillary Services Market Reforms to Address Changing System Needs
May 26, 2021	Hybrid Resources White Paper \| Notice
February 15, 2018	Distributed Energy Resources
January 30, 2017	Marginal Loss Calculations for the DCOPF
November 17, 2016	Effective Energy Trading Compliance Practices
November 17, 2016	Anti-Market Manipulation Enforcement Efforts Ten Years After EPAct 2005
January 19, 2016	Guidance Principles for Clean Power Plan Modeling \| Errata

Archives

General 2015 - 2011

Each year, the Commission's Staff makes public various docketed and non-docketed reports that are primarily of an investigative and informational nature.

Issuance Date	Title
November 20, 2014	2014 Report of Enforcement
October 16, 2014	2014–2015 Winter Energy Market Assessment
May 15, 2014	2014 Summer Market and Reliability Assessment
March 20, 2014	2013 State of the Markets Presentation
January 16, 2014	FERC Staff Updates Commission on Recent Weather Effects on the Bulk Power System
January 16, 2014	FERC Staff Briefs Commission on Implementation of the Hydropower Regulatory Efficiency Act of 2013
November 21, 2013	Staff Report on Enforcement
October 17, 2013	2013–2014 Winter Energy Market Assessment Presentation \| Report
July 3, 2013	2012 State of the Markets Report
May 16, 2013	2013 Summer Market and Reliability Assessment
May 16, 2013	2012 State of the Markets
November 15, 2012	Staff Report on Gas-Electric Coordination Technical Conferences
November 15, 2012	Staff Report on Enforcement
November 15, 2012	2012–2013 Winter Energy Market Assessment
May 17, 2012	2012 Summer Market and Reliability Assessment
April 19, 2012	2011 State of the Markets
November 17, 2011	Staff Report on Enforcement
October 20, 2011	2011–2012 Winter Energy Market Assessment
August 16, 2011	Report on Outages and Curtailments During the Southwest Cold Weather Event of February 1-5, 2011
May 19, 2011	2011 Summer Market and Reliability Assessment
April 21, 2011	2010 State of the Markets
November 18, 2010	2010 Report on Enforcement
October 21, 2010	2010–2011 Winter Energy Market Assessment
May 20, 2010	2010 Summer Market and Reliability Assessment
April 15, 2010	2009 State of the Markets
December 17, 2009	2009 Report on Enforcement
November 19, 2009	2009–2010 Winter Energy Market Assessment
September 2, 2009	State of the Markets 2008 Report
May 21, 2009	2009 Summer Market and Reliability Assessment
April 16, 2009	State of the Markets 2008 Report - Presentation
October 31, 2008	2008 Report on Enforcement
October 18, 2008	2008–2009 Winter Energy Market Assessment
May 15, 2008	2008 Summer Energy Market Assessment
March 20, 2008	2007 State of the Markets Report
November 14, 2007	Report on Enforcement
February 5, 2007	2006 State of the Markets Report
June 13, 2006	Report on Improving Agency Disclosure of Information, Prepared Pursuant to Executive Order 13392
March 16, 2006	Winter 2005–2006 Energy Market Update
February 16, 2006	Winter 2005–2006 Energy Market Update
December 8, 2005	Recommendations on Technical and Conforming Amendments to Federal Law Necessary to Carry Out the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 2005 and Related Amendments (RM05-32-0000)
September 5–9, 2005	Weekly Report on Natural Gas and Electric Transmission
June 15, 2005	2004 State of the Markets Report (Print Version) Replacement chart for page 113
May 4, 2005	2005 Summer Energy Market Assessment
March 2005	Energy Market Oversight and Enforcement: Accomplishments And Proposal For Enhanced Penalty Authority
November 18, 2004	2004–2005 Winter Energy Market Assessment
September 24, 2004	2004 Summer Assessment Report Summary
May 5, 2004	Report On Natural Gas And Electricity Price Indices PL03-3-004 and AD03-7-004
May 5, 2004	Appendices to the Report On Natural Gas And Electricity Price Indices; PL03-3-004 and AD03-7-004
January 2004	State of the Markets Report
January 22, 2004	State of the Markets Presentation
July 11, 2003	2003 Summer Assessment Report Summary
July 17, 2002	2002 Summer Assessment Report Summary
August 4, 2000	Electronic Filing Strategic Plan and Information Technology Architecture: Body of the Report Appendices
March 2000	State of Markets 2000 Report: Parts I and II \| Part III \| Part IV \| Illustrations

Electric 2014 - 1998

Each year, the Commission's Staff makes public various docketed and non-docketed reports that are primarily of an investigative and informational nature.

