SECURE Grid Act
Sponsored By: Representative Latta
In Committee
Summary
Strengthening state planning for local grid security. This bill would make States add physical security, cybersecurity, and resilience for local distribution systems to their energy security plans and expand who must be considered in those plans.
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- States would face tougher planning and submission rules. Plans must identify hazards like weather, physical attacks, supply chain risks, and cyber threats and follow a risk mitigation approach for response, mitigation, and recovery.
- Local electric utilities and households would be covered more clearly. The bill defines local distribution systems as utility-owned infrastructure at 100 kilovolts or less and requires plans to address vulnerabilities that could cause outages or affect the bulk-power system.
- Equipment suppliers and supply chains would be pulled into security planning. Suppliers of generation, transmission, and distribution equipment must be considered, and the Government Accountability Office would assess plan effectiveness by September 30, 2030.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
Stricter state grid planning rules
If enacted, this bill would force States to add new hazards and resilience steps to their energy security plans. Plans would have to list physical, supply-chain, and cybersecurity risks, including weather and attacks on local distribution and bulk-power systems. Plans would need methods to respond to, mitigate, and recover from those hazards, and to identify equipment suppliers. States would have to submit a plan to be eligible under the program, and the Secretary would not have to approve it. The bill would replace a permissive duty with a required one and would make these rules expire on September 30, 2031.
More privacy for local grid data
If enacted, this bill would define a "local distribution system" as utility equipment at 100 kilovolts or less. It would expand the law so information about those local systems is protected from public disclosure. The change would take effect on enactment and would expire on September 30, 2031.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Latta
OH • R
Cosponsors
Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-7]
CA • D
Sponsored 1/27/2026
Balderson
OH • R
Sponsored 2/2/2026
Rep. James, John [R-MI-10]
MI • R
Sponsored 3/3/2026
Onder
MO • R
Sponsored 4/22/2026
Roll Call Votes
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