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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 9083 

To amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to require States to 

include supporting the physical security, cybersecurity, and resilience 

of local distribution systems in State energy security plans. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 22, 2024 

Mr. LATTA (for himself and Ms. MATSUI) introduced the following bill; which 

was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

A BILL 

To amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to require 

States to include supporting the physical security, cybersecurity, and resilience of local distribution systems in 

State energy security plans. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Securing Community 

5 Upgrades for a Resilient Grid Act’’ or the ‘‘SECURE Grid 

6 Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. CONSIDERATION OF THE SECURITY OF LOCAL DIS2 TRIBUTION SYSTEMS IN STATE ENERGY SE3 CURITY PLANS. 

4 Section 366 of the Energy Policy and Conservation 

5 Act (42 U.S.C. 6326) is amended— 

6 (1) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the 

7 following: 

8 ‘‘(3) LOCAL DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM.—The term 

9 ‘local distribution system’ means any energy infra10 structure owned and operated by an electric utility 

11 at a voltage of 35 kilovolts or less.’’; 

12 (2) in subsection (b)(2)— 

13 (A) by inserting ‘‘, and suppliers to,’’ after 

14 ‘‘owners and operators of’’; 

15 (B) in subparagraph (B)— 

16 (i) in clause (i), by inserting ‘‘, includ17 ing energy supply disruptions resulting 

18 from increased demand on the electric 

19 grid, deteriorating assets, and physical and 

20 cybersecurity threats’’ after ‘‘State’’; and 

21 (ii) by adding at the end the fol22 lowing: 

23 ‘‘(iii) to adopt secure, innovative energy 

24 technology that assists in carrying out methods 

25 under clauses (i) and (ii); and’’; 

26 (3) in subsection (c)— 


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1 (A) by amending paragraph (3) to read as 

2 follows: 

3 ‘‘(3) identify potential hazards to each energy 

4 sector or system, including— 

5 ‘‘(A) weather-related threats and 

6 vulnerabilities; 

7 ‘‘(B) risks and liabilities posed by human 

8 error or mismanagement; 

9 ‘‘(C) attacks on the physical security of 

10 local distribution systems; and 

11 ‘‘(D) cybersecurity threats and 

12 vulnerabilities;’’; 

13 (B) by redesignating paragraphs (4) 

14 through (6) as paragraphs (5) through (7), re15 spectively; and 

16 (C) by inserting after paragraph (3) the 

17 following: 

18 ‘‘(4) provide methods of responding to and miti19 gating potential hazards identified pursuant to para20 graph (3), including— 

21 ‘‘(A) public-private partnerships; 

22 ‘‘(B) the use of different or new financing 

23 models; and 

24 ‘‘(C) the adoption of secure, innovative en25 ergy technologies;’’; 


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1 (4) in subsection (d)(3)— 

2 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

3 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

4 (B) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as 

5 subparagraph (C); and 

6 (C) by inserting after subparagraph (A) 

7 the following: 

8 ‘‘(B) supplying products necessary for the 

9 reliable and resilient function of the bulk-power 

10 system and local distribution systems; and’’; 

11 (5) in subsection (h), by inserting ‘‘, local dis12 tribution system,’’ after ‘‘electric utility’’; and 

13 (6) by striking subsection (i). 

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