FERC

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is the independent United States federal agency that regulates the interstate transmission of electricity, natural gas, and oil, licenses hydropower projects, and oversees the wholesale power markets run by the seven ISOs and RTOs. FERC sits on the wholesale side of the US energy value chain — it does not regulate retail utility service, retail rates, or the customer relationship, which remain with the fifty state public utility commissions. That jurisdictional line defines FERC's API posture exactly. FERC operates a real, self-serve open data API at api.data.ferc.gov, documented at data.ferc.gov with a published OpenAPI 3.0 description, a free 40-character API key issued from a sign-up form, a 1,000-request-per-hour rate limit, and X-Api-Key header or api_key query authentication on the api.data.gov API Umbrella stack — genuinely open market and regulatory data covering the Market-Based Rate Database, FERC Form No. 552 natural gas transactions, FERC Form 556 qualifying facility certifications, Company Registration, Annual Charges, Information Collections Management, and the NEPA infrastructure schedule. FERC also runs a credentialed OAuth2 XBRL submission API at ecollection.ferc.gov for the mandated eForms filings (Form Nos. 1, 2, 3-Q, 6, 60, 552, 714). What FERC does NOT do is any part of consumer energy data — there is no Green Button, no ESPI, no consumer data right, and no individual customer usage or billing API anywhere in FERC's surface, because retail customer data is outside its statutory reach. FERC is therefore an open-market-data, zero-consumer-data regulator, and it publishes a better documented API than most of the utilities it indirectly touches.

FERC publishes 8 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including Data API, Data Assets API, Details API, and 5 more. Tagged areas include Energy, United States, Energy Markets, Electricity, and Natural Gas.

The FERC catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

FERC’s developer surface includes authentication, code examples, changelog, sandbox, developer console, developer portal, documentation, and 40 more developer resources.

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50.9/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 32/100 agent ready saas Full breakdown ↓
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2 published contracts 2 Agent Skills

Energy United States Energy Markets Electricity Natural Gas Grid Regulator Government Open DataWholesale Power MarketsHydropowerOil Pipelines

Kin Score

Kin Score How this is scored →
scored 2026-11-06 · rubric v0.27.0

Composite quality — 50.9/100 · developing

Contract Quality 8.9 / 19

Developer Ergonomics 9.7 / 15

Access Clarity 5.1 / 15

Operational Transparency 5.4 / 10

Contract Governance 2.0 / 9

Discoverability 5.0 / 8

Regulatory Posture 5.4 / 15

Create-or-Update Ergonomics 0.0 / 10

Agent readiness — 32/100 · agent ready

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8

Request/Response Examples 7 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 5 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

Pagination 0 / 5

Distinct Operations 3 / 3

MCP Tool Quality 6 / 6

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Agent readiness — checks not met, largest first (exact, from this profile):

MCP Server +12 pts — deployment.mode + probe verdict on the mcp/ manifest, not the pointer; an unprobed slug falls back to authorship
Idempotency +9 pts — OpenAPI mutating operations declare an idempotency key — a header, a request-body property, or a named de-duplication token whose own description says so (verified); else common[].type matches /idempoten/i (documented)
A2A Agent Card +8 pts — a2a/-a2a.yml manifest, graded on conformance.grade against A2A 1.0.0
Registration Without a Human +6 pts — a `registration_endpoint` in the served RFC 8414 / OIDC discovery document
Delegated User Identity +6 pts — a served discovery document listing authorization_code in grant_types_supported (served), else an oauth2 authorizationCode flow or openIdConnect declared in an OpenAPI (documented)
Typed Event Surface +6 pts — AsyncAPI document, OR webhooks/callbacks objects in the as-published OpenAPI, OR common[].type includes Webhooks

7 more unmet checks in the Agent Readiness table above.

Kin Score — facets with the most composite points still available (weight × headroom):

Contract Quality scores 47.3 — up to +13.2 composite points
Access Clarity scores 34.2 — up to +13.2 composite points
Contract Governance scores 22.0 — up to +9.4 composite points

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Standards implemented 2

Standards this provider implements or carries. De facto ones are profiled and measured by the API Commons; formal ones come from the standards directory and are linked by the provider's own tags. The evidence column says how each claim was established — not that it was made.

