‘‘(2) INFORMATION SHARING.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Consistent with the 
Controlled Unclassified Information framework 
established by the President, the Commission 
shall promulgate such regulations and issue 
such orders as necessary to designate protected 
information and to prohibit the unauthorized 
disclosure of such protected information. 
‘‘(B) SHARING OF PROTECTED INFORMA-
TION.—The regulations promulgated and orders 
issued pursuant to subparagraph (A) shall pro-
vide standards for and facilitate the appropriate 
sharing of protected information with, between, 
and by Federal, State, local, and tribal authori-
ties, the Electric Reliability Organization, re-
gional entities, and owners, operators, and 
users of the bulk-power system in the United 
States and of defense critical electric infrastruc-
ture. In promulgating such regulations and 
issuing such orders, the Commission shall take 
account of the role of State commissions in re-
viewing the prudence and cost of investments 
within their respective jurisdictions. The Com-
mission shall consult with appropriate Canadian 
and Mexican authorities to develop protocols for
the sharing of protected information with, be-
tween, and by appropriate Canadian and Mexi-
can authorities and owners, operators, and 
users of the bulk-power system outside the 
United States. 
‘‘(3) SUBMISSION
OF
INFORMATION
TO
CON-
GRESS.—Nothing in this section shall permit or au-
thorize the withholding of information from Con-
gress, any committee or subcommittee thereof, or 
the Comptroller General. 
‘‘(4) DISCLOSURE OF NON-PROTECTED INFOR-
MATION.—In implementing this section, the Com-
mission shall protect from disclosure only the min-
imum amount of information necessary to protect 
the reliability of the bulk-power system and of de-
fense critical electric infrastructure. The Commission 
shall segregate protected information within docu-
ments and electronic communications, wherever fea-
sible, to facilitate disclosure of information that is 
not designated as protected information. 
‘‘(5) DURATION
OF
DESIGNATION.—Informa-
tion may not be designated as protected information 
for longer than 5 years, unless specifically redesig-
nated by the Commission.
‘‘(6) REMOVAL OF DESIGNATION.—The Com-
mission may remove the designation of protected in-
formation, in whole or in part, from a document or 
electronic communication if the unauthorized disclo-
sure of such information could no longer be used to 
impair the reliability of the bulk-power system or of 
defense critical electric infrastructure. 
‘‘(7) JUDICIAL
REVIEW
OF
DESIGNATIONS.— 
Notwithstanding subsection (f) of this section or sec-
tion 313, a person or entity may seek judicial review 
of a determination by the Commission concerning 
the designation of protected information under this 
subsection exclusively in the district court of the 
United States in the district in which the complain-
ant resides, or has his principal place of business, or 
in the District of Columbia. In such a case the court 
shall determine the matter de novo, and may exam-
ine the contents of documents or electronic commu-
nications designated as protected information in 
camera to determine whether such documents or any 
part thereof were improperly designated as protected 
information. The burden is on the Commission to 
sustain its designation. 
‘‘(f) JUDICIAL REVIEW.—The Commission shall act 
expeditiously to resolve all applications for rehearing of