SECURE Grid Act
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1Short title
This section would say the Act may be called the Securing Community Upgrades for a Resilient Grid Act, also known as the SECURE Grid Act.
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1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Securing Community Upgrades for a Resilient Grid Act or the SECURE Grid Act .
2Consideration of the security of local distribution systems in State energy security plans
This section would amend Section 366 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6326), which governs State energy security plans. It would add a definition providing that a local distribution system means any energy infrastructure that an electric utility owns and operates at a voltage of 100 kilovolts or less. It would expand a provision in subsection (b)(2) so that it also covers suppliers of equipment for the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity, in addition to owners and operators of that infrastructure. It would rewrite the requirement in subsection (c)(3) so that each State's plan must address potential hazards to each energy sector or system, including physical threats and vulnerabilities (weather-related threats and vulnerabilities, physical attacks on local distribution systems and the bulk-power system, and supply chain risks for equipment used to generate, transmit, and distribute electricity) and cybersecurity threats and vulnerabilities, including threats to and vulnerabilities of local distribution systems that could affect the bulk-power system. It would rewrite subsection (c)(5) so that each plan's risk mitigation approach must aim to enhance reliability and end-use resilience by including methods for responding to, mitigating, and recovering from the hazards just described. It would add supplying equipment for the generation and transmission of electricity as one of the items listed in subsection (d)(3). It would reorganize subsection (e) so that the existing rule on State eligibility is labeled paragraph (1), titled Submission required, and would add a new paragraph (2) stating that a State's submission under paragraph (1) does not need to be approved by the Secretary. It would add local distribution system to the list of terms in subsection (h). It would change the year referenced in subsection (i) from 2025 to 2030.
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2. Consideration of the security of local distribution systems in State energy security plans Section 366 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act ( 42 U.S.C. 6326 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the following: (3) Local distribution system The term local distribution system means any energy infrastructure owned and operated by an electric utility at a voltage of 100 kilovolts or less. ; (2) in subsection (b)(2), by inserting , and suppliers of equipment for the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity to, after owners and operators of ; (3) in subsection (c)— (A) by amending paragraph (3) to read as follows: (3) address potential hazards to each energy sector or system, including— (A) physical threats and vulnerabilities, including— (i) weather-related threats and vulnerabilities; (ii) physical attacks on local distribution systems and the bulk-power system; and (iii) supply chain risks for equipment for the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity; and (B) cybersecurity threats and vulnerabilities, including threats to, and vulnerabilities of, local distribution systems that may impact the bulk-power system; ; and (B) by amending paragraph (5) to read as follows: (5) provide a risk mitigation approach to enhance reliability and end-use resilience, including methods of responding to, mitigating, and recovering from potential hazards described in paragraph (3); and ; (4) in subsection (d)(3)— (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking and at the end; (B) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as subparagraph (C); and (C) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following: (B) supplying equipment for the generation and transmission of electricity; and ; (5) in subsection (e)— (A) by striking A State is not eligible and inserting the following: (1) Submission required A State is not eligible ; (B) in paragraph (2), by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively; (C) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively; and (D) by adding at the end the following: (2) State determination A submission under paragraph (1) is not required to be approved by the Secretary. ; (6) in subsection (h), by inserting , local distribution system, after electric utility ; and (7) in subsection (i), by striking 2025 and inserting 2030 .
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