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Lawmakers weigh S213 changes as state experts say water meters pose minimal cyber risk
Summary
At a March 26 House Energy hearing on S213 (advanced metering infrastructure), Agency of Digital Services and Vermont Rural Water Association witnesses told lawmakers water AMI primarily provides one-way volumetric data, does not connect to production-control systems, and poses little cyber‑security risk; committee members asked for operator testimony and clarification on statutory placement of cyber guidance.
House Energy and Digital Infrastructure members on March 26 debated S213, a bill addressing advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) and whether cyber‑security language belongs in permitting statutes.
Denise Ry Hughes, secretary of the Agency of Digital Services, told the committee that cyber‑security requirements embedded in a permitting law would be a poor fit because permitting engineers and water‑system operators have different functions than centralized cyber oversight. “When the agency of natural resources has cyber security requirements, the agency of digital services is the entity that supports them,” Hughes said, recommending that the Cybersecurity Advisory Council (CAC) and the Agency of Natural Resources (ANR) handle guidance and reporting rather than placing prescriptive cyber language into permit text.
Hughes and other witnesses said the CAC already…
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