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FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION

Secretary of the Commission

Instructions for Company Registration

Version: November 7, 2016

FERC-545, OMB Control No. 1902-0154

FERC-549, OMB Control No. 1902-0086

FERC-550, OMB Control No. 1902-0089 

FERC-920, OMB Control No. 1902-0255
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Instructions for Company Registration

Summary

The Commission’s regulations require regulated companies and some 

unregulated companies to obtain a Company Identifier (CID) number in order to 

make certain filings with the Commission. These include tariff filings and various 

required forms. The process of obtaining a Company Identifier is known as 

Company Registration. This document provides instructions on how to complete 

the Company Registration process and manage your Company Registration 

account.

Companies required to use Company Registration in order to make certain filings 

may choose to use third-parties, such as law firms, to make those filings. Firms 

chosen to make such filings also can obtain Delegate Identifier (DID) through the 

Company Registration process.

Once companies obtain CID or DIDs, they can assign Account Managers with 

authority to manage their Company Registration account and can assign Agents 

with authority to make specific types of filings. These procedures are described 

in this manual.

All the information required as part of the Company Registration process will be 

considered public information, and will be made available to the public by the 

Commission.1

Information required by the Paperwork Reduction Act is also provided in 

Appendix D.

 1 The company identification information is not to be confused with the 

substance of the information submitted in electronic filings, which, in some cases, 

may be designated as either public or non-public.
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Table of Contents

Summary ...................................................................................................1

Introduction to the Company Registration System ......................................5

The Company Registration Process............................................................8

1) What information must I submit for Company Registration?..............8

2) Options Page (Options Page) ...........................................................9

a) Registering a New Company ...........................................................9

b) Transitioning....................................................................................9

c) Managing a Company Profile...........................................................9

3) Information Page (Information Page) ................................................9

a) Company Name...............................................................................9

a) My company is a Required Filing Company. What should I enter 

as my company’s name? ..................................................................9

b) My company is a Required Filing Company. How should I 

determine which company name to use if my company has 

affiliates?.........................................................................................10

c) What official name should I use for my Required Filing 

Company? ......................................................................................10

d) Can I register a holding company as a Required Filing 

Company? ......................................................................................11

e) What should I do if my Required Filing Company Name 

changes? ........................................................................................11

f) My company is a Delegated Filer. What company name should I 

use?................................................................................................11

g) My company is a Delegated Filer. What should I do if my 

Company Name changes?..............................................................11

b) Company Address .........................................................................12

c) Official Company Email Address....................................................12

d) Official Company Website..............................................................12

e) Effective Date ................................................................................13

a) What Effective Date should I enter if I am registering my 

company for the first time?..............................................................13

b) What Effective Date should I use if I am updating my company’s 

Company Profile? ...........................................................................13

4) Regulatory Programs ......................................................................13

a) Who must choose a Regulatory Program? ....................................14

b) If my company is a Public Utility under the Federal Power Act, which 

program option should I select?...........................................................14
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c) If my company is a Hinshaw pipeline, which Regulatory Program 

should I select?....................................................................................15

d) Under what Regulatory Program should I register if my company is 

not a public utility but also is not a Power Administration? ...................15

e) What should I do if my company needs to register under multiple 

Regulatory Programs?.........................................................................15

Assignment Page (Assignment Page (CID version)); (Assignment Page 

(DID version)) ...........................................................................................16

1) Form Selection................................................................................16

a) Will a Required Filing Company’s decision not to register or select a 

Form be construed as a petition for waiver of its obligation to file a 

particular Form?...................................................................................16

2) Account Managers ..........................................................................16

a) What are the responsibilities of an Account Manager? ..................16

b) Who is initially appointed as Account Manager?............................17

c) Can I select a Delegated Filer or a Required Filing Company to be 

an Account Manager?..........................................................................17

d) How do I assign Account Managers?.............................................17

e) How do I remove Account Managers? ...........................................17

f) How many Account Managers should my company choose? ........18

g) Are Account Managers able to file Forms? ....................................18

h) Do Delegated Filers need Account Managers?..............................18

i) Does Commission Staff Review the Assignment of Account 

Managers?...........................................................................................18

3) Agents ............................................................................................18

a) What people or entities can be designated as an Agent? ..............18

b) How do I assign my company’s first Agent?...................................20

c) How do I assign Agents? ...............................................................20

d) How do I delete Agents?................................................................20

e) What are the filing rights of Delegated Filers assigned as Agents?20

f) Can Delegated Filers assign Agents for specific Required Filing 

Companies? ........................................................................................20

g) Can a Required Filing Company select one of its affiliates as an 

Agent? .................................................................................................21

h) Does Commission Staff Review the Assignment of Agents? .........21

How will I know if my Company Registration or modification of my 

Company Profile was successful? ............................................................21

Concluding the Company Registration Process ........................................22
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1) My company is a Required Filing Company registering for the first 

time. What happens after I successfully submit my new Company 

Registration request? .............................................................................22

2) My company is a Required Filing Company with an existing 

Company Identifier. What happens after I successfully submit my request 

to transition to the new Company Registration system? .........................22

3) My company is a Delegated Filer. What happens after I successfully 

submit my Company Registration request?............................................22

APPENDIX A: SCREEN SHOTS AND ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS ....23

1) Options Page ..................................................................................23

2) Information Page.............................................................................24

3) Assignment Page (CID version)......................................................25

4) Summary Page ...............................................................................27

5) Confirmation Page ..........................................................................28

6) Transitioning an Existing Company to the New Company 

Registration System ...............................................................................29

7) Modifying a Company Profile ..........................................................30

8) Using the “Assignment to Forms and CID Account Managers” 

Function .................................................................................................32

a) How do I assign additional Account Managers?.............................33

Select the correct email address (the typed entry will not work, as the 

system must capture data associated with the eRegistered email 

address not visible on the screen), then click the “Appoint Account 

Manager” button to add that person as an Account Manager...............33

b) How do I assign additional eRegistered persons as Agents?.........34

c) How do I assign additional Delegated Filers as Agents?................34

APPENDIX B: Acquiring Full eRegistration...............................................35

APPENDIX C: Company Registration Email Templates............................37

APPENDIX D: Related Paperwork Reduction Act Information ..................44
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Introduction to the Company Registration System

What is a Company Identifier (CID)?

