I. INTRODUCTION
The IEEE Working Group 15.05.17 on HVDC and FACTS Bibliography has the responsibility to prepare an annual Bibliography on HVDC and FACTS, effective 2004. Additionally, the Working Group has been entrusted with compiling Bibliographies, individually on HVDC and FACTS, for the period 1998–2003 to encompass the period since publication of the last Annotated Bibliography on HVDC and FACTS.