A bill to improve the country’s response time to cyber attacks...
A bill to improve the country’s response time to cyber attacks on the electric grid was approved by the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee in a markup Thursday morning. The committee technically approved the GRID Act (HR-5026) by Rep.…
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Ed Markey, D-Mass., but agreed to an amendment that completely replaced the House bill’s text with that of the Senate’s American Clean Energy Leadership Act (S-1462), a broader energy bill that has been awaiting votes by the full Senate since last summer. As in the original Markey bill, the amended Senate bill would authorize the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to quickly address cybersecurity threats to the grid. The GRID Act passed the House in June (CD June 10 p13) , and was one of several bills flagged by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., for inclusion in comprehensive cybersecurity legislation. That broader bill is expected to surface after the August recess (CD July 28 p8) . Markey hopes to work with the Senate “on final language that reflects the best ideas in both the House and Senate bills,” he said in a statement Thursday. “The electric grid’s vulnerability to cyber and other attacks is one of the single greatest threats to our national security. I am encouraged to see legislation moving in the Senate and I am hopeful that the full chamber soon gives this critical issue the attention it deserves.”