A Company Identifier (CID) is an identification number assigned to a company 

that is required by Commission regulations to submit an electronic filing using a 

Company Identifier.

What is a Required Filing Company?

A Required Filing Company is a company that must obtain a Company Identifier 

to make certain filings with the Commission. In this instruction manual, Required 

Filing Companies are also referred to as Required Filers.

Who must obtain a Company Identifier (CID)?

You must obtain a Company Identifier if your company is required by 

Commission regulations to submit an electronic filing for which a Company 

Identifier is required. If you are uncertain about whether an electronic filing you 

are required to submit requires a Company Identifier, you should obtain legal 

advice regarding FERC regulatory affairs and, if deemed necessary, consult with 

appropriate FERC staff.

Do all electronic filings require a Company Identifier?

No. Not all electronic filings require the use of a Company Identifier. The 

requirement applies to filings of tariffs and those forms for which the Commission 

has explicitly required the use of a Company Identifier. The Commission may 

expand the types of filings for which a Company Identifier is required. 

Is there a deadline by which a company must register?

A company must register prior to making its first electronic filing that requires a 

Company Identifier. 

How long will it take to obtain a Company Identifier?

Requests for Company Identifiers are processed by FERC staff. You should 

expect a two (2) business day delay from the time a request is made to the time 

you receive your Company Identifier. There may be a further delay if you 

simultaneously make numerous requests for Company Identifiers and/or 

modifications thereof. Incomplete or questionable data entries may also result in 

a delay in the issuance of your Company Identifier, or may result in the rejection 

of your request.

If my company completes Company Registration and obtains a Company 

Identifier, does that mean my company is a regulated entity?
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No. Company Registration and acquiring a Company Identifier permits a 

company to make certain electronic filings with the Commission. In other words, 

Company Registration is simply a precondition for making certain electronic 

filings with the Commission. Various statutory, regulatory, and Commission 

findings determine whether a company is a regulated entity. 

Will my Company Identifier be available to the public?

Yes.

Is my company registered?

The Commission posts a list of registered Required Filing Companies on its web 

site, www.ferc.gov, for each Industry under the Required Filing Companies link. 

These lists may not be current. If your company name cannot be found on the 

lists, please send an inquiry to ferconlinesupport@ferc.gov. Your inquiry should 

include the name of the company at issue and what Regulatory Program it 

should be part of. 

Can I have multiple Company Registrations for the same company?

Not in the same Regulatory Program. Do not attempt to re-register a company 

that is already registered in a Regulatory Program. Multiple registrations may 

cause significant administrative, tariff, and compliance issues for your company. 

Also, FERC staff are likely to reject multiple registration attempts.

What is a Delegate Identifier (DID)?

A Delegate Identifier (DID) is an identification number for a company that makes 

filings on behalf of a Required Filing Company. Such a company may want to 

obtain a DID in order manage its own Account Managers and Agents. For 

example, some Required Filing Companies may prefer that law firms or 

electronic vendors submit filings on their behalf, and that those law firms or 

vendors determine which of their individual employees will do so. Such law firms 

or vendors may want to obtain a Delegate Identifier so they will have the 

capability to assign their individual employees as Account Managers and Agents. 

What is a Delegated Filer? 

A Delegated Filer is a company that has obtained a Delegate Identifier and, 

therefore, can be assigned the authority to make filings on behalf of a Required 

Filing Company. Before a Delegated Filer can submit filings on behalf of a 

Required Filer, the Required Filer must login to the Company Registration 

system, select the Delegated Filer, and then assign it the authority to make the 

desired required filing(s).

Why would a company want to obtain a Delegate Identifier (DID)?
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A company would want to obtain a DID if a Required Filing Company wants to 

delegate the company (rather than individuals) to make filings on the Required 

Filing Company’s behalf. The Delegated Filer would then be able to manage its 

own account and assign Account Managers and Agents.

Must a company that makes filings on behalf of a Required Filing Company 

obtain a Delegate Identifier (DID)?

There is no regulatory requirement that a company that acts as a Delegated Filer 

must obtain a Company Registration account. DID accounts are simply a service 

offered by the Commission. However, without such an account, the Required 

Filer could not select the Delegated Filer company to make filings on its behalf, 

but could still select individual persons at that company to submit filings on the 

Required Filer’s behalf, after designating those individuals as Agents.

Can members of a law firm or vendor make filings on behalf of a Required 

Filing Company without obtaining a Delegate Identifier?

Yes. The Required Filing Company would have to designate the specific 

members of the law firm or vendor as either Agents or Account Managers.

Can a Required Filing Company, using a CID, also be a Delegated Filer?

No. If a Required Filing Company wishes to be a Delegated Filer for another 

company, it should request a DID.

How long will it take to obtain a Delegate Identifier (DID)?

This will occur immediately upon completion of the Company Registration 

process. Unlike applications for Company Identifiers (CID), applications for 

Delegate Identifiers are automatically approved; i.e., they are not reviewed by 

FERC staff.

When must a company obtain a Delegate Identifier (DID)?

There is no deadline by which a company must obtain a Delegate Identifier 

number. However, a company must obtain a Delegate Identifier before it can be 

selected as a Delegated Filer by a Required Filing Company.
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The Company Registration Process

1) What information must I submit for Company Registration?

The Company Registration system consists of three sequential web pages, which 

can be described as the Options Page, the Information Page, and the 

Assignment Page. The information set associated with the Company Identifier is 

referred to as the Company Profile. The information needed to complete these 

pages should be assembled prior to entering the Commission’s Company 

Registration web page to reduce the chances of timing out.

