Energy Department issues final critical infrastructure reporting rule for electric sector

The Energy Department is taking action to harmonize its critical electric infrastructure information designations with existing regulations used by the Federal Regulatory Energy Commission, in a new final rule set into go into effect in mid-May that has the support of the electricity sector.

The new rule published in the Federal Register on Monday sets up a separate CEII reporting procedure from FERC regulations adopted in 2018. The Energy Department’s process is similar to FERC’s, but it gives...