Help Filing Guide File Open Access Transmission Tariffs

The Commission in Order No. 890-A , issued December 28, 2007, and published in the Federal Register on January 16, 2008, adopted further reforms to the pro forma Open Access Transmission Tariff (OATT) which requires transmission providers to submit additional OATT compliance filings to reflect such reforms. Please visit our OATT Reform - Summary of Compliance Filing Requirements section to learn more on the submission deadlines.

The compliance filings may be submitted using the Commission's electronic filing system. On the Electric menu, select the filing type "Order No. 890 OATT Filing". You will not be prompted for a docket number, but you should modify the default description for the compliance filing by replacing "New Docket" with the applicable OA docket Number. We will assign a new sub-docket to the compliance filing.

Open Access Transmission Tariffs and Related Filings Pursuant to Commission Order No. 890 and 18 C.F.R. Part 35 and 37

» Notice of Electronic Filing Guidelines

Note the following exclusion for efiling: The guidelines herein pertain to the electronic submission of Order No. 890 Open Access Transmission Tariffs that are assigned a OA docket number. However, all voluntary section 205 OATT-related filings proposing variations from the non-rate terms and conditions contained in the pro forma OATT adopted in Order No. 890 will continue to be assigned ER Docket Numbers and will not be assigned OA Docket Numbers associated with the implementation of the Order No. 890 compliance filings. These ER-docketed section 205 submittals may NOT be efiled at this time. They must be submitted on paper with an original and five copies.

The Commission’s electronic filing system can be accessed on its web site under Documents and Filing section. Note: an eRegistration account is required for all persons logging in to the system and for persons who will be listed as a primary contact or person responsible for the filing. At the present time, only public information can be submitted via the efiling system. However, all Order No. 890 OATT filings are considered public.

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» OATT submissions will be stored in eLibrary in the “Electric” library with Class = Application/Petition/Request, Type = Tariff Filing, and the OA docket number assigned to the submission. » NERC/NAESB status reports will be stored in the “Electric” library with Class = Status Report, Type = Status Report, and docket numbers RM05-17 and RM05-25.

The Commission prefers filings in text-searchable formats. Our standard word processing application is MS Word, but the efiling system can also accept documents in WordPerfect and PDF formats. The Commission will add notice of these filings to its Combined Notice of Filing Report, so it is not necessary to include a “Form of Notice” file as part of an Order No. 890 OATT compliance submission.

The general eFiling procedure for Order No. 890 compliance OATT efilings is:

1. For Order No. 890 OATT compliance related submissions, the header of the document should contain OA07-___-000 (or OA08 after September 30, 2007) unless you are filing a correction or supplement to a previously assigned OA docket. NERC/NAESB submissions should refer to RM05-17 and RM05-25.
   
   
2. Select the filing type “Order No. 890 OATT”. For NERC/NAESB status reports only, select “Production of Document”.
   
   
3. For Order No. 890 OATT filings, the Select Docket screen does not display. We will assign a new OA docket to your submission. For NERC/NAESB status reports only, query and select dockets RM05-17 and RM05-25.
   
   
4. Before you browse, select, and attach the file(s) make sure that the file name is less than 25 characters and contains no spaces or special characters. There is a maximum number of 10 files per session and no file should be larger than 10 Mb.
   
   
5. On the Submission Description Screen, modify the default description:
   
   
   • For OATT submissions, replace “Order No. 890 OATT” with the description information in the table for the appropriate filing type, or a comparable description, to describe your submission.
     
     
   • For NERC/NAESB status reports only, replace “Production of Document” with the description information in the table for the appropriate filing type or a comparable description.
     
     
   • For any amendment or correction to a prior submission, select the OA Docket assigned to the prior filing and add “Correction to”, “Supplement to”, or other appropriate indicator to the edited description of the filing.
     
     
6. Upon receipt, the eFiling system will send a Confirmation of Receipt email to the email address for the log in account.
   
   
If you are unable to file electronically, you must submit an original and 5 paper copies of the filing to:


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