Details on each category of information are provided below. (Screen shots are at 

Appendix A and can be found by following the hyperlinks below.)

1) The Options Page (Options Page) is where you select the reason 

you are logging into the Company Registration system. There are 

three reasons:

a) to register a new company

b) to transition an existing Company Identifier from the old 

system to the new system

c) to manage your Company Profile (after you have already 

completed Company Registration).

2) The Information Page (Information Page) -- After selecting the 

applicable option on the Options Page, you will be required to submit 

information on the information page. The specific information 

required on the Information Page is:

a) Whether you are registering as a Required Filing Company or 

a Delegated Filer

b) Company Name

c) Company Address

d) Official Company Email Address

e) Official Company Website (optional for Delegated Filers)

f) Effective Date

g) The Regulatory Program under which your filings are required.

3) The Assignment Page (Assignment Page CID) (Assignment 

Page DID) -- The following information is required to complete the 

Assignment Page:

a) Forms you are required to file under the selected Regulatory 

Program

b) Who you would like to designate as Account Managers and 

Agents to submit filings for your company.
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Specific Issues related to filling out the Options Page, Information Page and 

Assignment Page are discussed below. 

2) Options Page (Options Page)

a) Registering a New Company

This option will enable a company that has not previously registered for a 

Company Identifier (CID) or a Delegate Identifier (DID) to complete the Company 

Registration process and obtain a CID or DID.

b) Transitioning

Transitioning applies only to companies that previously were registered in the 

Company Registration system. The transition process will enable them to easily 

move to the new system while retaining their existing Company Identifier (CID) 

number.

c) Managing a Company Profile

This option will enable the company to change or revise the information on the 

Information Page and the Assignment Page. 

3) Information Page (Information Page)

a) Company Name

a) My company is a Required Filing Company. What 

should I enter as my company’s name?

If you are registering a Required Filing Company, your Company Name should 

be the name of the company that is, or will be, subject to filing requirements

pursuant to the statutory and regulatory requirements of the Program for which 

the company is registering. 

If you are registering a Delegated Filer, your Company Name should be the 

name of the company to which the Required Filing Company has delegated its 

filing authority.
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b) My company is a Required Filing Company. How 

should I determine which company name to use if my 

company has affiliates?

Your Company Name should be the name of the company that is, or will be, 

subject to filing requirements pursuant to the statutory and regulatory 

requirements of the Program for which the company is registering.

For example, XYZ Company is a Natural Gas Act (NGA) natural gas pipeline 

company that is also a subsidiary of ABC Holding Company. XYZ Company 

wishes to register under the Commission’s NGA program, which imposes an 

eTariff electronic filing requirement. When XYZ Company is completing its 

Company Registration to obtain the Company Identifier necessary for the 

company to make its eTariff filings, the Company Name entered should be XYZ 

Company, as that is the FERC-regulated entity under the NGA program. 

As an additional example, take a company, MNO Public Utility, LP, that has two 

operating divisions: MNO Public Utility (New Mexico), division of MNO Public 

Utility, LP, and MNO Service Company, division of MNO Public Utility, LP. The 

only company that is required to file is MNO Public Utility, LP, not the individual 

operating divisions; therefore, “MNO Public Utility, LP” should be the company 

name entered when MNO Public Utility, LP is completing its Company 

Registration.

c) What official name should I use for my Required 

Filing Company?

Your Company Name should be exactly as shown on your articles of 

incorporation. No “doing business as”, dba, d/b/a, or other pseudonym Company 

Names are permitted. Do not use abbreviations or acronyms that are not part of 

the name shown on the articles of incorporation. (For example, do not enter 

“PGT” or “Pacific Gas Trans. Corp.” when the full name may be “Pacific Gas 

Transmission Corporation”.) 

In the Commission’s experience, the most common electronic filing mistake is 

misspelling the Company Name. Your Company Name should be properly

spelled and should include any contractions, commas, periods, or the lack 

thereof, that are present in the company’s name as it appears on its articles of 

incorporation. (For example, be specific about whether your company name 

includes “Incorporated” or “Inc.”, “LLC” or “L.L.C.”, etc.)
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The registration form provides space for 250 characters for a Company Name. 

Some FERC applications that utilize this data will, for technical reasons, truncate 

the Company Name from right to left.

d) Can I register a holding company as a Required Filing 

Company?

No. Only the company required to make the filing can register as the Required 

Filing Company.

e) What should I do if my Required Filing Company 

Name changes?

Changing a registered Company Name is permitted through the Company 

Registration web site. Changing the Company Name through Company 

Registration is the only means of informing the Commission of (1) a name 

change for a Required Filing Company, (2) any change to the Company Name 

that will appear on electronic filings that require the use of a Company Identifier, 

and (3) any change to the Company Name shown on the public version of a 

company’s eTariff maintained by the Commission. 

HOWEVER, Required Filing Companies should use extreme caution before 

proceeding with a name change. There are numerous additional regulatory 

requirements and business practices associated with changing the name of a 

Required Filing Company. A company should obtain legal advice regarding 

FERC regulatory affairs and, if deemed necessary, consult with appropriate 

FERC staff before changing the Company Name in the Company Registration 

system. Incorrect or untimely name changes can have unpredictable regulatory 

and legal consequences.

f) My company is a Delegated Filer. What company 

name should I use?

There is no specific requirement for company names for Delegated Filers. These 

names will not be checked by FERC staff. We encourage the use of the official 

name of the company or law firm, rather than abbreviations or acronyms.

g) My company is a Delegated Filer. What should I do if 

my Company Name changes?
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You should change your Company Name in the Company Registration system. 

However, you should be aware that such a change in the Company Registration 

system will not affect company names on service lists.

b) Company Address

Your Company Address should be the street address of your company’s primary

place of business.

c) Official Company Email Address

Your Official Company Email Address should be carefully chosen. This email 

address will be used by the Commission to inform a company of electronic filings 

made using that company’s Company Identifier. Personal email addresses often 

become inaccessible to a company over time and, therefore, should not be used 

as the Official Company Email Address.

