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119-s-4166119th CongressWALLET

SECURE Grid Act

Sponsored By: Senator Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]

In Committee

Summary

Protecting local electricity distribution systems. This bill would require States to fold low- and medium-voltage distribution assets into their energy security plans and to address supply-chain and cyber risks to those systems.

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  • States would have to plan for local distribution systems defined as utility-owned infrastructure at or below 100 kilovolts and include risk mitigation, response, and recovery steps.
  • Electric utilities and suppliers of generation, transmission, and distribution equipment would be explicitly covered by planning requirements and by expanded hazard lists that include weather, physical attacks, and supply-chain vulnerabilities.
  • Federal roles would change: the Secretary of Energy would have required duties rather than optional ones, submissions would be mandatory though not subject to Secretary approval, the Government Accountability Office would report by Sept 30, 2030 on plan effectiveness and federal assistance use, and the section would sunset on Sept 30, 2031.

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States must plan for local grid security

If enacted, States would have to add local distribution system security to their State energy security plans. Local distribution systems would mean utility equipment at 100 kilovolts or less. Plans would have to identify weather, physical attack, supply-chain, and cybersecurity hazards, and include suppliers of equipment as well as owners and operators. Plans would also have to provide a risk mitigation approach for responding, mitigating, and recovering from those hazards. States would need to submit the required documents to be eligible under this section, and submission would not need the Secretary's approval. The Secretary of Energy would be required to carry out duties under this section. This section would expire on September 30, 2031.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]

NV • D

Cosponsors

  • Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]

    AK • R

    Sponsored 3/24/2026

  • Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]

    NH • D

    Sponsored 3/24/2026

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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