Roles

The CDAA has a variety of roles you may assign to a contact. Each role grants a certain level of permission to the CDAA. The two main types of roles are Contributor and Viewer.

Roles

Contributor

• Contributors may read, write and delete information for an area.

Viewer

• Viewers may only view information for an area.

For example: If a contact needs to file Balancing Authority compliance forms for their Master Account they would need the "Compliance BA Contributor" role.

Special Roles

Master Account Administrator

• Create new users (Contacts) under your company (Master Account).
• Edit existing users under your company (Master Account).
• Assign Security Permissions (Roles) to new and existing contacts allowing access to various sections of the system, i.e. Compliance.
• Become the Point of Contact for the contacts of your Master Account(s).
• Has Contributor permissions to all areas of the system which are available to the Master Account.

Authorized Signatory

• A role which should be given to the representative(s) who will be certifying to compliance submittals.

Communication Roles

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The CDAA will only allow one contact per Master Account for each of the following roles. One contact may be assigned more than one of these roles.

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Compliance Contact - Primary

• Will be used for all compliance communication from NPCC, including company-specific confidential information, and will periodically receive direct communications from NERC.
• This contact will replace the Registration Contact listed in the Compliance Registry.

Compliance Contact - Secondary

• Will be carbon copied on all compliance Communication from NPCC to the Compliance Contact - Primary.

Compliance Officer – Primary

• An individual at the officer level responsible for reliability standards compliance activities within the organization. This contact will receive key compliance communications from the NPCC Compliance Enforcement Manager, such as Notices of Alleged Violation, Notices of Regional Confirmation of Violation, and escalated requests from NPCC or NERC for data, information, or other reports (including Mitigation Plans) by the required due date, pursuant to Attachment 1 of the Uniform Compliance Monitoring and Enforcement Program (Appendix 4C to the Rules of Procedure). This contact may periodically receive direct communication from NERC.
• This contact will replace the Authorized Entity Officer listed in the Compliance Registry.

Compliance Officer – Secondary

• An individual at the officer level responsible for reliability standards compliance activities within the organization, or designee, who will be carbon copied on all communication to the Compliance Officer – Primary.

CEO Contact - Primary

• Target recipient is the highest ranking official at the organization. Will typically be contacted by the NPCC CEO or NERC CEO in special circumstances, including company-specific confidential information, or in the event the entity has failed to respond to multiple, escalated requests from NPCC or NERC for data, information, or other reports (including Mitigation Plans) by the required due date, pursuant to Attachment 1 of the Uniform Compliance Monitoring and Enforcement Program (Appendix 4C to the Rules of Procedure).

CEO Contact - Designee

• Will be carbon copied for all communication issued to the CEO Contact.