SECURE Grid Act
Sponsored By: Senator Catherine Cortez Masto
Introduced
Summary
This bill would strengthen the security and resilience of local electricity distribution systems. It would require States to fold local distribution systems and electrical equipment supply chain risks into their energy security plans, set risk assessment and recovery requirements, define "local distribution system" as utility infrastructure at 100 kilovolts or less, and add GAO oversight with a statutory sunset on the new section through September 30, 2031.
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- States would have to include local distribution systems and equipment suppliers in their energy security plans and carry out risk assessments, mitigation, and recovery planning.
- Electric utilities that own or operate distribution facilities at 100 kilovolts or less would be explicitly covered by those State plans through the bill's formal definition of "local distribution system".
- Suppliers of generation, transmission, and distribution equipment would be treated as part of the supply chain risks States must assess. The bill would require a Government Accountability Office report due September 30, 2030 and it would shift Secretary-level oversight from discretionary to required actions.
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Stronger state plans for the power grid
If enacted, States would have to add local distribution systems to their energy security plans. Local distribution system would mean utility-owned power lines and equipment at 100 kilovolts or less. Plans would have to assess physical attacks, weather hazards, supply-chain risks, and cybersecurity, and include ways to respond, mitigate, and recover. A State would have to submit a plan to be eligible, but the Secretary would not have to approve it. The bill would change a previously discretionary federal action into a required one and the changes would expire on September 30, 2031.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Catherine Cortez Masto
NV • D
Cosponsors
Lisa Murkowski
AK • R
Sponsored 3/24/2026
Jeanne Shaheen
NH • D
Sponsored 3/24/2026
Roll Call Votes
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