Apply by mail

1. To Get Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey (MECS), the applicant has to approach the U.S. Census Bureau Economic Division link
2. The applicant has to download the form from the following link / if refineries, use this form link
3. The applicant has to fill in all the details in the application form.
4. For completing this, also refer to the sample survey form which is mentioned in the “Sample Documents” section of this page.
5. Make sure that the applicant has to attach all the necessary documents that are mentioned in the “Required Documents” section of this page.
6. The applicant has to attach the photocopies of the required documents along with the application form while submitting.
7. Submit all the documents with the completed form to the office mail address.
8. The mailing address is mentioned in the “Office Locations & Contacts” section of this page.
9. Once the verification process is completed, the applicant gets the notification from the officer through mail or SMS.
10. If the officer is not satisfied with the verification process, the respective officer will come for inspection.
11. The fee for this procedure has to be paid as per the authority’s request.
12. Once all the process gets done, the applicant gets the User ID and password through email.
13. The processing time for this procedure is within two weeks.

Apply online (updating the survey report)

1. To Get Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey (MECS), the applicant has to use the following link
2. The applicant has to use sign –in using the user’s name and password.
3. After entering the details, click the “SIGN IN” button.
4. The applicant has to link the account to the survey with an authentication code sent from the Census Bureau.
5. Once the applicant gets this authentication code, click on the “Add Authentication Code” button under “My Surveys.”
6. Enter the unique 12 – digit code and click the “Submit” button.
7. Report by clicking on “REPORT NOW.” The applicant can return to the account over multiple sessions to complete it.
8. The U.S. Census Bureau’s Economic Indicators Division will collect the data and evaluates the manufacturing demands in the face of rising energy prices and national security concerns.
9. The processing time for this procedure is within an hour.

NOTE: For assistance with completing this survey, please sign into the Census Bureau account or call our customer help line at 1‐800‐528‐3049, Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern time.

• Address proof
• Company document.
• Document of energy source
• Application form link / if refineries use this form link

U.S. Census Bureau Economic Division
Mailing address
Bureau Of The Census
1201 East 10th Street
Jeffersonville, IN 47132-0001
Contact - 1‐800‐528‐3049
Email - census.efoia@census.gov
Contact link
Regional office link

U.S ENERGY DEPARTMENT
1000 Independence Ave., SW
Washington, DC 20585
Email - The.Secretary@hq.doe.gov
Phone - 202-586-5000
Fax - 202-586-4403
Contact link

• Any person who are manufacturing power consumption sector is eligible to make this application.

• The fee for this procedure has to be paid as per the authority’s request.

• The survey report is done on every three years.

• Application form link / if refineries use this form link

• Please check the sample application form for reference link / if refineries us this sample form link
  

• The processing time for this procedure is within 2 weeks.
• Updating a survey report in online is within an hour.

Videos explaining the procedure or to fill the applications.
Attach videos using the following tag <&video type='website'>video ID|width|height<&/video&> from external websites.
Please remove the '&' inside the tags during implementation.
Website = allocine, blip, dailymotion, facebook, gametrailers, googlevideo, html5, metacafe, myspace, revver,
sevenload, viddler, vimeo, youku, youtube
width = 560, height = 340, Video ID = Can be obtained from the URL of webpage where the video is displayed.
e.g In the following url 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0US7oR_t3M' Video ID is 'Y0US7oR_t3M'.

• Applicant must complete the application form before submitting. Incomplete applications will not be accepted.
• Applicant must provide genuine information while applying for this procedure.
• Instruction for application form link
• If refineries, please use this instruction guideline link

• Personal and contact information
• Establishment information
• Electricity information
• Information about natural gas
• Diesel and Distillate Fuel Oil
• Residual Fuel Oil: Consumption, Shipments, and Storage Capacity
• Butane, Ethane, and Propane
• Total Mixtures and Other LPG
• Breeze and Coal Coke
• Kerosene and Motor Gasoline
• Petroleum coke
• Management activities
• Remarks
• Energy technology

• This survey is about Collecting the information on energy consumption and, energy usage patterns of the manufacturing sector of the U.S. economy. The information from this survey is used to publish aggregate statistics on the consumption of energy for fuel and non-fuel purposes, as well as certain energy-related issues such as energy prices, on-site electricity generation, purchases of electricity from utilities and non-utilities, and, occasionally, the capability to switch fuels.

• For more information link

Please explain what are other uses of obtaining this document/certificate.
e.g. Birth Certificate can be used as proof of identity.

Link

Data are collected for the following energy sources (fuels):

• Butane
• Ethane
• Propane
• Mixtures of Butane, Ethane, and Propane
• Other LPG and NGL which includes butylene, ethylene, and propylene
• Diesel Fuel Oil
• Distillate Fuel Oil
• Motor Gasoline (excluding off-site highway use)
• Residual Fuel Oil
• Waste and By-product Gases (e.g., flue gas, off gas, plant gas, refinery gas, still gas, vent gas)
• Fluid Catalytic Cracking Unit Coke
• Marketable Petroleum Coke – Unrefined or Green
• Marketable Petroleum Coke – Calcined
• Waste Oils and Tars (excluding Coal Tar)
• Other Petroleum-based Combustion Energy Sources