OMB Approves DOE CEII Final Rule

Yesterday the OMB’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) announced that it had approved the DOE’s final rule on Critical Electric Infrastructure. This rule was submitted to OIRA in October 2019. The notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) was published in October of 2018. Interestingly, there was one meeting at OIRA concerning this bill where environmental activists expressed their concerns about the rule.

This rule addresses the DOE internal procedures for approving and restricting access to Critical Electric Infrastructure Information (CEII).