3.0.0 4298 2023-01-11T13:26:48Z 2023-01-11T13:26:48Z House H HR 2014-03-26 113 From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. WAXMAN:H.R. 4298.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8[Page H2695]]]> hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif03 Energy, Climate and Grid Security Subcommittee Referred to 2014-03-28T18:26:22Z Referred to 2014-03-26T14:00:33Z Secure High-voltage Infrastructure for Electricity from Lethal Damage Act 113 2417 HR 2013-06-21 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power. Related bill CRS GRID Act 113 2158 S 2014-03-26 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Related bill CRS 2014-03-28 hsif03 Energy, Climate and Grid Security Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power. Committee 2014-03-26 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2014-03-26 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2014-03-26 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress W000215 Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-33] HENRY WAXMAN D CA A. 33 N Energy Administrative law and regulatory procedures Administrative remedies Atmospheric science and weather Canada Computer security and identity theft Congressional oversight Electric power generation and transmission Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Homeland security International organizations and cooperation Latin America Mexico Military facilities and property Natural disasters Energy 00 2014-03-26 Introduced in House 2014-06-05T16:36:04Z Grid Reliability and Infrastructure Defense Act or the GRID Act - Amends the Federal Power Act to authorize the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), with or without notice, hearing, or report, to issue orders for emergency measures to protect the reliability of either the bulk-power system or the defense critical electric infrastructure whenever the President issues a written directive or determination identifying an imminent grid security threat.

Requires either the President or the Secretary of Energy (DOE) to notify specified congressional committees promptly whenever the President issues such a directive.

Instructs FERC, to the extent practicable in light of the nature of the grid security threat and the urgency for emergency measures, to consult with certain governmental authorities, including in Canada and Mexico, regarding implementation of such emergency measures.

Prescribes: (1) implementation procedures; and (2) related cost recovery measures affecting owners, operators, or users of either the bulk-power system or the defense critical electric infrastructure.

Directs FERC to require any owner, user, or operator of the bulk-power system in the United States to implement measures necessary to protect the bulk-power system against specified vulnerabilities.

Directs FERC to order the Electric Reliability Organization (ERO) to submit reliability standards requiring owners or operators of large transformers to ensure their adequate availability to restore promptly the reliable operation of the bulk-power system in the event that any such transformer is destroyed or disabled as a result of a reasonably foreseeable physical or other attack or a geomagnetic storm event.

Directs the President to designate for FERC the domestic facilities that are: (1) critical to the national defense, and (2) vulnerable to an electric energy supply disruption.

Directs FERC to require an owner or operator of defense critical electric infrastructure to implement measures to protect it against any vulnerability that has not been adequately addressed.

Directs FERC, before promulgating a rule or issuing such order, to request and consider recommendations from the ERO.

Directs the Secretary to establish a program to develop technical expertise in the protection of systems for the generation, transmission, and distribution of electric energy against either geomagnetic storms or malicious acts using electronic communications or electromagnetic pulse.

Exempts the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) and the Bonneville Power Administration for 11 years from any requirement under this Act pertaining to emergency response measures or measures to address grid security vulnerabilities (except for a requirement addressing a malicious act using electronic communication).

]]> GRID Act Display Title GRID Act Official Title as Introduced To amend the Federal Power Act to protect the bulk-power system and electric infrastructure critical to the defense of the United States against cybersecurity, physical, and other threats and vulnerabilities. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced GRID Act Short Titles as Introduced Grid Reliability and Infrastructure Defense Act Introduced in House 2014-03-26T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113hr4298ih/xml/BILLS-113hr4298ih.xml 2014-03-28 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.