The Official Company Email Address will populate the Commission’s service list 

for those filings that require service lists.

d) Official Company Website

If your company is a Required Filing Company, you must provide the URL 

address of your company’s official website. If your company has several web 

addresses, the URL that you provide should be for a site that clearly leads to 

your Required Filing Company’s informational postings similar to those required 

by North American Energy Standards Board’s (NAESB) Standard 4.3.23.2

If your company is not yet a Required Filing Company, but is seeking to become 

one, you should enter a URL address that can be used to cross-check the 

accuracy of the other required Company Registration data. Once your company 

obtains a Company Identifier, your company should, or must (depending on the 

requirements of the Regulatory Program), update the URL address in the 

Company Registration system.

A Delegated Filer is not required to provide a company website. If you choose to 

do so, you should provide the URL address of the company website most 

relevant to the filings you will be making.

 2 NAESB Standard 4.3.23 provides the minimum informational categories for 

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e) Effective Date

The Effective Date is the date on which you want your proposed changes to 

Company Registration to become effective. When entering the Effective Date, 

you should consider whether you are registering your company for the first time 

or updating your company’s Company Profile. Retroactive dates are not 

accepted.

a) What Effective Date should I enter if I am registering 

my company for the first time?

The Effective Date for a new Company Registration will default to the date the 

data is entered. This will permit your company to make an electronic filing 

(requiring the use of a Company Identifier) with the Commission as soon as your 

company receives its Company Identifier. You can propose a prospective 

Effective Date, but you should be aware that your company will not be able to 

use its Company Identifier to make an electronic filing until the Effective Date.

b) What Effective Date should I use if I am updating my 

company’s Company Profile?

You should enter the date that on which you would like the updated information 

to be reflected in the Commission’s records. For Required Filing Companies, 

updated Company Profiles become effective on either the proposed Effective 

Date or the date the proposed change to the Company Profile is approved by 

FERC staff, whichever occurs later. Proposed effective dates cannot be 

retroactive, since companies cannot propose retroactively to revise the names of 

their tariffs, change data that is obtained from the Company Profile to be 

associated with past electronic filings, revise Notices to the public, revise service 

lists, or change the official record in eLibrary.

4) Regulatory Programs

Regulatory Programs refer to the Commission’s different statutory mandates and 

regulatory schemes. In broad terms, there are six (6) programs:

1) Public Utilities under the Federal Power Act with only Electric MarketBased Rates;

2) Public Utilities under the Federal Power Act other than those that are 

solely Market-Based Rate Filers

3) Power Administrations under the Flood Control Act, the Bonneville Power 

Act, the Northwest Power Planning Act, and other relevant statutes;

4) Natural Gas Companies under the Natural Gas Act;
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5) Intrastate Pipelines under the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 and Hinshaw 

pipelines under the Natural Gas Act; and

6) Oil Pipelines under the Interstate Commerce Act.

a) Who must choose a Regulatory Program?

Every Required Filing Company must select one Regulatory Program. All filings 

made by that company under the provided Company Identifier will be processed 

by the Commission consistent with the statutory, regulatory and business rule 

requirements of that Regulatory Program. For example, if an entity is registered 

as a public utility under the Federal Power Act, and the entity attempted to make 

a Natural Gas Act tariff filing, that tariff filing would be rejected because the entity 

is not a natural gas company.

You should select the Regulatory Program that best describes the statutory 

authority under which your Required Filing Company is required to submit 

electronic filings to the Commission.

b) If my company is a Public Utility under the Federal 

Power Act, which program option should I select?

Public utilities are provided two program options: (i) public utilities with ONLY 

market-based rates; and (ii) public utilities with other filed tariffs, such as

transmission OATTs, cost-based rates, etc.

 Public utilities with ONLY market-based rates: as the title itself indicates, 

you should select this option only if your company has only market-based 

rates.

 Public utilities with additional tariffs: you should select this option if your

public utility has a transmission tariff, OATT, cost-based rate or any tariff 

other than a market-based rate tariff. ISOs and RTOs should select this 

option. Companies choosing this option also can include their marketbased rate tariff.

If your public utility has only market-based rates but wishes to propose, or is 

required to offer, cost-based rates, you must modify your Company Registration 

information to reflect the change. This modification of your Company 

Registration information will not result in a new Company Identifier.
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c) If my company is a Hinshaw pipeline, which 

Regulatory Program should I select?

Natural Gas Companies who are subject to section 1(c) of the NGA (Hinshaw 

pipelines) are subject to the same Commission business processing rules that

apply to intrastate pipelines under the NGPA. Therefore, Hinshaw pipelines 

should register under the same Regulatory Program as NGPA intrastate 

pipelines, rather than under the NGA Regulatory Program.

d) Under what Regulatory Program should I register if 

my company is not a public utility but also is not a Power 

Administration?

You should register as a public utility. Such registration is for FERC’s 

administrative purposes only and will not change your company’s status.

If your entity is a Non-Public Utility that is required to file an EQR but not an 

eTariff, you should select the public utilities with cost-based rates option.3

 Your 

selection of this option is purely for the Commission’s administrative purposes 

and provides no indication as to how Non-Public Utilities set their rates.

e) What should I do if my company needs to register 

under multiple Regulatory Programs?

If your company is required to submit electronic filings (requiring under a 

Company Identifier) under two or more of the Commission’s Regulatory 

Programs, you must complete the Company Registration process separately 

under each program. Different Company Identifiers will be issued for each 

registration. 

