Energy Threat Analysis Center Act of 2026
Sponsored By: Representative Castor, Kathy [D-FL-14]
In Committee
Summary
This bill would reorganize and extend the Department of Energy's energy resilience program and create an Energy Threat Analysis Center to bolden and coordinate efforts that strengthen energy sector defense and resilience against operational threats. It would expand classified and unclassified information sharing, add confidentiality and FOIA protections, and authorize faster contracting to deepen government-industry collaboration.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
4 provisions identified: 3 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
New Energy Threat Analysis Center
This bill would let the Secretary set up an Energy Threat Analysis Center at one or more physical locations. The center would share classified and unclassified information with governments and energy companies. It would analyze threats, issue mitigation recommendations, and build technical tools for advanced analytics and experiments. Federal, state, tribal, local governments and energy partners would be able to use its services.
Faster contracts and grants for partners
This bill would let the Secretary enter into contracts, cooperative agreements, grants, and other transactions with public agencies and private groups to run the program. It would allow pre-approved national security contracting mechanisms, model partnership agreements, and expedited review steps. This would make it easier for agencies, contractors, and small businesses to get work or funding under the program. No specific dollar amounts are set in this text.
Stronger privacy for shared threat data
This bill would treat information shared under the program as voluntarily shared and exempt it from public records laws, including FOIA. It would say the program is not an advisory committee under the Federal Advisory Committee Act. The Secretary would have discretionary, unreviewable authority over who gets assistance or information. This would give participants more privacy but would reduce public access to program details.
Program authorization extended to 2031
This bill would extend the program's authorized years from 2022–2026 to 2027–2031. That would keep the authority available to federal agencies, energy partners, and potential grant or contract recipients through 2031. The change is about timing only and does not set new funding amounts.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Castor, Kathy [D-FL-14]
FL • D
Cosponsors
Evans (CO)
CO • R
Sponsored 2/2/2026
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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