This application is specifically recommended for use with (and has been tested with) Mozilla Firefox and Microsoft Internet Explorer browsers. The application works, with minor appearance differences, on Netscape, Chrome, Safari, and other browsers.

• Click on the Data tab or "Click here to get started" on the Home Screen.
• Select Data: On the Select Data screen, make your Data Year and Aggregation Level selections (defaults are Data Year=2005, Aggregation Level=Power Plant). For eGRID subregion and NERC region, representational maps are available.

• Filter your selection: If you do not want to directly select entities to view from the list at the bottom of the screen (which may span several pages, accessible by clicking on the arrows), you may filter your selections using one to three search filters.

  The first set of filters is built-in and is available for plants, both types of EGCs, and eGRID subregions. After you select a built-in filter category, a second drop down box appears, from which you select a single filter, after which the list of possible entities appears at the bottom of the screen.

  The second filter is a non-case sensitive keyword search (activated by the "go" button), and the third filter is a first letter search. If you use more than one filter, then the available entities for selection are those that meet all of the filter criteria you have selected. Use "clear" to deactivate a filter.

• Select from the list of entities to view. If the list is greater than sixty entities, then the list will span more than one screen, -- use arrows to navigate among screens -- and check off the ones you want to select. Alternately, you may Select All of the complete list (not just those displayed on the first screen). Or, you may Select All and then uncheck some boxes to deselect some of them. Click the View Data button.
• View Data: After the selection is completed, eGRIDweb displays the first Emissions Profile screen. One entity is displayed at a time. If you selected more than one entity, use the arrows at the top of the screen to scroll though the entities. For given entities, you can:
• Switch years [plants, the group of plant’s boilers, the group of plant’s generators, States, eGRID subregions, NERC regions, and the U.S.], types [EGC Location (Operator)-based to EGC Owner-based or vice versa, as well as Parent Company Location (Operator)-based to Parent Company Owner-based or vice versa].
• View the different categories of data (e.g. Emissions Profile, Generation Resource Mix, Characteristics, Ownership, Boilers, Generators, State Import-Export Data, or U.S. Generation and Consumption Data, depending on the entities you are viewing).
• Print the screen display using the print icon in the upper right.

• Export Data: After viewing data, you can click Export Data. The Export Screen will show you up to ten of the selected entities and allow you to select format, years, and tabs whose displayed variables will be exported (an XLS or CSV file, usually within a ZIP file).

  You can return to the Select Data screen or the View Data screen. If you return to the Select Data screen, the previous selections will remained checked; click Reset to clear all the selections (the defaults will take effect) and start again.

  Download various tables or files from other tabs:

• GHG Emission Factors;
• Reports – Summary Tables for 2005, Summary Tables for 2004, Zip code – eGRID subregion – CO2 output emission rate data file for 2005, eGRID subregion representational map for 2005, NERC region representational map for 2005, eGRID subregion representational map for 2004, NERC region representational map for 2004, and eGRID paper(s);
• Help -- eGRID Technical Support Document.

Check the Notes tab for information about eGRIDweb updates or pertinent information; or go to the Help tab to provide feedback to the eGRIDweb developers.