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Executive SummarySmall signal stability problems are one of the major threats to grid stability and reliability in the U.S. power grid. An undamped mode can cause growing oscillations and may result in system breakups and large-scale blackouts. There have been several incidents of system-wide oscillations. Of those incidents, the most notable is the August 10, 1996 western system breakup, a result of undamped system-wide oscillations. Significant efforts have been devoted to monitoring system oscillatory behavior from measurements in the past 20 years. The deployment of phasor measurement units (PMU) provides highprecision, time-synchronized data needed for detecting oscillation modes. Measurement-based modal analysis, also known as ModeMeter, uses real-time phasor measurements to identify system oscillation modes and their damping. Low damping indicates potential system stability issues. Modal analysis has been demonstrated with phasor measurements to have the capability of estimating system modes from oscillation signals, probing data, and ambient data.With more and more phasor measurements available and ModeMeter techniques maturing, there is yet a need for methods to bring modal analysis from monitoring to actions. The methods should be able to associate low damping with grid operating conditions, so operators or automated operation schemes can respond when low damping is observed. The work presented in this report aims to develop such a method and establish a Modal Analysis for Grid Operation (MANGO) procedure to provide recommended actions (such as generation re-dispatch or load reduction), and aid grid operation decision making for mitigating inter-area oscillations. This project directly contributes to the Department of Energy Transmission Reliability Program's goal of "improving reliability of the nation's electricity delivery infrastructure."The fundamental part of the work explores the relationship between low damping and grid operating conditions to develop recommended actions for damping improvement, and therefore reduce the chance of system breakup and power outages. Different from power system stabilizers and other modulation control mechanisms, MANGO improves damping through operating point adjustments. Traditionally, the modulation-based methods do not change the system's operating point, but improve damping through automatic feedback control. Figure S-1 illustrates the difference of these two types of damping improvement methods. MANGO, represented in red, and modulation control, represented in magenta, are complementary towards the same goal.MANGO is a measurement-based procedure, as shown in Figure S-2. As the first stage of development, the MANGO procedure is targeted to have operators in the loop. Practical implementation is envisioned to be achieved by integrating MANGO recommendations into existing operating procedures. The MANGO model can be updated according to the current measurement and mode estimation results. Operators are included into the loop to bring in exp...