 

3 A Non-Public Utility is a market participant with more than a de minimis market 

presence that is exempted from the Commission’s jurisdiction by section 201(f) of the 

Federal Power Act. 18 C.F.R. § 35.10b (effective October 12, 2012). However, 

excluded from this definition are entities engaged in purchases or sales of wholesale 

electric energy or transmission services within the Electric Reliability Council of Texas 

or any entity that engages solely in sales of wholesale electric energy or transmission 

services in the states of Alaska or Hawaii. Id.
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Assignment Page (Assignment Page (CID version)); (Assignment 

Page (DID version))

1) Form Selection

The Forms list represents all of the Forms that are required to be submitted 

under the Regulatory Programs that require electronic filings using a Company 

Identifier. Only Required Filing Companies can, and must, select Forms; 

Delegated Filers do not have the option to select Forms. 

To the left of each Form is a checkbox. To the right of some Forms is a dropdown menu with additional sub-options. You must select the checkbox for every 

Form that is required under the Regulatory Program associated with your 

Company Identifier.

a) Will a Required Filing Company’s decision not to 

register or select a Form be construed as a petition for 

waiver of its obligation to file a particular Form?

No. Failure to register or select a Form does not constitute a petition for waiver 

of a filing obligation. Requests for waiver of the requirement to file a Form must 

be made with the Commission consistent with the requirements of Part 385 of the 

Commission’s regulations, not through the Company Registration application. A 

Required Filing Company must select a Form as required even if the Required 

Filing Company has received a waiver of its obligation to file the Form from the 

Commission. Selecting a Form as required is only an indication that a Required 

Filing Company is subject to filing the Form, not that a Form is required to be 

filed for any given reporting period.

2) Account Managers

An Account Manager is the eRegistered name of a person to whom your 

company wishes to grant account management rights over your Company 

Registration account.

a) What are the responsibilities of an Account Manager?

An Account Manager has control over your Company Registration account. Each 

Account Manager has the ability to change your company information, add or 

remove other Account Managers, add or remove Agents, and assign electronic 

filing rights to those Agents. In addition, Account Managers can submit 

electronic filings, but only after being assigned (or assigning oneself) as an Agent 

associated with one or more Forms.
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b) Who is initially appointed as Account Manager?

The eRegistered person who first requests a new Company Identifier, or who 

transitions an existing Company Identifier to the new Company Registration 

system, automatically will be listed as the first Account Manager for your 

company. 

c) Can I select a Delegated Filer or a Required Filing 

Company to be an Account Manager?

No. A Delegated Filer or a Required Filing Company cannot be selected as an 

Account Manager. Only eRegistered persons can be selected as account 

managers. However, a Required Filing Company may select individual, 

eRegistered people outside of your company as Account Managers.

d) How do I assign Account Managers?

The initial Account Manager or any additional Account Manager can appoint 

additional Account Managers using the “Assignment to Forms and CID Account 

Managers” section on the Assignment Page. An Account Manager can 

designate only eRegistered persons as Account Managers. Screen shots and 

detailed instructions on using the “Assignment to Forms and CID Account 

Managers” function can be found at Appendix A: How do I assign additional 

Account Managers?

e) How do I remove Account Managers?

The initial Account Manager or any additional Account Manager can remove an 

Account Manager using the “Assignment to Forms and CID Account Managers” 

section on the Assignment Page. In the “Assignment to Forms and CID Account 

Managers” portion of the Assignment Page, select the Account Manager that you 

would like to remove. Upon selection, that Account Manager will be highlighted. 

Click the “Remove Rep or CID” button to remove the Account Manager.

NOTE: If all Account Managers or Agents are selected to be removed, an error 

will result. In every Company Profile, there must always be at least one Account 

Manager and one Agent per selected Form.
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f) How many Account Managers should my company 

choose?

We highly recommend that you maintain multiple Account Managers at all times 

in the event that changes need to be made, such as adding new Agents to make 

filings. Also, maintaining multiple Account Managers will ensure that a company 

can manage its account even if a company’s Account Manager has left the 

company without designating a replacement Account Manager.

g) Are Account Managers able to file Forms?

The initial Account Manager assigned during registration of a new company or 

transition of an existing company automatically is assigned as an Agent, with 

filing rights for all Forms selected. However, subsequent Account Managers 

need to be added to specific Forms in order to make filings.

h) Do Delegated Filers need Account Managers?

Yes. Delegated Filers need at least one Account Manager to manage the 

Delegate Filer’s Company Registration account.

i) Does Commission Staff Review the Assignment of 

Account Managers?

No. Account Managers for CIDs and DIDs are not reviewed by Commission 

Staff.

3) Agents

An Agent is any Delegated Filer company or eRegistered person to whom an 

Account Manager has assigned electronic filing rights. For each Form that your 

company will register, you should select the eRegistered name of every person 

your company wishes to designate as an Agent who may file that Form with the 

Commission on behalf of your company. All Agents have equal rights with 

regard to making an electronic filing of a Form to which they are assigned. The 

eRegistered person requesting a new Company Identifier will be automatically 

listed as the first Agent for every Form selected.

a) What people or entities can be designated as an 

Agent?

Who an Account Manager can designate as an Agent depends on whether the 
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account is a Required Filing Company or a Delegated Filer.

1. Required Filing Company: An Account Manager can designate 

eRegistered persons4 or Delegated Filers as Agents. There is no limit on the 

number of eRegistered persons or Delegated Filers an Account Manager may 

select as Agents for any Required Filing Company’s Form. There is also no limit 

to the number of Regulated Filing Companies that may select a given 

eRegistered person as an Agent.

Each eRegistered person is responsible for maintaining the accuracy of his or 

her own eRegistration account. The Commission takes no responsibility for 

incorrect or outdated eRegistration profiles. Incorrect or outdated eRegistration 

information can result in an inability to access FERC Online for the purpose of 

making an electronic filing, not receiving Commission notifications as to the 

status of filings, and other consequences.

2. Delegated Filers: An Account Manager can designate only 

eRegistered persons as Agents. There is no limit on the number of eRegistered 

persons an Account Manager may select as Agents for any Delegated Filer 

Form. There is also no limit to the number of Required Filing Companies that 

may select a given Delegated Filer as an Agent.