Issuance Date	Title
December 23, 2014	Assessment of Demand Response and Advanced Metering Report
December 18, 2014	Gas-Electric Coordination Quarterly Update
December 4, 2014	Price Formation in Organized Wholesale Electricity Markets
October 21, 2014	Shortage Pricing in RTO and ISO Markets
October 21, 2014	Energy Offer Mitigation in RTO and ISO Markets
September 18, 2014	Gas-Electric Coordination Quarterly Update
August 26, 2014	FERC Staff Report on Common Metrics
August 14, 2014	Staff Analysis of Uplift in RTO and ISO Markets
June 19, 2014	Gas-Electric Coordination Quarterly Update
March 20, 2014	Gas-Electric Coordination Quarterly Update
February 7, 2014	FERC consultant’s Report on Resource Adequacy Requirements: Reliability and Economic Implications
December 19, 2013	Gas-Electric Coordination Quarterly Update
October 18, 2013	Assessment of Demand Response and Advanced Metering Report
September 19, 2013	Gas-Electric Coordination Quarterly Update to Commission Presentation \| Report
June 20, 2013	FERC Staff Presents Gas-Electric Coordination Quarterly Update to Commission Presentation \| Report
March 21, 2013	Gas-Electric Coordination Quarterly Update to Commission
December 20, 2012	Assessment of Demand Response and Advanced Metering Report
July 2, 2012	RTO Unit Commitment Test System
May 31, 2012	Transmission Facility Outages During the Northeast Snowstorm of October 29-30, 2011
May 1, 2012	Arizona-Southern California Outages on September 8, 2011
November 7, 2011	Recent ISO Software Enhancements and Future Software and Modeling Plans Staff Report (AD10-12)
November 7, 2011	2011 Assessment of Demand Response and Advanced Metering
July 5, 2011	FERC and DOE staff issue Implementation Proposal for The National Action Plan on Demand Response
April 7, 2011	2011 Report to Congress on RTO/ISO Performance Metrics
February 3, 2011	2010 Assessment of Demand Response & Advanced Metering
January 20, 2011	Use of Frequency Response Metrics to Assess Requirements for Reliable Integration of Variable Renewable Generation \| Supporting Documents \| Notice Inviting Comments on Report
October 21, 2010	Staff Report on RTO/ISO Performance Metrics
July 15, 2010	Smart Grid Standards Adoption: Staff Update and Recommendations
June 17, 2010	National Action Plan on Demand Response
April 15, 2010	Staff Report on Capacity Reassignment
March 11, 2010	Draft Report of the National Action Plan on Demand Response
September 10, 2009	2009 Assessment of Demand Response and Advanced Metering
June 18, 2009	National Demand Response Assessment Report
December 29, 2008	Staff Report: Demand Response & Advanced Metering
June 19, 2008	Cost of Electric Generation
February 28, 2008	Staff Report on findings of a Non-Public Investigation of Potential Market Manipulation by Suppliers in the New York City Capacity Market under IN08-2 et al.
September 7, 2007	Staff Report: Demand Response & Advanced Metering
January 18, 2007	Electric Power Market Summary - Summer 2006
August 7, 2006	Report to Congress: Demand Response & Advanced Metering (revised December 2008)
July 31, 2006	Report to Congress: Security Constrained Economic Dispatch
June 5, 2006	Preliminary Draft Report to Congress on Competition in the Wholesale and Retail Markets for Electric Energy
May 11, 2006	Preliminary Assessment of the North American Electric Reliability Council's Proposed Mandatory Reliability Standards
February 3, 2006	DOE and FERC submit Transmission Monitoring Report to Congress
December 28, 2005	The California Electricity Crisis and Timeline for Distribution of Refunds Report
September 26, 2005	Commission agrees with staff report on the investigation of Intertie Bidding Practices in the California ISO’s Supplemental Energy Market
June 30, 2005	Report on Generator Offers in the Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator Market Launch
June 27, 2005	Policy Statement Regarding Evaluation of Independent Ownership and Operation of Transmission
May 11, 2005	Long-Term Transmission Rights Assessment \| Addendum FERC Staff Discussion Paper
April 13, 2005	Information Technology Guidelines For Power System Organizations
February 8, 2005	Guide to Federal Regulation of Sales of Imported Electricity in Canada, Mexico, and the United States
February 4, 2005	Reactive Power Supply and Consumption Report \| Errata
December 9, 2004	Assessing The State Of Wind Energy In Wholesale Electricity Markets
October 6, 2004	Staff report assesses the costs of RTOs; a ‘lessons learned’ approach is recommended.
September 30, 2004	Report on Use of Grid Reliability Funds sent to Congress (Staff report sent to Congress) \| Transmittal Letter
September 7, 2004	Utility Vegetation Management & Reliability Final Report (Staff report sent to Congress)
March 2, 2004	Utility Vegetation Management Final Report
November 13, 2003	2003–2004 Winter Energy Market Assessment
July 2003	Energy Market Assessment Part 1 \| Part 2
August 1, 2003	Staff's Initial Report on Physical Withholding by Generators Selling into the California Market and Notification to Companies
March 26, 2003	Staff Report on Western Markets Investigation: Findings at a Glance \| Part I \| Part II \| Appendices
March 26, 2003	Staff's Review of California Public Utility Commission's September 17, 2002 Investigative Report On Wholesale Electric Generation
August 13, 2002	Initial Report on Company-specific Separate Proceedings and Generic Reevaluations; Published Natural Gas Price Data; and Enron Trading Strategies Fact-finding Investigation of Potential Manipulation of Electric and Natural Gas Prices in PA02-2
February 26, 2002	Economic Assessment of RTO Policy
January 31, 2002	Report On the Economic Impacts on Western Utilities and Ratepayers of Price Caps on Spot Market Sales
February 1, 2001	Staff Report to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Northwest Power Markets in November and December 2000
November 1, 2000	Part II of the Staff Report to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on the Bulk Power Markets In the United States: Report Cover \| Northeast Region \| Midwest Region \| Southeast Region \| ERCOT
November 1, 2000	Part I of the Staff Report to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Western Markets and the Causes of the Summer 2000 Price Front: Section \| Section 1 \| Section 2 \| Section 3 \| Section 4 \| Section 5 \| Section 6 \| Appendix A \| Compressed Version [zip]
September 22, 1998	Causes of Wholesale Electric Pricing Abnormalities in the Midwest During June 1998,

