What This Bill Does
This bill gives the Secretary of Energy the power to sign contracts and make agreements with electric energy companies. The goal is to strengthen defense-related electric power systems and reduce the risk that military facilities lose their electricity supply.
Who It Affects
The Secretary of Energy, companies that provide electric energy to the public, and critical defense facilities that depend on electricity.
Key Provisions
• The Secretary of Energy may enter into contracts or cooperative agreements (formal working partnerships) with electric energy providers to improve how well defense critical electric infrastructure can handle problems and disruptions. (Sec. 2(g)(1))
• The Secretary of Energy may enter into contracts or cooperative agreements with electric energy providers to reduce the risk that critical defense facilities lose their electric energy supply. (Sec. 2(g)(2))
• These contracts or agreements can only happen if money is set aside for them in advance through appropriations acts (laws that approve spending). (Sec. 2(g))
What Changes
The definition of "resilience" (the ability to recover from damage or disruption) becomes part of the law governing defense critical electric infrastructure. The law now applies to all states instead of only the 48 contiguous states and the District of Columbia.
Important Definitions
Resilience: Has the meaning given in another law, the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007. The specific meaning is not stated in this bill text.
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118TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION H. R. 1389
To provide the Secretary of Energy with the authority to enter into contracts
and cooperative agreements to improve the resilience of defense critical
electric infrastructure and reduce the vulnerability of critical defense
facilities to the disruption of the supply of electric energy to those
facilities.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 7, 2023
Mr. CROW (for himself, Mr. BACON, and Mr. PETERS) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
A BILL
To provide the Secretary of Energy with the authority to
enter into contracts and cooperative agreements to im-
prove the resilience of defense critical electric infrastruc-
ture and reduce the vulnerability of critical defense facili-
ties to the disruption of the supply of electric energy
to those facilities.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Guaranteeing Resilient
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Installations for Defense Act’’ or the ‘‘GRID Act’’.
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SEC. 2. DEFENSE CRITICAL ELECTRIC INFRASTRUCTURE
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SECURITY.
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Section 215A of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C.
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824o–1) is amended—
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(1) in subsection (a)—
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(A) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘of the
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48 contiguous States or the District of Colum-
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bia’’ and inserting ‘‘State’’;
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(B) by redesignating paragraph (8) as
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paragraph (9); and
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(C) by inserting after paragraph (7) the
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following:
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‘‘(8) RESILIENCE.—The term ‘resilience’ has
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the meaning given the term in section 1304A(j) of
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the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007
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(42 U.S.C. 17384a(j)).’’;
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(2) in subsection (c), in the matter preceding
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paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘the 48 contiguous States
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and the District of Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘any
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State’’; and
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(3) by adding at the end the following:
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‘‘(g) AUTHORITY TO ADDRESS VULNERABILITIES.—
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The Secretary may, to the extent that funds are made
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available for such purposes in advance in appropriations
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Acts, enter into contracts or cooperative agreements with
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external providers of electric energy—
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‘‘(1) to improve the resilience of defense critical
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electric infrastructure; and
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‘‘(2) to reduce the vulnerability of critical de-
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fense facilities designated under subsection (c) to the
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disruption of the supply of electric energy to those
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facilities.’’.
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