P.R. Laws tit. 22, § 1054n
If any person who is required to submit information to the Energy Commission believes that the information to be submitted has any confidentiality privilege, such person may request the Commission to treat such information as such, subject to the following:
(a) If the Energy Commission, after the appropriate evaluation, believes such information should be protected, it shall grant such protection in a manner that least affects the public interest, transparency, and the rights of the parties involved in the administrative procedure in which the allegedly confidential document is submitted.
(b) To such purposes, the Energy Commission shall provide access to the document or the privileged portion of the document only to the lawyers and external consultants involved in the administrative process after the execution of a confidentiality agreement.
(c) The Energy Commission shall keep the documents submitted for its consideration out of public reach only in exceptional cases. In these cases, the information shall be duly safeguarded and delivered exclusively to the personnel of the Energy Commission who needs to know such information under nondisclosure agreements. However, the Energy Commission shall direct that a non confidential copy be furnished for public review.
(d) The Energy Commission shall swiftly act on any privilege and confidentiality claim made by a person subject to its jurisdiction by means of a resolution to such purposes before any allegedly confidential information is disclosed.
History —May 27, 2014, No. 57, § 6.15.