Natural Gas 2014 - 2001

Each year, the Commission's Staff makes public various docketed and non-docketed reports that are primarily of an investigative and informational nature.

Issuance Date	Title
September 4, 2014	FERC staff sends Eighteenth Report to Congress on progress made in licensing and constructing the Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline
March 4, 2014	Seventeenth Report to Congress on Progress Made in Licensing and Constructing the Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline
December 19, 2013	Gas-Electric Coordination Quarterly Update
September 19, 2013	Gas-Electric Coordination Quarterly Update to Commission Presentation \| Report
August 30, 2013	Sixteenth Report to Congress on Progress Made in Licensing and Constructing the Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline
June 20, 2013	FERC Staff Presents Gas-Electric Coordination Quarterly Update to Commission Presentation \| Report
March 21, 2013	Gas-Electric Coordination Quarterly Update to Commission
February 28, 2013	Fifteenth Report to Congress on Progress Made in Licensing and Constructing the Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline
August 29, 2012	Fourteenth Report to Congress on progress made in licensing and constructing the Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline
March 2, 2012	Thirteenth Report to Congress on Progress Made in Licensing and Constructing the Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline
August 25, 2011	Twelfth Report to Congress on Progress Made in Licensing and Constructing the Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline
July 7, 2011	Evaluation of DEGADIS 2.1 Using Advisory Bulletin ADB-10-07 and DEGADIS Validation Database
February 24, 2011	Eleventh Report to Congress on progress made in licensing and constructing the Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline
December 16, 2010	Analysis of Physical Gas Market Transactions for 2009
August 27, 2010	Tenth Report to Congress on progress made in licensing and constructing the Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline
February 26, 2010	Ninth Report to Congress on progress made in licensing and constructing the Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline
August 26, 2009	Eighth Report to Congress on progress made in licensing and constructing the Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline
February 20, 2009	Seventh Report to Congress on progress made in licensing and constructing the Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline
August 29, 2008	Sixth Report to Congress on progress made in licensing and constructing the Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline
February 19, 2008	Fifth Report to Congress on progress made in licensing and constructing the Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline
August 15, 2007	Fourth Report to Congress on progress made in licensing and constructing the Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline
January 31, 2007	Third Report to Congress on progress made in licensing and constructing the Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline
January 18, 2007	Natural Gas Market Summary - An Annotated Bibliography 2005–06
July 10, 2006	Second Report to Congress on progress made in licensing and constructing the Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline
February 1, 2006	High Natural Gas Prices: The Basics (Second Edition)
February 1, 2006	Report to Congress on progress made in licensing and constructing the Alaska natural gas pipeline
December 8, 2005	High Natural Gas Prices: The Basics
October 12, 2005	Natural Gas Situation Price Report
November 5, 2004	LNG Consequence Modeling Report; Staff Response to LNG Modeling Comments
September 30, 2004	Staff report issued on current state of and issues concerning underground natural gas storage and announcement of technical conference on October 21, 2004. Report
March 2004	Research of Wetland Construction and Mitigation Activities for Certified Section 7(c) Pipeline Projects Report
December 17, 2003	New England Natural Gas Infrastructure
November 13, 2003	2003–2004 Winter Energy Market Assessment
July 2003	Energy Market Assessment Part 1 \| Part 2
July 23, 2003	Report on the Natural Gas Price Spike of February 2003
January 29, 2003	2003 Natural Gas Market Assessment Report (Revised)
January 15, 2003	Commission Use of Natural Gas Price Indices
August 13, 2002	Initial Report on Company-specific Separate Proceedings and Generic Reevaluations; Published Natural Gas Price Data; and Enron Trading Strategies Fact-finding Investigation of Potential Manipulation of Electric and Natural Gas Prices in PA02-2
December 2001	Ideas for Better Stakeholder Involvement In the Interstate Natural Gas Pipeline Planning PreFiling Process,
January 18, 2001	Staff report on the Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Act

