; and (2) the Secretary or the Commission, as applicable, removes all information that would enable an individual to identify the source of the information. (d) Protection of information Any critical electric infrastructure information that is disclosed by the Secretary or the Commission under subsection (a)(2), or that is required to be disclosed under a rule issued pursuant to subsection (e)(2)— (1) shall be protected from disclosure by the recipient; (2) shall be exempt from disclosure under section 552(b)(3) of title 5, United States Code; and (3) shall not be made available by any Federal, State, political subdivision, or Tribal authority under any applicable law requiring public disclosure of information or records. (e) Savings clauses (1) Information controlled by owners and operators of energy infrastructure Nothing in this section limits the ability of an owner or operator of energy infrastructure to handle the information controlled by that owner or operator, including information that could be designated as critical electric infrastructure information, in whatever manner the owner or operator believes will best serve the interests of the owner or operator, including— (A) by exchanging that information with other owners or operators of energy infrastructure; and (B) by providing that information to officers, employees, agents, and contractors of the owner or operator. (2) Disclosure to certain individuals and entities (A) In general Except as provided in subparagraph (C), nothing in this section limits the ability of the Commission to issue or enforce a rule of general applicability requiring a public utility to disclose certain critical electric infrastructure information to an eligible recipient described in subparagraph (B) that requests the information. (B) Eligible recipient described An eligible recipient referred to in subparagraph (A) is— (i) an electric utility; (ii) a potential or existing interconnection customer of the public utility