Electric Supply Chain Act
Sponsored By: Senator Catherine Cortez Masto
Introduced
Summary
Requires regular federal assessments and congressional reports on the electricity generation and transmission supply chain. This bill would direct the Secretary of Energy to consult relevant stakeholders and produce periodic assessments and reports that identify trends, risks, vulnerabilities, workforce challenges, domestic manufacturing and critical‑material gaps, reliance on foreign entities of concern, and recommendations to secure and expand the supply chain.
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- Manufacturers and critical‑material processors would see federal analysis of barriers to expanding U.S. production and processing capacity and receive recommendations to address those barriers.
- Electric utilities, grid component makers, and other supply‑chain stakeholders would have trends, risks, and availability of components tracked to highlight vulnerabilities in generation and transmission.
- Congressional energy committees would get reports within 1 year and periodically after that with national security and energy security considerations and suggested policy responses.
- Workforce planners and training programs would receive information on workforce challenges affecting construction, manufacturing, and deployment of generation and transmission components.
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2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
Regular electricity supply-chain reports
If enacted, the Energy Secretary would study the generation and transmission supply chain and report to Congress. The first report would be due not later than 1 year after enactment, and then periodically afterward. Reports would list trends, risks, and vulnerabilities; workforce challenges; and national and energy security considerations. Each report would identify barriers to U.S. manufacturing and critical-materials processing, dependence on foreign entities of concern, and include recommendations to secure and expand the supply chain.
Definitions for electricity supply chain
If enacted, the bill would define who counts as a "relevant stakeholder." That list would include utilities, grid component makers, builders of generating facilities, cybersecurity experts, the Electric Reliability Organization, and ratepayer advocates. The bill would also define the "generation and transmission supply chain" to include parts, the manufacturing capacity and workforce that make them, and the critical materials and processing used to produce them. These definitions would guide who the Energy Secretary must consult when doing the supply-chain assessments and reports.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Catherine Cortez Masto
NV • D
Cosponsors
Jerry Moran
KS • R
Sponsored 12/16/2025
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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