Hydropower 2013 - 1992

Each year, the Commission's Staff makes public various docketed and non-docketed reports that are primarily of an investigative and informational nature.

Issuance Date	Title
October 17, 2013	Fees for the Use of Government Dams Report to Congress
October 8, 2008	Fees for the Use of Government Dams Report to Congress
April 28, 2006	Staff investigation report on Taum Sauk Dam Breach
July 2, 2002	Fees for the Use of Government Dams Report to Congress
May 8, 2001	Section 603 (Comprehensive Review of Hydro Licensing)
January 21, 1997	Fees for the Use of Government Dams Report to Congress
July 1992	Report on Stream Ice Process

Energy Infrastructure 2015 - 2011

Each year, the Commission's Staff makes public various docketed and non-docketed reports that are primarily of an investigative and informational nature.

Issuance Date	Title
December 29, 2015	Energy Infrastructure Update for November 2015 (revised generation data on January 6, 2016 based on source data changes)
December 3, 2015	Energy Infrastructure Update for October 2015
October 23, 2015	Energy Infrastructure Update for September 2015 (revised generation data on November 6, 2015 based on source data changes)
September 23, 2015	Energy Infrastructure Update for August 2015 (revised generation data on December 1, 2015 based on source data changes)
August 19, 2015	Energy Infrastructure Update for July 2015 (revised generation data on December 4, 2015 based on source data changes)
July 21, 2015	Energy Infrastructure Update for June 2015
June 24, 2015	Energy Infrastructure Update for May 2015
May 22, 2015	Energy Infrastructure Update for April 2015
April 23, 2015	Energy Infrastructure Update for March 2015
March 18, 2015	Energy Infrastructure Update for February 2015
February 23, 2015	Energy Infrastructure Update for January 2015
January 29, 2015	Energy Infrastructure Update for December 2014
December 22, 2014	Energy Infrastructure Update for November 2014 (revised on January 7, 2015)
November 21, 2014	Energy Infrastructure Update for October 2014
October 24, 2014	Energy Infrastructure Update for September 2014
September 18, 2014	Energy Infrastructure Update for August 2014
August 19, 2014	Energy Infrastructure Update for July 2014
July 18, 2014	Energy Infrastructure Update for June 2014
June 20, 2014	Energy Infrastructure Update for May 2014 (revised on June 24, 2014)
May 20, 2014	Energy Infrastructure Update for April 2014
May 20, 2014	Energy Infrastructure Update for April 2014
April 17, 2014	Energy Infrastructure Update for March 2014 (revised generation data on January 16, 2015)
March 20, 2014	Energy Infrastructure Update for February 2014 (revised generation data on January 14, 2015)
February 20, 2014	Energy Infrastructure Update for January 2014 (revised generation data on January 13, 2015)
January 24, 2014	Energy Infrastructure Update for December 2013 (revised generation data on February 24, 2014)
December 19, 2013	Energy Infrastructure Update for November 2013 (revised generation data on January 24, 2014)
November 20, 2013	Energy Infrastructure Update for October 2013
October 16, 2013	Energy Infrastructure Update for September 2013
September 17, 2013	Energy Infrastructure Update for August 2013
August 12, 2013	Energy Infrastructure Update for July 2013 (revised generation data on September 11, 2013)
July 18, 2013	Energy Infrastructure Update for June 2013
June 18, 2013	Energy Infrastructure Update for May 2013