Each Delegated Filer, through its Account Managers, is responsible for 

maintaining the accuracy of its own Company Registration account and for 

managing its own list of Agents. The Commission takes no responsibility for 

incorrect or outdated Company Profiles. Incorrect or outdated Delegated Filer 

company information can result in an inability to access FERC Online for the 

purpose of making an electronic filing, not receiving Commission notifications as 

to the status of filings, and other consequences.

 4 eRegistered persons: Only persons who are fully eRegistered with the 

Commission are available for selection by the Account Manager. The Agent’s 

eRegistration account must permit the eRegistered user to access FERC Online. 

All persons who have already completed their eRegistration do not have to 

reapply for a new eRegistration account to be an Agent. Instructions on how a 

person creates and maintains an eRegistration account are located on the 

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b) How do I assign my company’s first Agent?

The initial Account Manager associated with a new Company Registration, or a 

transitioned Company Identifier, is automatically assigned Agent rights for all 

Forms selected. All additional Agents must be manually assigned.

c) How do I assign Agents?

An Account Manager may assign Agents using the “Assignment to Forms and 

CID Account Managers” section on the Assignment Page Screen shots. Detailed 

instructions on using the “Assignment to Forms and CID Account Managers” 

function can be found in Appendix A: How do I assign additional eRegistered 

persons as Agents?

d) How do I delete Agents?

An Account Manager may delete Agents using the “Assignment to Forms and 

CID Account Managers” section on the Assignment Page, a screen shot of which 

can be found in Appendix A. In the “Assignment to Forms and CID Account 

Managers” portion of the Assignment Page, select the Agent that you would like 

to remove. Upon selection, that Agent will be highlighted. Click the “Remove 

Rep or CID” button to remove the Agent.

NOTE: If all Agents or Account Managers are selected to be removed, an error 

will result. In every Company Profile, there must always be at least one Agent 

per selected Form and one Account Manager.

e) What are the filing rights of Delegated Filers assigned 

as Agents?

Once an Account Manager for a Required Filing Company designates a 

Delegated Filer as an Agent for a Form, the designated Agents of the Delegated 

Filer assigned to that Form can make a filing on behalf of the Required Filing 

Company.

f) Can Delegated Filers assign Agents for specific 

Required Filing Companies?

No. A Delegated Filer only has the right to assign Agents to a specific Form the 

Delegated Filer is authorized to file. The Agents assigned to that Form will have 

the right to file the Form on behalf of any Required Filing Company that 

delegates the filing of that Form to the Delegated Filer.
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For example, suppose Mega Energy Law Firm, L.L.C., is registered as a 

Delegated Filer and has appointed Jane Doe, Mike Rowe, and Jim French to file 

EQR forms. Three Required Filing Companies, Transmission Company, Inc., 

Wind Generator, Inc. (market-based rate filer) and Gas Generator Co. (marketbased rate filer) all appoint Mega Energy Law Firm, L.L.C. as their Agent to file 

EQR forms. Jane Doe, Mike Rowe, and Jim French can make EQR filings for all 

three Required Filing Companies.

g) Can a Required Filing Company select one of its 

affiliates as an Agent?

Yes. Affiliates can be selected as Agents, if they are registered as Delegated 

Filers. As with all Delegated Filers, before an affiliate can be selected, the 

affiliate must first complete the Company Registration process to obtain a 

Delegate Identifier (DID).

h) Does Commission Staff Review the Assignment of 

Agents?

No. Agents with CID and DID Profiles are not reviewed by Commission Staff.

How will I know if my Company Registration or modification of my 

Company Profile was successful?

The information you entered in the Company Registration system will not be 

submitted to the Commission until you verify the information you entered. After 

you finish entering the information on the Information page and Assignment 

page, you will be taken to a summary page that shows all your proposed 

Company Profile information. You should review your information carefully. If 

you find any mistakes, click the Back button and correct the information. If the 

proposed information is correct, click the Submit button.

After you click Submit, a confirmation screen will appear, providing you a visual 

confirmation that your request has been submitted to the Commission. An email 

confirmation will also be sent to the Official Company Email Address and the 

email addresses of all Account Managers designated in your Company Profile.
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Concluding the Company Registration Process

1) My company is a Required Filing Company registering for the 

first time. What happens after I successfully submit my 

new Company Registration request?

Company Registration requests from new Required Filing Companies will be 

reviewed by FERC staff. An acceptance or rejection of a new Required Filing 

Company request should be sent within two (2) business days after the 

confirmation email is sent. If you receive an email notifying you that your request 

has been approved, your Company Identifier will be effective on the date you 

receive the approval email or on the requested Effective Date that you entered in 

the Company Registration system, whichever is later.

2) My company is a Required Filing Company with an existing 

Company Identifier. What happens after I successfully 

submit my request to transition to the new Company 

Registration system?

Company Registration requests from Required Filing Companies transitioning 

their existing Company Identifiers to the new Company Registration system do 

not require review by FERC staff. An email accepting your Company 

Registration or changes to your Company Profile should be sent shortly after you 

successfully submit your request to FERC.

3) My company is a Delegated Filer. What happens after I 

successfully submit my Company Registration request?

