18:19 → 23:46(5m 27s)
Chair opens the subcommittee, outlines a bipartisan package of security bills (Energy Emergency Leadership Act, Pipeline/LNG cybersecurity bill, Energy Threat Analysis Center/Etech, and rural/municipal utility cybersecurity reauthorization) and frames DOE as the sector risk management agency; he invites DOE witnesses to explain how the bills strengthen information sharing and response. (Chair)
A House Energy and Commerce subcommittee hearing examined draft bills to strengthen cybersecurity and emergency response across the U.S. energy sector, including proposals to formalize DOE leadership (Energy Emergency Leadership Act), authorize an Energy Threat Analysis Center (Etech), reauthorize rural and municipal utility cybersecurity funding, and improve pipeline and state planning. Witnesses from the Department of Energy and industry discussed information sharing, grant cancellations, staffing, and supply-chain risks.