May 15, 2013	Energy Infrastructure Update for April 2013
April 8, 2013	Energy Infrastructure Update for March 2013
March 14, 2013	Energy Infrastructure Update for February 2013
February 19, 2013	Energy Infrastructure Update for January 2013
January 16, 2013	Energy Infrastructure Update for December 2012
December 18, 2012	Energy Infrastructure Update for November 2012
November 13, 2012	Energy Infrastructure Update for October 2012
October 17, 2012	Energy Infrastructure Update for September 2012
September 17, 2012	Energy Infrastructure Update for August 2012
August 21, 2012	Energy Infrastructure Update for July 2012
August 7, 2012	Energy Infrastructure Update for June 2012
July 2, 2012	Energy Infrastructure Update for May 2012
May 22, 2012	Energy Infrastructure Update for April 2012
April 20, 2012	Energy Infrastructure Update for March 2012
March 22, 2012	Energy Infrastructure Update for February 2012
February 14, 2012	Energy Infrastructure Update for January 2012
January 13, 2012	Energy Infrastructure Update for December 2011
December 19, 2011	Energy Infrastructure Update for November 2011
November 14, 2011	Energy Infrastructure Update for October 2011
October 21, 2011	Energy Infrastructure Update for September 2011
September 19, 2011	Energy Infrastructure Update for August 2011
August 25, 2011	Energy Infrastructure Update for July 2011
July 19, 2011	Energy Infrastructure Update for June 2011
June 16, 2011	Energy Infrastructure Update for May 2011
May 19, 2011	Energy Infrastructure Update for April 2011
April 18, 2011	Energy Infrastructure Update for March 2011
March 17, 2011	Energy Infrastructure Update for February 2011
February 17, 2011	Energy Infrastructure Update for January 2011
January 19, 2011	Energy Infrastructure Update for December 2010

Staff Papers 2014 - 2012

Each year, the Commission's Staff makes public various docketed and non-docketed reports that are primarily of an investigative and informational nature.

Issuance Date	Title
April 11, 2014	Reactive Power Payment Staff Report
February 3, 2014	A Note on the Computational Testing of AC Optimal Power Flow Using the Current Voltage Formulations: Optimal Power Flow Paper 11
February 3, 2014	Optimal Transmission Switching Using the IV-ACOPF Linearization: Optimal Power Flower Paper 10
June 13, 2013	Testing Step-size Limits for Solving the Linearized Current Voltage AC Optimal Power Flow: Optimal Power Flow Paper 9
June 12, 2013	A Computational Study of Linear Approximations to the Convex Constraints in the Iterative Linear IV-ACOPF Formulation': Optimal Power Flow Paper 8
April 8, 2013	Developing Line Current magnitude Constraints for IEEE Test Problems: Optimal Power Flow Paper 7
April 8, 2013	Exploration of the ACOPF Feasible Region for the Standard IEEE Test Set Optimal Power Flow: Optimal Power Flow Paper 6
March 29, 2013	Computational Performance of Solution Techniques Applied to the ACOPF: Optimal Power Flow Paper 5
March 29, 2013	Survey of Approaches to Solving the ACOPF: Optimal Power Flow Paper 4
January 30, 2013	The Computational Testing of AC Optimal Power Flow Using the Current Voltage Formulations: Optimal Power Flow Paper 3
January 30, 2013	The IV Formulation and Linear Approximations of the AC Optimal Power Flow Problem: Optimal Power Flow Paper 2
December 17, 2012	History of Optimal Power Flow and Formulations: Paper 1

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