Company Registration requests from Delegated Filers do not require review by 

FERC staff. An email accepting your Company Registration or changes to your 

Company Profile should be sent shortly after you successfully submit your 

request to FERC. Your Company Registration, or changes to your Company 

Profile, will be effective on the date you receive your acceptance email or on the 

requested Effective Date that you entered in the Company Registration system, 

whichever is later.
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APPENDIX A: SCREEN SHOTS AND ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS

1) Options Page
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2) Information Page
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3) Assignment Page (CID version)

If you are an Account Manager or Agent of a Required Filing Company, you will 

see the following Assignment Page:

When you expand the Forms drop-down menu on this page, you will see a 

list of the Forms for which Company Registration is required, as shown on 

the example below.
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Assignment Page (DID version)

If you are an Account Manager or Agent of a Delegated Filer company, your 

Assignment Page will not have the Form selection component seen on the CID 

version of the Assignment Page. Your Assignment Page will look like this:
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4) Summary Page
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5) Confirmation Page
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6) Transitioning an Existing Company to the New Company 

Registration System

From the Options Page, click “transition.” That will bring up the log-in screen that 

requires the entry of your company’s Company Identifier (CID) and the 

associated password. If you have forgotten the password, click on the password 

“Reset” link. A new password will be sent to the company email address in your 

existing Company Profile. 

Upon confirmation of the CID and the password, a screen appears confirming the 

addition of the new data elements:

Click “OK” to move to the next screen. 
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Note that none of the Company Profile data elements can be modified during the 

transition. In order to update the data elements, you will have to update your 

Company Profile after you have completed the Transition process. 

Clicking “Next” will take you to the Summary Page. 

7) Modifying a Company Profile

To modify the Company Profile, click the Select Company down arrow. All the 

Regulated Filing Companies and Delegated Filer companies for which the 

logged-in eRegistered user has been defined as an Account Manager will 

appear. Select the company that requires modification. Click the Next button.
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Once logged into the Company Registration edit page, the Company’s last 

Company Profile appears. If the last Company Profile is the effective Company 

Profile, that data will appear. 

If the last Company Profile is a Pending request to change the Company Profile, 

that data will appear. Pending can mean either pending acceptance by the 

Commission, or the Effective Date is in the future. Only one Pending request for 

a modification of a Company Profile can exist at a time. Any changes of the 

Pending Company Profile will over-ride the original Pending request. 

The currently effective Company Profile may also be modified. To modify the 

currently effective Company Profile, select the profile. The modified Company 

Profile will completely replace the pre-existing pending Company Profile. 

Edit the necessary fields, select a proposed effective date. Note the limitations 

discussed above on selecting a proposed effective date. Review the data and, if 

complete, click Next. If a required field is missing, an error message will appear.
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The subsequent screens for Form selection (as appropriate), Assignment to 

Forms and CID Account Managers, Summary and Confirmation are the same as 

described above.

Proposed modifications of any Company Profile data element before the 

Assignment to Forms and CID Account Managers screen requires Commission 

staff review. An Acceptance or Rejection of the proposed change(s) should be 

sent within two business days after the Confirmation email. Upon receipt of the 

Acceptance email, the change is effective on the later of the requested date or 

the date of the Acceptance email.

Proposed modifications to Account Managers’ and Agents’ data are not reviewed 

by Commission staff. An Acceptance of the proposed change(s) should be sent 

shortly after the Confirmation email. Upon receipt of the Acceptance email, the 

change is effective on the requested Effective Date or the date you receive the 

Acceptance email, whichever is later.

8) Using the “Assignment to Forms and CID Account Managers” 

Function
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a) How do I assign additional Account Managers?

As mentioned above, Account Managers can only be eRegistered persons not 

companies. Therefore, you must first choose “eReg Account” from the left-most 

drop-down menu:

In the next (middle) data entry box, enter the email address of the eRegistered 

person that you would like to designate as an Account Manager. As you type the 

email address, a drop-down field will display all available eRegistration email 

addresses:

Select the correct email address (the typed entry will not work, as the system 

must capture data associated with the eRegistered email address not visible on 

the screen), then click the “Appoint Account Manager” button to add that person 

as an Account Manager.
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b) How do I assign additional eRegistered persons as 

Agents?

To select an eRegistered person as an Agent, choose “eReg Account” from the 

left-most drop-down menu, and the Forms to which you want to assign the Agent 

from the right-most (Forms) drop-down menu:

.

Next, enter the email address of the eRegistered person in the middle data entry 

box. As you type the email address, a drop-down field will display all available 

eRegistration email addresses. Select the correct email address (the typed entry 

will not work, as the system must capture data associated with the eRegistered 

email address not visible on the screen), then click the “Assign to Form” button to 

add that person as an Agent for the selected Form(s).

c) How do I assign additional Delegated Filers as 

Agents?

To select a Delegated Filer as an Agent, choose “DID or Name” from the leftmost drop-down menu, and the Forms to which you want to assign the Agent 

from the right-most (Forms) drop-down menu. Next, enter the Delegated Filer’s 

name or Delegate Identifier (DID). As that information is entered, a drop-down 

field will display all available Delegate Identifiers and the company name 

associated with each. Select the correct Delegate Identifier (the typed entry will 

not work, as the system must capture data associated with the Delegated Filer 

Identifier not visible on the screen), then click the “Assign to Form” button to add 

that Delegated Filer as an Agent for the selected Form(s).
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APPENDIX B: Acquiring Full eRegistration

Users who wish to request a Company Identifier must have the rights to access 

the Company Registration function. To acquire those rights, a user must 

eRegister. (See http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/eregister-user-guide.pdf for 

instructions.) After completing the primary eRegistration screen, proceed to “full 

registration” as shown below: 

If an eRegistered user is not fully registered, the user, upon logging in, should 

proceed to Edit Registration and then proceed to full registration as shown 

above. The user does not need to re-enter their profile information even though 

the data boxes appear to be empty.
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A full eRegistration requires Employer information. Use the Search button to 

select from Employers already in the eRegistration data base, or create a new 

Employer. For a more complete set of eRegistration instructions, see 

http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/eregister-user-guide.pdf. 
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APPENDIX C: Company Registration Email Templates

Samples of the email notifications that the Company Registration system will 

send are presented below, along with a generic list of recipients for each 

message.

Company Registration Email eMail List

1 New Company Registration Request

Subject Line: New Company 

Registration Request

This email was sent to inform you 

of activity in the Company 

Registration account of [Company 

Name], in the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) 

Company Registration system. To 

view the status of the account and 

confirm the account activity, 

please log into the Company 

Registration system, located 

at http://www.ferc.gov/docsfiling/company-reg.asp.

