A self-certification of QF status under 18 C.F.R. § 292.207(a) must include the following:

• A completed Form No. 556.



• If the self-certification is for a "new cogeneration facility" (as defined below), then the public will be given notice of the filing through an announcement in the Federal Register. Thus, self-certifications of "new cogeneration facilities" must be accompanied by a draft notice suitable for publication in the Federal Register. See the Commission's QF Notice Requirements page for more information. A "new cogeneration facility" is a cogeneration facility that was either not certified as a QF on or before August 8, 2005, or that had not filed a notice of self-certification, self-recertification or an application for Commission certification or Commission recertification as a qualifying cogeneration facility on or before February 1, 2006.

There is no fee for filing a self-certification.

Applicants will be notified of their docket number either by email (if their application is eFiled) or by U.S. mail (if their application is filed in hardcopy format). Keep this number for future reference. You will receive no other document from the Commission for self-certifications.

Applicants for self-certification who have not yet received their docket number from the Secretary can locate their filed documents and find their docket number by performing a New Dockets Search in eLibrary.

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