OpenAPI

measured — observed by APIs.io (published)

OAuth 2.0

measured — observed by APIs.io (declared)

APIs 8

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

FERC Data API

The Data API from FERC — 1 operation(s) for data.

FERC Data Assets API

The Data-Assets API from FERC — 1 operation(s) for data-assets.

FERC Details API

The Details API from FERC — 1 operation(s) for details.

FERC Dictionary API

The Dictionary API from FERC — 1 operation(s) for dictionary.

FERC Filing API

Credentialed machine-to-machine submission of XBRL filings.

FERC Public Filings API

Anonymous read access to the public FERC eForms submission record.

FERC Reference API

Form lists and submission constraints.

FERC Taxonomy API

XBRL taxonomy versions, packages and sample forms for the FERC eForms.

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Open Collections 2

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

API Endpoints

OPEN COLLECTION

FERC eForms (eCollection) API

OPEN COLLECTION

Arazzo Workflows 1

Multi-step API workflows described with the Arazzo specification.

FERC open data — discover a dataset and retrieve it

The full happy path against the FERC Open Data API: list the catalog, resolve a dataset ID from the nested data-sets array, read its metadata and record count, fetch the column ...

ARAZZO

Agent Skills 2

Packaged agent skills for driving this provider's APIs from an AI assistant.

ferc-retrieve-open-data-dataset

AGENT SKILL

ferc-track-eforms-taxonomy

AGENT SKILL

FERC API pricing

Rate limits

Open Data API requests: The default rate limit for each user is 1,000 requests per hour and is reset on a rolling basis

Rate-limit details →

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Ferc Rate Limits

1 limits

RATE LIMITS

Service Levels 1

Uptime the provider promises or reports, as SLA4OAI. Read from its own pages; APIs.io runs no monitors.

FERC

SLA

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Ferc Context

6 classes · 38 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

FERC API Rules

11 rules · 9 errors 1 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

OpenAPI Overlays 1

Overlays applied on top of this provider's contracts. Each card says who wrote it: a document the provider publishes, or one API Evangelist derived or generated.

Ferc Data Api Overlay

6 actions · servers · ferc-data-api-openapi.json

DERIVED

JSON Schema 5

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

FormList

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

PublicSubmission

11 properties

JSON SCHEMA

SubmissionDetail

7 properties

JSON SCHEMA

TaxonomyVersion

11 properties

JSON SCHEMA

TestStatus

6 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Security Posture 3

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Ferc Authentication

apiKey/oauth2/http · 4 schemes

SECURITY

Ferc Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

SECURITY

Ferc Vulnerability Disclosure

Hackerone · contact published

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Ferc Agentic Access

18 operations · 2 acting · 1 human-in-the-loop

18 operations · 2 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 5

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Sandbox

Console

Portal

GettingStarted

SignUp

Documentation 6

Reference material describing how the API behaves

OpenAPI

OpenAPI

Documentation

APIReference

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 2

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

AgentSkill

AgentSkill

Design & Contract 9

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Spectral

JSONLD

Vocabulary

Conventions

ErrorCatalog

Lifecycle

DataModel

Conformance

Arazzo

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Build 3

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Examples

Examples

Examples

Examples

Postman

Postman

Access & Security 6

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

Security

VulnerabilityDisclosure

VulnerabilityDisclosure

VulnerabilityDisclosure

VulnerabilityDisclosure

Operate 6

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Deprecation

RateLimits

ChangeLog

RateLimits

Support

FAQ

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

TermsOfService

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Newsroom

Newsroom

Website

Website

LinkedIn

Other 5

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Hosts

Vendors

Overlay

DataCatalog

Strategy

Source (apis.yml)

