Application for Access
Company Application for Access
Application for access by your company is done in three steps. This is done once
on our system for each Purchasing/Selling entity or Observer company.
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Register as a Purchasing/Selling Entity or an Observer on the
North American Electric Reliability Council's (NERC) Transmission System Information
Network (TSIN)
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2 |
Enroll your company with one of the Certificate Authorities (CA) whose digital certificates
we accept (see Certificate Authorities below). A particular CA may or may not require
the enrollment of the company itself, but only require the enrollment of individuals.
Check with the CA's policies and procedures currently in affect.
Those CA's that require the enrollment of your company may demand that someone
within your company be responsible for the issuance of the CA's digital certificates
to individuals within your company.
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Complete our online form. You will be asked for company contact information and
company's role in the market (eg. Load, Marketer, Generator and/or Transmitter)
Although not required, the preferred person to complete a company application will
be that person who will act as Security Officer. The Security Officer will later
confirm the identity of individuals within his/her company and determine their access
rights within the MMS.
A valid OATI or DST digital certificate is required in order to complete the application.
Click here to access the form.
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User Application for Access
Application for access by a users is done in two stages. This process has to be repeated for each digital certificate you want to use to access our site.
Normally, a digital certificate is valid for one year. When a user renews their certificate from the CA, the user does not normally need to request access again.
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Step |
Description |
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1 |
Acquire an X.509 digital certificate directly from one of the CA's whose digital
certificates we accept (see Certificate Authorities below), or from your companies
Security Officer.
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After you have obtained and installed your digital certificate on your computer,
complete our online form. You will be asked for contact information, the level of
access you require, and other information required by the MMS. The form requires
a digital certificate, so your web browser will present your certificate information
to the online form. If you have more than one certificate installed on your computer,
ensure the one that you want to use to access our systems is selected.
A valid OATI or DST digital certificate is required in order to complete the application.
Click here to access the form.
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Certificate Authorities
The MMS will accept digital certificates issued by these Certificate Authorities.