Office of Market Oversight & Investigations Comments by the speaker do not necessarily reflect those of the Commission Data Collection And Access At FERC George A. Godding, Jr., Director Division of Management and Communications Office of Market Oversight and Investigations Latvian Conference September 9, 2004 Office of Market Oversight & Investigations 2 Legal Basis for Data Acquisition - FPA Sec. 301Licensees and public utilities shall make, keep, and preserve accounts and records; FERC the right to inspect and examine this data Sec. 307FERC 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. 309The Commission may prescribe the form and timing of applications and reports to be filed with the Commission Sec. 311The 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 FPA: Federal Power Act Office of Market Oversight & Investigations 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 Office of Market Oversight & Investigations 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 Office of Market Oversight & Investigations 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 Office of Market Oversight & Investigations 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 Office of Market Oversight & Investigations 7 Bloomberg - Natural Gas Futures Office of Market Oversight & Investigations 8 Friedwire PJM Regional Power Flows Office of Market Oversight & Investigations 9 Friedwire: NE Real-Time Power Prices Office of Market Oversight & Investigations 10 Friedwire Nuclear Plant Status Office of Market Oversight & Investigations 11 Genscape - Alert Output With Map Color Key Office of Market Oversight & Investigations 12 Genscape - Plant Detail Office of Market Oversight & Investigations 13 PJM - Real Time Market Information Office of Market Oversight & Investigations 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.