Request CEII Access

To protect against the uncontrolled distribution of specific engineering, vulnerability, or detailed design information about proposed or existing critical infrastructure, the ISO restricts access to materials deemed to be Critical Energy Infrastructure Information (CEII). Access to such information must be requested and then granted by the ISO. Without this access, you cannot view ISO-posted materials marked as CEII. As an example, your web browser will return an error message if you attempt to open CEII materials without the proper digital certificate (or authorized credentials for discrete requests) issued by the ISO.

Requesting CEII Access

An individual must be granted access to CEII materials under the control of or posted by the ISO. Materials include CEII materials about long-term committees or working groups, such as the Planning Advisory Committee (PAC) or Reliability Committee (RC); the Interconnection Request (IR) process; and discrete data requests (i.e., requests for specific information contained within CEII materials).

• If you are a participant: Contact your organization’s security administrator (SA) for the ISO’s Customer and Asset Management System (CAMS). Your SA must enter you into the CAMS database and assign you the necessary roles and permissions. (See the Customer and Asset Management System (CAMS) User Guide for additional instruction). If you are not sure who your SA is, contact ISO Participant Support. Where a Governance Participant needs access to CEII materials not available under the PAC, RC, or IR areas of the corporate website, a discrete request using the CEII Access Request Form should be submitted.
  
• If you are not a participant:
  
  1. Identify what category of materials you would like to request. If you need to request CEII access associated with multiple categories, you must submit a separate request for each:
     
     

     Request Categories for CEII Materials	Request Materials
     Reliability Committee	Forward Capacity Market (base case materials) Reliability Committee Stability Task Force Transmission Task Force Inactive Committees
     Planning Advisory Committee	Cluster Interconnection Studies Competitive Transmission Projects Eastern Interconnection Planning Collaborative FERC Form No. 715 Reports Interconnection Request Studies Interregional Planning Stakeholder Advisory Committee Key Study Areas Market Efficiency Transmission Upgrades Planning Advisory Committee Public Policy Transmission Upgrades Regional System Plan System Diagram Transmission Owner Planning Advisory Committee
     Interconnection Request CEII Materials	Interconnection Request Studies Cluster Interconnection Studies FERC Form No. 715 Reports
     Discrete Request of CEII Materials	For discrete requests for access to CEII materials not provided via the other three request categories. This can include requesting access to CEII materials developed or posted by ISO or NEPOOL ad hoc working groups (for example, one formed to complete a transmission study).

  2. Download and complete the CEII Access Request Form.
  3. Submit the completed Form into Ask ISO.
  4. When the ISO completes its review of the submitted CEII Access Request Form (which may take up to 2 weeks), you will receive email instructions, as follows:
     • If a PAC or RC request, how to retrieve and install your digital certificate
     • If an IR or discrete request, how to access the requested materials