Your Guide to Electronic

Information at FERC

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If you do not have Internet access:

Persons without Internet access may send an original 

and 14 copies of their comments and/or a motion to

intervene to:

Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 

888 First Street, N.E., Washington, DC 20426

FERC Online Support

(Technical assistance) 

1-202-502-6652 

1-866-208-3676 (Toll-free)

1-202-502-8659 (TTY)

ferconlinesupport@ferc.gov

Your Docket Number(s):

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use the following contact 

information: 

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customer@ferc.gov

www.ferc.gov

The amount of information from FERC can be overwhelming.

We offer several comprehensive and easy-to-use online tools to 

access project information and view documents.

FERC Online services on www.ferc.gov is your gateway for 

electronic access to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 

documents and for submitting certain filings via the Internet.

FERC Online consists of:

1) eLibrary—the Commission’s online 

document information system;

2) eFiling—a system for electronic 

submittal of certain documents to the 

Commission;

3) eSubscription—a service that notifies 

subscribers to a docket (proceeding) 

when there are new documents 

added to the record for that docket;

4) eService—a system that enables 

the Commission’s Secretary to send 

electronic copies of Commission 

issuances and decisions to parties in a 

proceeding.

There is also a link on www.ferc.gov called “For Citizens” 

with information on energy projects in your area .

Be Heard – Comment on a Proceeding 

You may file comments that will be added to the record and 

considered in the proceeding. The Commission encourages 

paperless electronic filing. 

You must have an eRegistration account in order to eFile. After 

you’ve prepared your comments, go to www.ferc.gov and select 

the eFiling link. After you log in, select the “Comment on Filing” 

filing type. Be sure to reference the appropriate docket number(s)

for your submission. You can record your docket number(s) on 

the back of this brochure.

After you upload the file(s) or document(s) you’re submitting, 

be sure to complete the remaining screens and click on “Submit 

Filing” to complete the submission process. You will receive 

immediate email confirmation of your submission.

Quick Comment

eFiling also includes an option that allows you to file quick 

comments about an energy project (dockets that begin in P, 

PF, PT or CP) without preparing an attachment or formally 

registering. Comments can be up to 6,000 characters in length. 

Go to eFiling and click on “Quick Comment.” Fill in your name 

and e-mail account and click “enter.” An e-mail 

will be sent to you with a link that will allow you 

to submit comments. Click on the link, and fill 

in the docket number(s). You will be asked to 

select the docket number(s). Then type in your 

comments and click “submit.” You will receive 

immediate confirmation of your submission.

Keep Informed – Subscribe to a 

Proceeding

You can be emailed a link to other documents 

that become part of the proceeding. You 

must also have an eRegistration account to 

eSubscribe. Once you eSubscribe to a docket 

you will be notified via email when FERC issues 

a document in the proceeding and when 

others file documents in the proceeding. 

Take Action – Become a Legal Party to 

a Proceeding

You may eFile a motion to intervene and become a “party” 

to a proceeding. Remember that parties incur a legal 

obligation to serve documents on other parties and will 

be served copies of all subsequent filings by other parties.

The Commission’s Secretary uses the eService system to serve 

Commission issuances and decisions to participants.

To become a party, select “Motion/Notice of Intervention” 

when eFiling. (“PF” dockets are in the pre-filing stage and the 

Commission does not allow intervention until the application is 

officially filed.)
e Library e

eLibrary is the Commission’s on-line records information 

system. Anyone with internet access can open the public 

documents in eLibrary and a description of non-public records 

– no registration or login is required. eLibrary contains 

most of the Commission’s documents, including microfilm 

records, from 1981 forward. Most of the records after 1989 are 

in PDF form, which can be opened, copied and downloaded 

to your computer. Documents available only in microfilm 

form, as well as older files, can be requested from the Public 

Reference Room at 202-502-8371.

To use eLibrary:

1) Point your browser to www.ferc.gov.

2) Use the drop-down menu from the 

Documents & Filings tab and select eLibrary.

3) If you know the docket number, select “general search.” 

4) The default dates will search the past 30 days, so you 

may need to change the date range to capture the 

documents you need.

5) Type in the docket number in the appropriate block.

6) Other fields on this page can help to focus your search. 

Click on “submit” at the bottom to find documents.

7) If files are available they will appear in a table format in 

columns, including a description of the document. To 

open the file, instead of clicking on the description, go 

to the right and double click on “FERC generated PDF” 

or another format.

If you don’t know the docket number, or are looking for a 

form that has been submitted without a docket number, 

the “Advanced Search” option includes a text search for the 

company name or other key words, and also allows searches 

for specific FERC forms under “document type.”

Help is available, toll-free, by calling FERC Online Support at 

1-866-208-3676.

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Certain FERC Online systems require that you create a 

password-protected login account prior to accessing them. 

Use eRegistration to create an account for your email address. 

An eRegistration account is required to:

•	 submit	a	document	through	FERC’s	eFiling	system	

(see eFiling);

•	 be	a	signatory	to	a	document	submitted	via	eFiling;

•	 be	listed	as	a	contact	for	a	party	on	a	FERC	service	list	

for a docket;

•	 access	the	email	addresses	for	the	contacts	on	a	service	

list in order to serve them electronically (see Web 

Service List);

•	 subscribe	to	a	docket	(see	eSubscription).

To eRegister:

1) Point your browser to www.ferc.gov.

2) Use the drop-down menu from the 

Documents & Filings tab and select eRegistration.

3) Select the New User option and follow the screen 

prompts.

4) After you submit the registration information, you 

must validate the email address and activate the 

account by clicking on the hyperlink in an email sent 

by the eRegistration system.

Be sure to record your password in a safe place, particularly if 

you only periodically use FERC Online systems. You can use 

the box provided below to record your user ID.

eRegistration accounts should be maintained by the 

account holder to reflect changes in address or other 

contact information.

Your User ID:

Always keep your user ID and password private and secure.

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eSubscription makes it easy to keep track of individual 

proceedings at FERC. Users with an eRegistration account may 

subscribe to specific dockets and receive email notification 

whenever a document is added to eLibrary for the subscribed 

docket. You will also be able to access the document through a 

link in the email.

(Note: You will not be emailed correspondence filed or issued prior 

to the date you subscribe to a particular docket.)

To eSubscribe (You must eRegister before eSubscribing):

1) Point your browser to www.ferc.gov.

2) Use the drop-down menu from the 

Documents and Filings tab, and 

select eSubscription.

3) Login using your user id and password.

4) Select “Add New Subscription.”

5) Enter the docket number and follow the screen 

prompts.

The Projects database allows users to search and learn about 

energy developments and proposals in their geographic 

region of the country. Basic information on what company 

or companies are involved, as well as the overall scope of the 

project are provided.

The docket number associated with each of the following 

listings will enable you to go to FERC’s eLibrary, and view the 

correspondence and documents in the project record. 

To access the Projects Database:

1) Point your browser to www.ferc.gov.

2) Use the drop down menu from the For Citizens tab, 

and select Projects Near You. 

3) Identify the location of the project in which you are 

interested on the map and click on that quadrant. 

Or, use the search box and enter the company name 

or docket number.

4) A table will appear of all projects in that location 

of the country. The fields at the top of the table 

are sortable; if you click on them they will become 

alphabetically or numerically ordered.