aid: ferc
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/ferc/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: FERC
kind: company
description: The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is the independent United States federal agency that regulates
  the interstate transmission of electricity, natural gas, and oil, licenses hydropower projects, and oversees the wholesale
  power markets run by the seven ISOs and RTOs. FERC sits on the wholesale side of the US energy value chain — it does not
  regulate retail utility service, retail rates, or the customer relationship, which remain with the fifty state public utility
  commissions. That jurisdictional line defines FERC's API posture exactly. FERC operates a real, self-serve open data API
  at api.data.ferc.gov, documented at data.ferc.gov with a published OpenAPI 3.0 description, a free 40-character API key
  issued from a sign-up form, a 1,000-request-per-hour rate limit, and X-Api-Key header or api_key query authentication on
  the api.data.gov API Umbrella stack — genuinely open market and regulatory data covering the Market-Based Rate Database,
  FERC Form No. 552 natural gas transactions, FERC Form 556 qualifying facility certifications, Company Registration, Annual
  Charges, Information Collections Management, and the NEPA infrastructure schedule. FERC also runs a credentialed OAuth2
  XBRL submission API at ecollection.ferc.gov for the mandated eForms filings (Form Nos. 1, 2, 3-Q, 6, 60, 552, 714). What
  FERC does NOT do is any part of consumer energy data — there is no Green Button, no ESPI, no consumer data right, and no
  individual customer usage or billing API anywhere in FERC's surface, because retail customer data is outside its statutory
  reach. FERC is therefore an open-market-data, zero-consumer-data regulator, and it publishes a better documented API than
  most of the utilities it indirectly touches.
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: true
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: high
  source:
  - openapi
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source:
  - authentication
  - rate-limits
  - security
  - sandbox
  generated: '2026-11-06'
  method: derived
image: https://ecollection.ferc.gov/assets/images/ferc-logo/ferc%20logo.png
tags:
- Energy
- United States
- Energy Markets
- Electricity
- Natural Gas
- Grid
- Regulator
- Government
- Open Data
- Wholesale Power Markets
- Hydropower
- Oil Pipelines
created: '2026-07-27'
modified: '2026-09-16'
x-artifacts-note: No WellKnown pointer and no MCPServer pointer are wired for FERC on purpose. FERC serves no /.well-known/
  document on any host (twenty probes, 2026-07-27 — see well-known/ferc-well-known.yml) and publishes no MCP server (mcp/ferc-mcp.yml
  is a candidate tool surface only). Both artifacts record the absence; neither claims a capability FERC does not have.
specificationVersion: '0.23'
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
common:
- type: Spectral
  url: rules/ferc-rules.yml
- type: JSONLD
  url: json-ld/ferc-context.jsonld
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/ferc-vocabulary.yml
- type: Deprecation
  url: lifecycle/ferc-lifecycle.yml
- type: Hosts
  url: hosts/ferc-hosts.yml
- type: Vendors
  url: vendors/ferc-vendors.yml
- type: Newsroom
  url: https://www.ferc.gov/news-events/news/decisions-notices?new=
- type: OpenAPI
  url: openapi/_original/ferc-data-api-openapi.json
  name: FERC Open Data API — OpenAPI 3.0 published by FERC
- type: OpenAPI
  url: openapi/_ae-authored/ferc-eforms-api-openapi-derived.yml
  name: FERC eForms API — OpenAPI 3.1 derived by API Evangelist
- type: Overlay
  url: overlays/ferc-data-api-overlay.yaml
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/ferc-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/ferc-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/ferc-authentication.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/ferc-conventions.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/ferc-problem-types.yml
- type: Examples
  url: examples/ferc-data-api-examples.yml
- type: Examples
  url: examples/ferc-eforms-api-examples.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/ferc-rate-limits.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/ferc-lifecycle.yml
- type: ChangeLog
  url: changelog/ferc-changelog.yml
  name: FERC eForms XBRL taxonomy release history
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/ferc-data-model.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/ferc-conformance.yml
- type: Sandbox
  url: sandbox/ferc-sandbox.yml
- type: Console
  url: https://data.ferc.gov/developer/apiendpoints/
  name: No official SDKs — registries probed, community packages recorded
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/_index.yml
- type: Arazzo
  url: arazzo/ferc-dataset-discovery-and-retrieval.yml
  name: Discover a FERC dataset and retrieve it
- type: Postman
