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House subcommittee hears DOE and industry on bills to strengthen energy cybersecurity and emergency response
Summary
A House Energy and Commerce subcommittee hearing examined a package of bills to formalize DOE leadership on energy emergencies, authorize a threat-analysis center (Etech), reauthorize rural and municipal utility cybersecurity funding, and bolster pipeline and state planning. DOE’s acting undersecretary defended the changes while lawmakers pressed him on grant cancellations and staffing cuts.
The House Energy and Commerce subcommittee on energy convened a bipartisan hearing to consider draft legislation aimed at strengthening the nation’s energy cybersecurity and emergency response capabilities.
Acting Undersecretary Alex Fitzsimmons testified for the Department of Energy, outlining how the package — including an Energy Emergency Leadership Act to elevate energy emergency leadership within DOE, legislation authorizing an Energy Threat Analysis Center (Etech), a pipeline and LNG facility cybersecurity preparedness bill, and a reauthorization of rural and municipal utility cybersecurity programs — would improve information sharing, technical assistance, and coordination across federal, state and private-sector partners.
"As the sector risk management agency for the energy sector, DOE has great technical resources and convening authority," Fitzsimmons said. "We provide timely and actionable information to…
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