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User Access Administrator (UAA) Form and Access to Resource

Interconnection Management System (RIMS 5)

Massih Ahmadi11/28/2017


Agenda

• What is Resource Interconnection Management System (RIMS 5)

• Definition of User Access Administrator (UAA)

• CAISO Data Access Process

• UAA Establishment form

• Helpful Links


What is Resource Interconnection Management System (RIMS 5) Application

• It is a secure database application used to track and manage data from Interconnection Requests in the CAISO queue.

• RIMS is updated daily by the Interconnection Resources team as well as by other CAISO departments with information as it is received by the CAISO from the Participating Transmission Owners (PTO) or Interconnection Customers (IC).


What is User Access Administrator (UAA)?

• Your companies designee for providing access to CAISO applications for all of your companies users

• UAA will be responsible for managing secure digital certificates

• We highly recommend to have IT folks assigned to become UAA


UAA Responsibility

• Create a user in Access Identity Management (AIM)

• Certificate Management– Register– Collect – Renew– Revoke– Review status

• Understanding Security Protocols

• Understanding Business Needs


Timeline of User Access to RIMS 5 Application

Step. 1Interconnect

Customer submits UAA on-line form

with “RIMS 5” Contract Type checked-off

Step. 3The new UAA installs digital certificate on IE 11 ONLY

Step. 624/48hrs the

UAA will receives user

new digital certificate

with RIMS 5 access

Step. 5UAA logs in AIM and

start to create and provision users to

RIMS 5 application with applicable

Project IDs in AIM application.

Step. 7The UAA can

forward certificate

installation e-mail to user or

install it.

Actions by IC

Actions by ISO

Step. 4ISO will upload Project IDs to UAA

AIM profile and notifies UAA to initiate RIMS 5 user creation and provisioning in AIM. This is a one

time only action by the ISO.

Step. 2ISO updates

AIM and generates

digital certificate,

forward to new UAA


How to get established as User Access Administrator (UAA)?


Someone who can validate your

employment and or understands the

business needs for users justification

How to Complete the Access Administrator Agreement online


Note: The ISO will upload your project IDs

to your AIM profile during the RIMS transition after which you will need to submit a UAA form for each project thereafter.


Please use this section if you have a large number of project IDs


A3

A3 REmove the Project ID'sAuthor, 10/9/2017


Certificate Management – Register and Collect Digital Certificate

To register and collect for your new CAISO digital certificate, you will need to perform the following:

1) Have your UAA authorize you to obtain a digital certificate.

2) You or your UAA will receive an email from [email protected]

3) Register for a certificate.

4) Collect your certificate.

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First, register your certificate.

Afterwards, collect your certificate.

Note: Please be sure to add “[email protected]” to your email Safe Senders List. Once you register, you will receive emails with further instructions.


Certificate Management – Renew or Let a Digital Certificate ExpireTo renew or let the certificate expire, the designated UAA will need to:

1) Go to AIM and navigate to Certificate Renewal tab.

2) The tab will display yourUsers With Expiring Certificates list.

3) Click on the Renew or Let Expire hyperlink under the Cert Actioncolumn.

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Note: The digital certificate expiration dates are automatically generated once the user successfully installs the certificate through IE 11. The duration is set to 15 months out into the future.


Certificate Management – Request History

1) Go to AIM and navigate to the Access Request tab and click on the Request History link.

2) Click on an individual line item in the Access Request panel, which will display the list of items requested.

3) Review the Status column for each line item to verify that the requested access was granted.

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To check the status of an Access Request, the UAA will need to do the following:


Contact Information

• All Connectivity inquiries such as certificate installation – Service Desk –

(888) 889-0450, [email protected]

• All UAA/AIM inquiries to Customer Services – (916) 608-7320

• All RIMS specific inquiries such as your Project ID or your Queue Number contact an Interconnection Specialist – [email protected]

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Helpful LinksUser Access Administrator Guide pagehttp://www.caiso.com/participate/Pages/UserAccessAdministratorGuide/Default.aspx

Access and Identity Management (AIM) pagehttp://www.caiso.com/Pages/documentsbygroup.aspx?GroupID=EBFDD87D-9926-4BFE-8DBD-09AA3D1E5CC5

How to Grant Access to RIMShttp://www.caiso.com/Documents/HowtoGrantAccesstoResourceInterconnectionManagementSystem.pdf

RIMS5 FAQhttp://www.caiso.com/Documents/RIMS5FrequentlyAskedQuestions.pdf

Registering for Your New CAISO Digital Certificatehttp://www.caiso.com/Documents/InstructionsForRegisteringForYourNewDigitalCertificate.pdf

Installation Instructions For CAISO Multiple Application (CMA) End User Digital Certificateshttp://www.caiso.com/Documents/CMACertificateInstallationInstructions.doc

Instructions For Renewing Your CAISO Digital Certificate http://www.caiso.com/Documents/InstructionsForRenewingYourDigitalCertificate.pdf

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