Help Filing Guide File a Request to Issue Securities

File a Request to Issue Securities

Applications for authorization from the Commission to issue securities or assume an obligation or liability that are filed by (1) Licensees and other entities pursuant to sections 19 and 20 of the Federal Power Act, and (2) Public Utilities pursuant to section 204 of the Federal Power Act, may now be submitted using the Commission's electronic eFiling system, subject to certain limitations.

Persons submitting these applications must not include filings under Federal Power Act Section 203 with their application. Section 203 filings must be submitted separately on paper with an original and eight copies [Section 203 applies to Applications for: a) Sale or Lease of Facilities; b) Merger or Consolidation of Facilities, and c) Purchase of Securities of a Public Utility].

In addition, only the public portion of an application under 18 C.F.R. Part 34 may be submitted via eFiling. A single copy of any Non-Public materials must be submitted on paper or CD. It would be beneficial to include the Accession Number assigned to the electronic filing with the Non-Public submission, if possible.

The Form 523 application you submit should include ES06-____-000 in the caption or heading of the document, for filings made on or before September 30, 2006, one of the files you attach should contain a form of notice. The format for the notice is available on our Notice Formats page as 18 C.F.R § 34.3 entry within the table.

Once you have logged into the eFiling system:

1. Select the filing type for Form 523 under the Electric Menu section.
2. Before you browse, select, and attach the files and form of notice files, make sure that the file names are less than 25 characters and contain no spaces or special characters.
3. You may attach up to 10 files with each file no greater than 10 Mb during a single eFiling session. All files must be in the Public domain.
4. At the Submission screen, please edit the default description, if necessary, to more accurately describe your submission. This is the description that will appear in elibrary.
5. If it is necessary to submit a large application (e.g., one in which there are more than 10 files) in multiple eFiling sessions, then at the end of the Submission Description, add "Part 1 of ___", Part 2 of ___", etc., to more clearly identify the parts of your application.

If your submission contains non-public material that must be filed on paper or CD, please include the accession numbers from the related eFiling(s) on the cover letter for the non-public submission, if possible. Otherwise, please send an email to eFiling@ferc.gov to let us know that you have both eFiled and paper/CD components to your submission. This helps us link the components of your submission together in eLibrary, the Commission's online document management system.

If you are unable to file electronically, you must submit an original and four paper copies of the public material and one original of any non-public material to:

Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., Deputy Secretary
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
888 First Street, N.E.
Washington, DC 20426

Please be advised that the United States Postal Service scans all documents addressed to the Commission with a heat-treatment process that may corrupt diskettes and render filings unusable. Please use express mail or courier delivery services.