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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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General Electric Natural Gas Hydropower Oil Date Title May 21, 2009 2009 Summer Market and Reliability Assessment April 16, 2009 State of the Markets 2008 Report October 31, 2008 2008 Report on Enforcement 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 1, 2002 through June 30, 2003 January 22, 2004 State of the Markets Presentation July 11, 2003 2003 Summer Assessment Report Summary July 17, 2002 2002 Summer Assessment Report Summary January 15, 2003 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 Date Title 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 Overview | French Spanish English 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 [PPS] 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, Date Title 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 Rreport 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 | View Details 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 [PPS] 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 Date Title April 28, 2006 Staff investigation report on Taum Sauk Dam Breach May 8, 2001 Section 603 (Comprehensive Review of Hydro Licensing) Date Title June 2005 Staff Oil Pipeline Handbook, Volume IV