  url: collections/ferc-xbrl-submission-api.postman_collection.json
  name: FERC-XBRL submission collection published by FERC
- type: Website
  url: https://www.ferc.gov
- type: Portal
  url: https://data.ferc.gov/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://data.ferc.gov/developer/gettingstarted/
- type: APIReference
  url: https://data.ferc.gov/developer/apiendpoints/
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://data.ferc.gov/developer/gettingstarted/understanding-our-apis/
- type: DataCatalog
  url: https://data.ferc.gov/datacatalog/
- type: SignUp
  url: https://data.ferc.gov/developer/gettingstarted/sign-up-form/
- type: Authentication
  url: https://data.ferc.gov/developer/gettingstarted/api-key-usage/
- type: RateLimits
  url: https://data.ferc.gov/developer/gettingstarted/api-key-usage/
- type: Support
  url: https://data.ferc.gov/developer/helpandsupport/
- type: FAQ
  url: https://data.ferc.gov/developer/helpandsupport/api-faqs/
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://data.ferc.gov/disclaimer/
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.ferc.gov/privacy
- type: Security
  url: https://www.ferc.gov/media/ferc-vulnerability-disclosure-policy
  name: FERC Vulnerability Disclosure Policy v3.0 (CISA BOD 20-01)
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/ferc-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: https://www.ferc.gov/vulnerability-disclosure-policy
- type: Strategy
  url: https://www.ferc.gov/about/what-ferc/digital-strategy
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/federal-energy-regulatory-commission
- type: Documentation
  url: https://www.ferc.gov/ferc-online/elibrary
  name: eLibrary document repository (web only, no public API)
- type: Documentation
  url: https://www.ferc.gov/power-sales-and-markets/electric-quarterly-reports-eqr
  name: Electric Quarterly Reports (EQR) — bulk download, no public API
apis:
- aid: ferc:ferc-data-api
  name: FERC Data API
  description: The Data API from FERC — 1 operation(s) for data.
  humanURL: https://data.ferc.gov/developer/gettingstarted/
  baseURL: https://api.data.ferc.gov/v1
  tags:
  - Data
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/ferc-data-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.ferc.gov/developer/gettingstarted/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://data.ferc.gov/developer/apiendpoints/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://data.ferc.gov/developer/gettingstarted/understanding-our-apis/
  - type: Signup
    url: https://data.ferc.gov/developer/gettingstarted/sign-up-form/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://data.ferc.gov/developer/gettingstarted/api-key-usage/
  - type: RateLimits
    url: https://data.ferc.gov/developer/gettingstarted/api-key-usage/
  - type: Support
    url: https://data.ferc.gov/developer/helpandsupport/
  - type: TermsOfService
    url: https://data.ferc.gov/disclaimer/
  - type: DataCatalog
    url: https://data.ferc.gov/datacatalog/
  - type: FAQ
    url: https://data.ferc.gov/faq/
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/ferc-xbrl-submission-api.postman_collection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.ferc.gov/media/ferc-submission-api-step-step-guide
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://www.ferc.gov/sites/default/files/2020-12/FERC_SubmissionAPI_PROD-Step-by-step-guide_v3.1.pdf
  - type: Portal
    url: https://ecollection.ferc.gov/
  - type: Registration
    url: https://www.ferc.gov/company-registration
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.ferc.gov/filing-forms/eforms-refresh
- aid: ferc:ferc-data-assets-api
  name: FERC Data Assets API
  description: The Data-Assets API from FERC — 1 operation(s) for data-assets.
  humanURL: https://data.ferc.gov/developer/gettingstarted/
  baseURL: https://api.data.ferc.gov/v1
  tags:
  - Data Assets
  tags_raw:
  - Data-Assets
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/ferc-data-assets-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.ferc.gov/developer/gettingstarted/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://data.ferc.gov/developer/apiendpoints/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://data.ferc.gov/developer/gettingstarted/understanding-our-apis/
  - type: Signup
    url: https://data.ferc.gov/developer/gettingstarted/sign-up-form/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://data.ferc.gov/developer/gettingstarted/api-key-usage/
  - type: RateLimits
    url: https://data.ferc.gov/developer/gettingstarted/api-key-usage/
  - type: Support
    url: https://data.ferc.gov/developer/helpandsupport/
  - type: TermsOfService
    url: https://data.ferc.gov/disclaimer/
  - type: DataCatalog
    url: https://data.ferc.gov/datacatalog/
  - type: FAQ
    url: https://data.ferc.gov/faq/
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/ferc-xbrl-submission-api.postman_collection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.ferc.gov/media/ferc-submission-api-step-step-guide
