How to contact FERC

To Comment to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC):

Go to www.ferc.gov
In the “Quick Links” box, click Documents and Filings
In the new “Quick Links” box, click FERC Online
On the page that opens, click eComment
Follow the instructions to register
Follow directions for “Hydroelectric License/Re-license Proceedings (P – Project Number),”
- Be sure to use Northfield’s FERC project number, P-2485, to enter your comments.

To Review Comments already submitted to the FERC:
(N.B. eLibrary works best with Chrome and Edge browsers.)

To Subscribe to Notifications from the FERC:

Go to www.ferc.gov
In the “Quick Links” box, click eFile
If you have previously registered, fill in your email and password, then click Log In
- if not, click the New User link and follow the instructions
On the left side, click eSubscription
At the top, click Add New Subscription
Where it says “Enter Docket Number”, type in “P-2485” for Northfield Pumped Storage
At the bottom, click Subscribe
If you also want Turner’s Falls/Cabot Station, repeat last 3 steps, using “P-1889”. Note that since licensing for these projects has been combined, using both project numbers will frequently result in duplicates.

FERC recommends to be the most powerful and persuasive to them

Keep your comments short and succinct: a few pages at most unless you have some 100 page study they haven’t seen;
Be very specific. Generalities like “I think it’s a bad project” or “it’s a travesty” don’t add to their knowledge;
Go ahead and make it personal about things they wouldn’t know from their distance;
Be really clear and loud if you think you have facts they don’t know;