Thank you for participating in the 

FERC Electronic Filing System. If 

you have any questions, please 

contact FERC at:

E-mail: efiling@ferc.gov (do not 

send filings to this address)

Voice Mail: 202-502-8258.

a. Logged-in eRegistered 

b. Company email 

address
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Company Registration Email eMail List

2 Company Registration Approval Notification –

Company Identifier

Subject Line: Company Registration 

Approval Notification - Company 

Identifier

This email was sent to inform you 

of activity in the Company 

Registration account of [Company 

Name], in the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) 

Company Registration system. To 

view the status of the account and 

confirm the account activity, 

please log into the Company 

Registration system, located 

at http://www.ferc.gov/docsfiling/company-reg.asp.

This Company Identifier is 

effective: [CID]

Thank you for participating in the 

FERC Electronic Filing System. If 

you have any questions, please 

contact FERC at:

E-mail: efiling@ferc.gov (do not 

send filings to this address)

Voice Mail: 202-502-8258.

a. Account Manager(s) 

b. Company email 

address
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Company Registration Email eMail List

3 Company Registration Rejection Notification

Subject Line: Company Registration 

Rejection Notification

The Company Registration request 

which you have submitted for the 

company [Company Name] has been 

rejected.

The reason(s) for the rejection are 

as follows: 

{1}

Thank you for participating in the 

FERC Electronic Filing System. If 

you have any questions, please 

contact FERC at:

E-Mail: efiling@ferc.gov (do not 

send filings to this address)

Voice Mail: 202-502-8258.

a. Account Manager(s) 

b. Company email 

address
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Company Registration Email eMail List

4 Modified Company Registration Request

Subject: Modified Company 

Registration Request

This email was sent to inform you 

of activity in the Company 

Registration account of [Company 

Name], in the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) 

Company Registration system. To 

view the status of the account and 

confirm the account activity, 

please log into the Company 

Registration system, located 

at http://www.ferc.gov/docsfiling/company-reg.asp.

Thank you for participating in the 

FERC Electronic Filing System. If 

you have any questions, please 

contact FERC at:

E-mail: efiling@ferc.gov (do not 

send filings to this address)

Voice Mail: 202-502-8258.

a. Account Manager(s) 

b. Company email 

address
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Company Registration Email eMail List

5 Modified Company Registration Approval 

Notification

Subject: Modified Company 

Registration Approval Notification

This email was sent to inform you 

of activity in the Company 

Registration account of [Company 

Name], in the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) 

Company Registration system. To 

view the status of the account and 

confirm the account activity, 

please log into the Company 

Registration system, located 

at http://www.ferc.gov/docsfiling/company-reg.asp.

Thank you for participating in the 

FERC Electronic Filing System. If 

you have any questions, please 

contact FERC at:

E-mail: efiling@ferc.gov (do not 

send filings to this address)

Voice Mail: 202-502-8258.

a. Account Manager(s) 

b. Company email 

address
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Company Registration Email eMail List

6 Modified Company Registration Notification

Subject: Modified Company 

Registration Notification

This email was sent to inform you 

of activity in the Company 

Registration account of [Company 

Name], in the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) 

Company Registration system. To 

view the status of the account and 

confirm the account activity, 

please log into the Company 

Registration system, located 

at http://www.ferc.gov/docsfiling/company-reg.asp.

Thank you for participating in the 

FERC Electronic Filing System. If 

you have any questions, please 

contact FERC at:

E-mail: efiling@ferc.gov (do not 

send filings to this address)

Voice Mail: 202-502-8258.

a. Account Manager(s) 

b. Company email 

address
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Company Registration Email eMail List

7 Modified Company Registration Request Deletion

Subject: Modified Company 

Registration Request: Deletion

This email was sent to inform you 

of activity in the Company 

Registration account of [Company 

Name], in the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) 

Company Registration system. To 

view the status of the account and 

confirm the account activity, 

please log into the Company 

Registration system, located 

at http://www.ferc.gov/docsfiling/company-reg.asp.

Thank you for participating in the 

FERC Electronic Filing System. If 

you have any questions, please 

contact FERC at:

E-mail: efiling@ferc.gov (do not 

send filings to this address)

Voice Mail: 202-502-8258.

a. Account Manager(s) 

b. Company email 

address

 
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APPENDIX D: Related Paperwork Reduction Act Information

as of 2/18/2016

1) OMB Control Numbers and Expiration Dates for Information Collections

The following table lists the information collections that include Company Registration (CID) 

requirements. The table shows the corresponding Control Numbers and expiration dates 

assigned by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), as required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act and OMB’s implementing regulations at 5 CFR Part 1320. 

FERC 

Information 

Collection Information Collection Title

OMB Control 

Number

OMB 

Expiration 

Date

FERC-545 Gas Pipeline Rates: Rate 

Change (Non-formal)

1902-0154 12/31/2018

FERC-549 NGPA Title III Transactions 

and NGA Blanket Certificate 

Transactions

1902-0086 11/30/2016

FERC-550 Oil Pipeline Rates - Tariff 

Filings

1902-0089 11/30/2016

FERC-920 Electric Quarterly Report 

(EQR)

1902-0255 09/30/2019

2) Where to Send Comments on Public Reporting Burden

The public reporting burden associated with company and agent registration (including the time 

for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data 

needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information) is estimated to average 1 

hour per response. 

Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any aspect of these information collections, 

including suggestions for reducing the burden, to DataClearance@ferc.gov, or to the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE, Washington DC 20426 (Attention: CIO 

Information Clearance Officer). Comments should also be sent to the Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC 20503 (Attention: Desk 

Officer for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission) at oira_submissions@omb.eop.gov. 

No person shall be subject to any penalty if any collection of information does not display a valid 

control number (44 U.S.C. § 3512 (a)).