YourVoice.Now Summary
Average Household ImpactTransparency & AccountabilityStates would have to plan for physical and cyber threats to neighborhood power lines, not just the big transmission grid.
Average Household Impact
- Grid resilience planning — Plans must cover threats to the lines serving neighborhoods
Transparency & Accountability
- GAO review — Comptroller General must report by 2030 on whether state plans work
- Program sunset — Section expires September 30, 2031
- Federal approval of state plans — Secretary sign-off no longer required for submissions
- Public disclosure — Local distribution system details shielded from release
The details
States would have to plan for threats to local power lines, not just the big transmission grid. Local systems here means utility equipment running at 100 kilovolts or less. Those are the wires that actually reach neighborhoods. State energy security plans would need to cover weather damage, physical attacks, and cyber threats. Plans would also have to address supply chain risks for grid equipment. States would have to consult equipment makers, not only utilities. Energy Department technical help for states would become mandatory rather than optional. States would not need federal approval of their plans. Details about local distribution systems would be shielded from public release. The whole section would expire on September 30, 2031. The Government Accountability Office would report by September 2030 on whether these plans actually work.
Congressional Summary
Securing Community Upgrades for a Resilient Grid Act or the SECURE Grid ActThis bill extends through FY2031 and modifies requirements for state energy security plans. Under current law, states are required to submit to the Department of Energy (DOE) state energy security plans that meet certain requirements in order to be eligible to receive federal financial assistance for state energy conservation programs. The bill specifies that DOE is not required to approve the plans. The bill requires DOE to provide information, technical assistance, and other assistance in the development, implementation, or revision of a state energy security plan upon the request of a state.The bill also requires states to address additional factors in their energy security plans, such as (1) weather-related threats and vulnerabilities; (2) supply chain risks for equipment for the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity; and (3) the security of local distribution systems and the bulk-power system. A local distribution system is energy infrastructure owned and operated by an electric utility at a voltage of 100 kilovolts or less.In addition, the bill directs the Government Accountability Office to report to Congress on the efficacy of state energy security plans.
Details
- Congress
- 119th
- Chamber
- Senate
- Status
- summarized
- Action
- Introduced in Senate
- Action Date
- 2026-03-24
- Date Added
- 2026-07-24
- Source
- Congress.gov →
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