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://www.ferc.gov/sites/default/files/2020-12/FERC_SubmissionAPI_PROD-Step-by-step-guide_v3.1.pdf
  - type: Portal
    url: https://ecollection.ferc.gov/
  - type: Registration
    url: https://www.ferc.gov/company-registration
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.ferc.gov/filing-forms/eforms-refresh
- aid: ferc:ferc-details-api
  name: FERC Details API
  description: The Details API from FERC — 1 operation(s) for details.
  humanURL: https://data.ferc.gov/developer/gettingstarted/
  baseURL: https://api.data.ferc.gov/v1
  tags:
  - Details
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/ferc-details-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.ferc.gov/developer/gettingstarted/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://data.ferc.gov/developer/apiendpoints/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://data.ferc.gov/developer/gettingstarted/understanding-our-apis/
  - type: Signup
    url: https://data.ferc.gov/developer/gettingstarted/sign-up-form/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://data.ferc.gov/developer/gettingstarted/api-key-usage/
  - type: RateLimits
    url: https://data.ferc.gov/developer/gettingstarted/api-key-usage/
  - type: Support
    url: https://data.ferc.gov/developer/helpandsupport/
  - type: TermsOfService
    url: https://data.ferc.gov/disclaimer/
  - type: DataCatalog
    url: https://data.ferc.gov/datacatalog/
  - type: FAQ
    url: https://data.ferc.gov/faq/
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/ferc-xbrl-submission-api.postman_collection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.ferc.gov/media/ferc-submission-api-step-step-guide
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://www.ferc.gov/sites/default/files/2020-12/FERC_SubmissionAPI_PROD-Step-by-step-guide_v3.1.pdf
  - type: Portal
    url: https://ecollection.ferc.gov/
  - type: Registration
    url: https://www.ferc.gov/company-registration
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.ferc.gov/filing-forms/eforms-refresh
- aid: ferc:ferc-dictionary-api
  name: FERC Dictionary API
  description: The Dictionary API from FERC — 1 operation(s) for dictionary.
  humanURL: https://data.ferc.gov/developer/gettingstarted/
  baseURL: https://api.data.ferc.gov/v1
  tags:
  - Dictionaries
  tags_raw:
  - Dictionary
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/ferc-dictionary-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.ferc.gov/developer/gettingstarted/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://data.ferc.gov/developer/apiendpoints/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://data.ferc.gov/developer/gettingstarted/understanding-our-apis/
  - type: Signup
    url: https://data.ferc.gov/developer/gettingstarted/sign-up-form/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://data.ferc.gov/developer/gettingstarted/api-key-usage/
  - type: RateLimits
    url: https://data.ferc.gov/developer/gettingstarted/api-key-usage/
  - type: Support
    url: https://data.ferc.gov/developer/helpandsupport/
  - type: TermsOfService
    url: https://data.ferc.gov/disclaimer/
  - type: DataCatalog
    url: https://data.ferc.gov/datacatalog/
  - type: FAQ
    url: https://data.ferc.gov/faq/
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/ferc-xbrl-submission-api.postman_collection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.ferc.gov/media/ferc-submission-api-step-step-guide
  - type: GettingStarted
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  - type: Signup
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  - type: Authentication
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  - type: RateLimits
    url: https://data.ferc.gov/developer/gettingstarted/api-key-usage/
  - type: Support
    url: https://data.ferc.gov/developer/helpandsupport/
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  - type: DataCatalog
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  - type: FAQ
    url: https://data.ferc.gov/faq/
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  - type: Registration
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FERC API — frequently asked questions

Does FERC have an API?

Yes. APIs.io lists 8 APIs from FERC, including FERC Data API, FERC Data Assets API and FERC Details API, and 5 more.

Is there an OpenAPI specification for the FERC API?

Yes. APIs.io indexes 8 OpenAPI specifications for FERC, each linked for download from this page.

How do I authenticate with the FERC API?

FERC uses bearer-token authentication (apiKey/oauth2/http · 4 schemes). The details are profiled on APIs.io as Ferc Authentication.

Is the FERC API ready for AI agents?

FERC has a Kin Score of 50.9 out of 100 (developing) and an Agent Readiness score of 31.8 (agent-ready), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-06.

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