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Union Calendar No. 67 

117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2931 

[Report No. 117–93] 

To provide for certain programs and developments in the Department of 

Energy concerning the cybersecurity and vulnerabilities of, and physical 

threats to, the electric grid, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 30, 2021 

Mr. MCNERNEY (for himself and Mr. LATTA) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

JULY 19, 2021 

Additional sponsors: Mr. BUCSHON, Mrs. LESKO, Mr. KELLER, Mr. MCKINLEY, Mr. BURGESS, Ms. KUSTER, Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. SOTO, Ms. SPANBERGER, Mr. DAVIDSON, and Mr. TAYLOR

JULY 19, 2021 

Reported from the Committee on Energy and Commerce; committed to the 

Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered 

to be printed 


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A BILL 

To provide for certain programs and developments in the 

Department of Energy concerning the cybersecurity and 

vulnerabilities of, and physical threats to, the electric 

grid, and for other purposes. 


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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 ‘‘Enhancing Grid Secu5 rity through Public-Private Partnerships Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. PROGRAM TO PROMOTE AND ADVANCE PHYSICAL 

7 SECURITY AND CYBERSECURITY OF ELEC8 TRIC UTILITIES. 

9 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Energy, in 

10 coordination with relevant Federal agencies and in con11 sultation with State regulatory authorities, industry stake12 holders, and the Electric Reliability Organization, as the 

13 Secretary determines appropriate, shall carry out a pro14 gram to— 

15 (1) develop, and provide for voluntary imple16 mentation of, maturity models, self-assessments, and 

17 auditing methods for assessing the physical security 

18 and cybersecurity of electric utilities; 

19 (2) provide training to electric utilities to ad20 dress and mitigate cybersecurity supply chain man21 agement risks; 

22 (3) increase opportunities for sharing best prac23 tices and data collection within the electric sector; 

24 (4) assist with cybersecurity training for electric 

25 utilities; 


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1 (5) advance the cybersecurity of third-party 

2 vendors that work in partnerships with electric utili3 ties; and 

4 (6) provide technical assistance for electric utili5 ties subject to the program. 

6 (b) SCOPE.—In carrying out the program under sub7 section (a), the Secretary of Energy shall— 

8 (1) take into consideration different sizes of 

9 electric utilities and the regions that such electric 

10 utilities serve; 

11 (2) prioritize electric utilities with fewer avail12 able resources due to size or region; and 

13 (3) to the extent practicable, utilize and lever14 age existing Department of Energy programs. 

15 (c) PROTECTION OF INFORMATION.—Information 

16 provided to, or collected by, the Federal Government pur17 suant to this section— 

18 (1) shall be exempt from disclosure under sec19 tion 552(b)(3) of title 5, United States Code; and 

20 (2) shall not be made available by any Federal, 

21 State, political subdivision or tribal authority pursu22 ant to any Federal, State, political subdivision, or 

23 tribal law requiring public disclosure of information 

24 or records. 


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1 SEC. 3. REPORT ON CYBERSECURITY AND DISTRIBUTION 

2 SYSTEMS. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Energy, in co4 ordination with relevant Federal agencies and in consulta5 tion with State regulatory authorities, industry stake6 holders, and the Electric Reliability Organization, as the 

7 Secretary determines appropriate, shall submit to Con8 gress a report that assesses— 

9 (1) priorities, policies, procedures, and actions 

10 for enhancing the physical security and cybersecurity 

11 of electricity distribution systems to address threats 

12 to, and vulnerabilities of, such electricity distribution 

13 systems; and 

14 (2) implementation of such priorities, policies, 

15 procedures, and actions, including an estimate of po16 tential costs and benefits of such implementation, in17 cluding any public-private cost-sharing opportunities. 

18 (b) PROTECTION OF INFORMATION.—Information 

19 provided to, or collected by, the Federal Government pur20 suant to this section— 

21 (1) shall be exempt from disclosure under sec22 tion 552(b)(3) of title 5, United States Code; and 

23 (2) shall not be made available by any Federal, 

24 State, political subdivision or tribal authority pursu25 ant to any Federal, State, political subdivision, or 


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1 tribal law requiring public disclosure of information 

2 or records. 

3 SEC. 4. ELECTRICITY INTERRUPTION INFORMATION. 

4 (a) INTERRUPTION COST ESTIMATE CALCULATOR.— 

5 The Secretary of Energy, in coordination with relevant 

6 Federal agencies and in consultation with State regulatory 

7 authorities, industry stakeholders, and the Electric Reli8 ability Organization, as the Secretary determines appro9 priate, shall update the Interruption Cost Estimate Calcu10 lator, as often as appropriate and feasible, but not less 

11 than once every 2 years. 

12 (b) INDICES.—The Secretary of Energy, in coordina13 tion with relevant Federal agencies and in consultation 

14 with State regulatory authorities, industry stakeholders, 

15 and the Electric Reliability Organization, as the Secretary 

16 determines appropriate, shall, as often as appropriate and 

17 feasible, update the following: 

18 (1) The System Average Interruption Duration 

19 Index. 

20 (2) The System Average Interruption Fre21 quency Index. 

22 (3) The Customer Average Interruption Dura23 tion Index. 

24 (c) SURVEY.—The Administrator of the Energy In25 formation Administration shall collect information on elecVerDate Sep 11 2014 03:59 Jul 20, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2931.RH H2931

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1 tricity interruption costs, if available, from a representa2 tive sample of owners of electric grid assets through a bi3 ennial survey. 

4 SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS. 

5 In the Act, the following definitions apply: 

6 (1) ELECTRIC RELIABILITY ORGANIZATION.— 

7 The term ‘‘Electric Reliability Organization’’ has the 

8 meaning given such term in section 215(a)(2) of the 

9 Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 824o(a)(2)). 

10 (2) ELECTRIC UTILITY.—The term ‘‘electric 

11 utility’’ has the meaning given such term in section 

12 3 of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 796). 

13 (3) STATE REGULATORY AUTHORITY.—The 

14 term ‘‘State regulatory authority’’ has the meaning 

15 given such term in section 3 of the Federal Power 

16 Act (16 U.S.C. 796). 


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Union Calendar No. 67 

117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2931 

[Report No. 117–93] 

A BILL 

To provide for certain programs and developments 

poses. threats to, the electric grid, and for other purbersecurity and vulnerabilities of, and physical in the Department of Energy concerning the cyJULY 20, 2021 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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