According to the website for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC):

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, or FERC, is an independent agency that regulates the interstate transmission of electricity, natural gas, and oil. FERC also reviews proposals to build liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals and interstate natural gas pipelines as well as licensing hydropower projects. The Energy Policy Act of 2005 gave FERC additional responsibilities as outlined and updated Strategic Plan. 

Internally, FERC operates their own intranet site (a website only accessible to FERC employees or authorized users). On this, you will find their own internal “Wiki” site called FERCipedia.

In March of 2017, I requested under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) a copy of the main page for FERCipedia, along with all pages accessible via “one click” from that front page. Essentially, all the main pages was my target.

On April 24, 2017, FERC released the below to me as responsive to my request.

Declassified Documents

 Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) “Wiki” Site FERCipedia Main Pages, and “One Click” [12 Pages, 3.2MB]

 FOIA Response for the below pages [3 Pages, 1.4MB]

 Introduction to FERCipedia [13 Pages, 1.4MB]

 Petroleum Home [1 Page, 0.9MB]

 Petroleum Home Page #2 [1 Page, 0.9MB]

 FERCipedia Document Library Home [1 Page, 0.5MB]

 FERCipedia User Aids [1 Page, 0.5MB]

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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, or FERC, is an independent agency that regulates the interstate transmission of electricity, natural gas, and oil. FERC also reviews proposals to build liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals and interstate natural gas pipelines as well as licensing hydropower projects. The Energy Policy Act of 2005 gave FERC additional responsibilities as outlined and updated Strategic Plan. As part of that responsibility, FERC:

• Regulates the transmission and wholesale sales of electricity in interstate commerce;
• Reviews certain mergers and acquisitions and corporate transactions by electricity companies;
• Regulates the transmission and sale of natural gas for resale in interstate commerce;
• Regulates the transportation of oil by pipeline in interstate commerce;
• Approves the siting and abandonment of interstate natural gas pipelines and storage facilities;
• Reviews the siting application for electric transmission projects under limited circumstances;
• Ensures the safe operation and reliability of proposed and operating LNG terminals;
• Licenses and inspects private, municipal, and state hydroelectric projects;
• Protects the reliability of the high voltage interstate transmission system through mandatory reliability standards;
• Monitors and investigates energy markets;
• Enforces FERC regulatory requirements through imposition of civil penalties and other means;
• Oversees environmental matters related to natural gas and hydroelectricity projects and other matters; and
• Administers accounting and financial reporting regulations and conduct of regulated companies.

FERC publishes a monthly newsletter to their employees called the FERC Insider. Below, you will find issues, released to The Black Vault, under the FOIA. There are more being processed, and they will be added here when released.

FERC Insider Newsletters

 2010-2013 [599 Pages, 77.6MB]

 2010-2013 Release #2 [595 Pages, 58.4MB] – This release makes this FOIA a bit confusion. It appears they included issues from the previous release, but the page count is different.  So, without doing the time consuming page by page comparison, I am adding this PDF in a separate file. As with the others, there are bookmarks notating the different issues.

 January – November 2010 [89 Pages, 56.2MB] – You will find bookmarks in the PDF file notating each issue.

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I. CEII Defined
CEII is specific engineering, vulnerability, or detailed design information about proposed or existing critical infrastructure (physical or virtual) that:

1. Relates details about the production, generation, transmission, or distribution of energy;
2. Could be useful to a person planning an attack on critical infrastructure;
3. Is exempt from mandatory disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act; and
4. Gives strategic information beyond the location of the critical infrastructure.

II. Helpful Resources
In order to familiarize yourself with the Commission’s policy regarding Critical Energy Infrastructure Information (CEII) , please read the Commission’s rulemakings: Order Nos. 702, 630, 630-A, 643, 649 and 683 under our CEII Regulations section.

III. CEII Requests & Exemptions
Visit our Help section to learn how to File a CEII Request.

An Owner/operator of a facility, including employees and officers of the owner/operator, may obtain CEII relating to its own facility directly from Commission staff. Non-employee agents of an owner/operator of such facility may obtain CEII relating to the owner/operator’s facility in the same manner as owner/operators as long as they present written authorization from the owner/operator to obtain such information. 388.113(d)

Critical Energy Infrastructure Information (CEII) Request Logs

Below, you will find the CEII request logs, as released by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

 Critical Energy Infrastructure Information (CEII) Request Logs 2011-April of 2016 [276 Pages, 12.6MB]

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