21st Century Power Grid Act

Summary

21st Century Power Grid Act This bill requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to establish a program to provide financial assistance for projects designed to improve the resiliency, performance, or efficiency of the electric grid, while ensuring the provision of safe, secure, reliable, and affordable power. The projects must demonstrate (1) secure integration and management of energy resources, or (2) secure integration and interoperability of communications and information technologies related to the electric grid. Each project must include the development of a cybersecurity plan and a privacy effects analysis that evaluates the project in accordance with DOE's Voluntary Code of Conduct, commonly known as the DataGuard Energy Data Privacy Program. The projects may be designed to deploy a new product or technology that could be used by customers of an electric utility.

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Timeline

1. 19 December 2019

   Introduced

   Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 19 December 2019

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 19 December 2019

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 20 December 2019

   Referred

   Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.

   Source: Committee

5. 9 January 2020

   Committee

   Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .

   Source: Committee

6. 9 January 2020

   Committee

   Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

   Source: Committee

Votes

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Versions

• Introduced in House · 19 December 2019 · Official file

Documents

3 official files

• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 19 December 2019

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• Introduced in House (PDF)

  Introduced in House · EN · 19 December 2019

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 19 December 2019

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Sponsors

• John Sarbanes · D · Sponsor
• Jerry McNerney · D · Sponsor
• Joseph Kennedy · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Veasey, Marc A. [D-TX-33] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE] · D · Cosponsor
• · hsif00 · Standing

Related records

• related to → Leading Infrastructure for Tomorrow’s America Act
• related to → Moving Forward Act
• related to ← Clean Energy Innovation and Deployment Act of 2020