‘‘(3) develop a strategy to accelerate efforts to 
bring modified defense industry cybersecurity tools 
to the civilian market; and 
‘‘(4) carry out other activities the Secretary of 
Homeland Security considers appropriate to meet 
the goals of this subsection. 
‘‘SEC. 1311. GRID RESILIENCE AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 
the enactment of the Grid Security Research and Develop-
ment Act, the Secretary shall establish a research, devel-
opment, and demonstration program to enhance resilience 
and strengthen emergency response and management per-
taining to the energy sector. 
‘‘(b) GRANTS.—The Secretary shall award grants to 
eligible entities under subsection (c) on a competitive basis 
to conduct research and development with the purpose of 
improving the resilience and reliability of electric grid by— 
‘‘(1) developing methods to improve community 
and governmental preparation for and emergency re-
sponse to large-area, long-duration electricity inter-
ruptions, including through the use of energy effi-
ciency, storage, and distributed generation tech-
nologies; 
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‘‘(2) developing tools to help utilities and com-
munities ensure the continuous delivery of electricity 
to critical facilities; 
‘‘(3) developing tools to improve coordination 
between utilities and relevant Federal agencies to 
enable communication, information-sharing, and sit-
uational awareness in the event of a physical or 
cyber-attack on the electric grid; 
‘‘(4) developing technologies and capabilities to 
withstand and address the current and projected im-
pact of the changing climate on energy sector infra-
structure, including extreme weather events and 
other natural disasters; 
‘‘(5) developing technologies capable of early 
detection of deteriorating electrical equipment on the 
transmission and distribution grid, including detec-
tion of spark ignition causing wildfires and risks of 
vegetation contact; and 
‘‘(6) assessing upgrades and additions needed 
to energy sector infrastructure due to projected 
changes in the energy generation mix and energy de-
mand. 
‘‘(c) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—The entities eligible to re-
ceive grants under this section include— 
‘‘(1) an institution of higher education; 
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‘‘(2) a nonprofit organization; 
‘‘(3) a National Laboratory; 
‘‘(4) a unit of State, local, or tribal government; 
‘‘(5) an electric utility or electric cooperative; 
‘‘(6) a retail service provider of electricity; 
‘‘(7) a private commercial entity; 
‘‘(8) a partnership or consortium of 2 or more 
entities described in subparagraphs (1) through (7); 
and 
‘‘(9) any other entities the Secretary deems ap-
propriate. 
‘‘(d) RELEVANT ACTIVITIES.—Grants awarded under 
subsection (b) shall include funding for research and de-
velopment activities related to the purpose described in 
subsection (b), such as— 
‘‘(1) development of technologies to use distrib-
uted energy resources, such as solar photovoltaics, 
energy storage systems, electric vehicles, and 
microgrids, to improve grid and critical end-user re-
silience; 
‘‘(2) analysis of non-technical barriers to great-
er integration and use of technologies on the dis-
tribution grid; 
‘‘(3) analysis of past large-area, long-duration 
electricity interruptions to identify common elements 
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and best practices for electricity restoration, mitiga-
tion, and prevention of future disruptions; 
‘‘(4) development of advanced monitoring, ana-
lytics, operation, and controls of electricity grid sys-
tems to improve electric grid resilience; 
‘‘(5) analysis of technologies, methods, and con-
cepts that can improve community resilience and 
survivability of frequent or long-duration power out-
ages; 
‘‘(6) development of methodologies to maintain 
cybersecurity during restoration of energy sector in-
frastructure and operation; 
‘‘(7) development of advanced power flow con-
trol systems and components to improve electric grid 
resilience; and 
‘‘(8) any other relevant activities determined by 
the Secretary. 
‘‘(e) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall provide 
technical assistance to eligible entities for the com-
mercial application of technologies to improve the re-
silience of the electric grid and commercial applica-
tion of technologies to help entities develop plans for 
preventing and recovering from various power out-
age scenarios at the local, regional, and State level. 
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‘‘(2) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.—The 
commercial application technical assistance program 
established in paragraph (1) shall include assistance 
to eligible entities for— 
‘‘(A) the commercial application of tech-
nologies developed from the grant program es-
tablished in subsection (b), including coopera-
tive utilities and utilities owned by a political 
subdivision of a State, such as municipally 
owned electric utilities; 
‘‘(B) the development of methods to 
strengthen or otherwise mitigate adverse im-
pacts on electric grid infrastructure against 
natural hazards; 
‘‘(C) the use of Department data and mod-
eling tools for various purposes; and 
‘‘(D) a resource assessment and analysis of 
future demand and distribution requirements, 
including development of advanced grid archi-
tectures and risk analysis. 
‘‘(3) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—The entities eligible 
to receive technical assistance for commercial appli-
cation of technologies under this section include— 
‘‘(A) representatives of all sectors of the 
electric power industry, including electric utili-
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