Sen. Cortez Masto Introduces Bipartisan Bill to Protect Local Power Grids from Cyberattacks and Storms
This bill is currently in the early stages of the legislative process after being sent to the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources for review. It is actively moving forward, but no further hearings or votes have been scheduled yet. There is no companion bill listed at this time.
The bill has support from both parties and addresses a popular issue like grid security. However, it is still in the early stages and needs to pass through committees in both the Senate and House.
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Reintroduced
Reintroduced from H.R. 9083 (118th), which died when its Congress ended.
H.R. 9083 (118th) →Scores run from -100 (strongly harmful) to +100 (strongly beneficial) for each group, combining impact, certainty, scope, and duration ratings of 1-5. How impact scoring works
Small businesses are highly vulnerable to power outages, which can destroy inventory, halt sales, and interrupt operations. Improved state energy security planning that addresses physical, cyber, and weather threats to local distribution systems should help reduce costly outages for the businesses that are least able to absorb those losses.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Sent to a congressional committee for expert review. The committee decides whether this bill moves forward.
Introduced in Senate
The bill was officially filed and given a number. It now enters the legislative queue.
Bipartisan legislation introduced by Sens. Cortez Masto, Murkowski, and Shaheen aims to improve grid security by requiring states to include granular data on local distribution systems in their energy security plans to qualify for federal funds.
The House Energy and Commerce subcommittee is set to vote on the SECURE Grid Act, led by Reps. Latta and Matsui, which would require states to address the physical and cybersecurity of local distribution systems in their state energy security plans.
The House Subcommittee on Energy advanced the SECURE Grid Act (H.R. 7257), which updates and enhances programs for the physical and cyber security of energy infrastructure, aiming to build resilience in community-level upgrades and systems.
No votes recorded for this bill yet.
Document Type
Congressional Bill
Official Title
SECURE Grid Act
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