To provide the Secretary of Energy with the authority to enter into contracts and cooperative agreements to improve the security and resilience of defense critical electric infrastructure and reduce the vulnerability of critical defense facilities to the disruption of the supply of energy to those facilities, and for other purposes.
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Latest Action · July 11, 2024
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
The GRID Act of 2024 authorizes the Secretary of Energy to enter into contracts and cooperative agreements with energy providers to strengthen the security and resilience of electric infrastructure that supports military and defense facilities. The legislation expands the definition of "defense critical electric infrastructure" to include all states, not just the contiguous 48 states and Washington D.C., and adds "resilience" as a key term in the law's framework. The bill aims to reduce the vulnerability of designated critical defense facilities to energy supply disruptions by improving both the security and resilience of the power systems that serve them. Implementation depends on Congress appropriating funds specifically for these purposes through future budget legislation, meaning there is no dedicated funding level or timeline specified in the bill itself. This bill essentially gives the federal government more tools and flexibility to work with private energy companies to protect military installations from power outages and energy-related threats.
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