Data Collection And Access At FERC

1. Data Collection And Access At FERC Latvian Conference – September 9, 2004 • George A. Godding, Jr., Director • Division of Management and Communications • Office of Market Oversight and Investigations

2. Legal Basis for Data Acquisition - FPA • Sec. 301 Licensees and public utilities shall make, keep, and preserve accounts and records; FERC the right to inspect and examine this data • Sec. 307 FERC may subpoena witnesses, compel their attendance, take evidence and require the production of data and information which the Commission finds relevant or material to an inquiry • Sec. 309 The Commission may prescribe the form and timing of applications and reports to be filed with the Commission • Sec. 311 The Commission is directed to obtain any information necessary to recommend legislation or to conduct investigations regarding generation, transmission, distribution and sale of electric energy, whether or not otherwise subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission 2 FPA: Federal Power Act

3. Overview of Data Collection And Access • Regularly collect data from Jurisdictional Entities • Use third-party entities to collect and present data related to Jurisdictional and Non-Jurisdictional Entities • Access to one-time information for audits and investigations for Jurisdictional and Non-jurisdictional Entities 3

4. Regular Collections • 53 Active Collections (17,204 responses; 3,697,342 hours) • Wide range of regular collections • Annual Reports on Operational and Financial Data • Interlocking Directorates • 20 Largest Purchasers • Electricity Shortages and Contingency Plans • Transmission Planning Reports • Fuel and Energy Purchase Practices • Electric Quarterly Reports - EQR • Data Submissions are made when filing Applications • Rate/Tariff Filings • Cogeneration and Small Power Applications • Merger Applications 4

5. Example: EQR Data Collection • Detailed data on all power sales under Commission jurisdiction that transpired during the quarter • Price, timing, location, counterparties • Summary data on all underlying contracts in the electric industry that are required to be filed with the Commission • Counterparties, terms, products included • All data filed electronically • All data accessible to public • Several million lines of data each quarter • Over 1170 companies • 3 million transaction records per quarter • 50,000+ contracts 5

6. Third Party Data • Proprietary and public data (real-time and historical) • Bloomberg, Dow, Energy Argus, Platts • Friedwire (Power flows, Nuclear Plant status, LMP pricing) • Genscape (Plant production, Power flows) • Weather • RTOs (PJM, ISO-NE, NYISO, CAISO, MISO) • OASIS • Utility required Website information 6

7. Bloomberg - Natural Gas Futures 7

8. Friedwire – PJM Regional Power Flows 8

9. Friedwire: NE Real-Time Power Prices 9

10. Friedwire – Nuclear Plant Status 10

11. Genscape - Alert Output With Map Color Key 11

12. Genscape - Plant Detail 12

13. PJM - Real Time Market Information 13

14. One-Time Information Data Access • Auditing jurisdictional entities – FERC has legal access to all data held by that entity • Investigating jurisdictional entities or electric/gas market incidences - we have legal access to all data held by that entity and all relevant data held by all other entities in the US. 14