Technical reports and reports to congress, listed by topic. (Some of the documents in this section require Adobe Acrobat Reader. You can download a free copy of the Reader by visiting Adobe.)

• CONGESTION STUDIES
• CONTROL SYSTEMS SECURITY
• COORDINATION OF FEDERAL TRANSMISSION AUTHORIZATIONS
• DEMAND RESPONSE
• DISTRIBUTED ENERGY
• ENERGY POLICY ACT
• ENERGY STORAGE
• STATE AND REGIONAL POLICY ASSISTANCE

CONGESTION STUDIES

• Congestion Study Executive Summary (PDF 786 KB)
• Full Text of the Congestion Study Report (PDF 9.2 MB)

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CONTROL SYSTEMS SECURITY

• 21 Steps to Improve the Security of SCADA Systems (PDF 2.8 MB)
• ABB SCADA/EMS System INEEL Baseline Summary Test Report (November 2004). (PDF 867 KB)
• AGA 12 Test Plan (PDF 367 KB)
• An Approach to Action for the Electricity Sector, North American Electric Reliability Council (June 2001). (PDF 1.5 MB)
• Cyber Assessment Methods for SCADA Security (PDF 58 KB)
• Cyber Assessment Methods for SCADA Security (November 2005). (PDF 66 KB)
• Critical Infrastructure Protection: Challenges and Efforts to Secure Control Systems, U.S. Government Accounting Office (March 2004). (PDF 543 KB)
• Electricity Sector Response to the Critical Infrastructure Protection Challenge, North American Electric Reliability Council (May 2002). (PDF 189 KB)
• National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace (February 2003) (PDF 980 KB)
• NERC Top Ten Vulnerabilities List (PDF 61 KB)
• NSTB Security Standards Report (PDF 187 KB)
• Preliminary Research and Development Roadmap for Protecting and Assuring the Energy Infrastructure, Transition Office of the President's Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection (TOPCCIP) (July 1998). (PDF 286 KB)
• Reference Model for Control & Automation Systems in Electrical Power (PDF 355 KB)
• Roadmap to Secure Control Systems in the Energy Sector (PDF 2.1 MB)
• Securing Oil and Natural Gas Infrastructures in the New Economy, National Petroleum Council (June 2001). (PDF 1.6 MB)
• Summary of Control System Security Standards Activities in the Energy Sector (October 2005). (PDF 425 KB)
• Technology Assessment: Cybersecurity for Infrastructure Protection, U.S. Government Accounting Office (May 2004). (PDF 1.9 MB)

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COORDINATION OF FEDERAL TRANSMISSION AUTHORIZATIONS

• Memorandum of Understanding (PDF 5.1 MB)

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DEMAND RESPONSE

• Benefits of Demand Response in Electricity Markets and Recommendations for Achieving Them (PDF 688 KB)

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DISTRIBUTED ENERGY

• Report: The Potential Benefits of Distributed Generation and Rate Related Issues That May Impede Its Expansion (PDF 49 KB)

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ENERGY POLICY ACT

• Energy Policy Act of 2005 (PDF 2.5 MB)

• Benefits of Demand Response in Electricity Markets and Recommendations for Achieving Them - Section 1252 of the Energy Policy Act (PDF 688 KB)
• Benefits of Using Mobile Transformers and Mobile Substations for Rapidly Restoring Electrical Service - Section 1816(b) of the Energy Policy Act (PDF 706 KB)
• Competition in Wholesale and Retail Markets for Electric Energy - Section 1815 of the Energy Policy Act (PDF 3.7 MB)
• Corridors and Rights-of-Way on Federal Lands - Section 1221(b) of the Energy Policy Act (PDF 240 KB)
• Economic Dispatch of Electric Generation Capacity (February 2007) - Section 1234/Section 1832 of the Energy Policy Act (PDF 57 KB)
• The Value of Economic Dispatch (November 2005) - Section 1234/Section 1832 of the Energy Policy Act (PDF 595 KB)
• Electric Transmission and Distribution Programs - Section 925(b) of the Energy Policy Act (PDF 1.0 MB)
• Indian Land Rights-of-Way Study (May 2007) - Section 1813 of the Energy Policy Act (PDF 501 KB)
• Indian Land Rights-of-Way Study (August 2006) - Section 1813(b) of the Energy Policy Act (PDF 202 KB)
• National Electric Transmission Congestion Study - Section 1221(a) of the Energy Policy Act (PDF 10.3 MB)
• Potential Benefits of Distributed Generation and Rate Related Issues That May Impede Its Expansion (Report) - Section 1817 of the Energy Policy Act (PDF 49 KB)
• Potential Benefits of Distributed Generation and Rate-Related Issues That May Impede Its Expansion (Study) - Section 1817 of the Energy Policy Act (PDF 2.3 MB)
• State and Regional Policies That Promote Energy Efficiency Programs Carried Out by Electric and Gas Utilities - Section 139 of the Energy Policy Act (PDF 1.4 MB)
• Steps to Establish a Real-Time Transmission Monitoring System for Transmission Owners and Operators within the Eastern and Western Interconnections - Section 1839 of the Energy Policy Act (PDF 737 KB)
• Workforce Trends in the Electric Utility Industry - Section 1101(b) of the Energy Policy Act (PDF 353 KB)

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ENERGY STORAGE

• Frequency Regulation Using Fast Energy Storage (PDF 342 KB)

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STATE AND REGIONAL POLICY ASSISTANCE

• A list of electric utilities covered in 2003 and 2004 by Title I of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act (PURPA) of 1978, as amended by the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (PDF 52 KB)
• Benefits of Demand Response in Electricity Markets and Recommendations for Achieving Them (Pursuant to Sec. 1252 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005) (PDF 688 KB)
• Electricity Transmission, A Primer, booklet by the National Council on Electricity Policy, published June 2004 (PDF 2.0 MB)
• State and Regional Policies That Promote Energy Efficiency Programs Carried Out by Electric and Gas Utilities - Section 139 of the Energy Policy Act (PDF 1.4 MB)

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