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House subcommittee opens markup on five bills to bolster energy grid security and DOE authorities
Summary
A House Energy and Commerce subcommittee opened markup on a package of five bills aimed at strengthening physical and cybersecurity protections for the electric grid, expanding Department of Energy emergency leadership, and providing targeted support for small and municipal utilities; no votes are recorded in the provided transcript.
An unidentified representative opened a subcommittee markup announcing the committee will consider five bills intended to update and enhance programs to protect the nation’s electric grid and to strengthen the Department of Energy’s emergency and security authorities. “We will mark up 5 bills that will update and enhance programs to help ensure the physical and cybersecurity of our nation's electric grid,” the speaker said.
The package, described as largely bipartisan in parts, includes measures to improve threat analysis and information sharing, elevate DOE's energy emergency leadership, provide targeted funding and technical assistance to smaller utilities, increase state visibility into local distribution and supply-chain risks, and establish coordination programs for pipeline cybersecurity.…
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