DOE CEII Final Rule to OMB – 10-29-19

Yesterday the OMB’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) announced that it had received a final rule from the DOE on “Critical Electric Infrastructure” According to the Spring 2019 Unified Agenda, the rule would outline the “administrative procedures [that] are intended to ensure that stakeholders and the public understand how the Department would designate, protect, and share CEII under the Federal Power Act”. The notice of proposed rulemaking for this action was published in October 2018.