GRID Act of 2024
S. 4719118th Congress

GRID Act of 2024

Introduced in the SenateSen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV)12 sections · 1 min read
Version: Introduced in Senate · Jul 11, 2024

Section 1. Short title

This Act may be cited as the Guaranteeing Resilient Installations for Defense Act of 2024 or the GRID Act of 2024.

Section 2. Defense critical energy infrastructure security

Section 215A of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 824o–1) is amended—

(1) in subsection (a)—

(A) in paragraph (4), by striking of the 48 contiguous States or the District of Columbia and inserting State;

(B) by redesignating paragraph (8) as paragraph (9); and

(C) by inserting after paragraph (7) the following:

(8) Resilience

The term resilience has the meaning given the term in section 1304A(j) of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17384a(j)).

(2) in subsection (c), in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking the 48 contiguous States and the District of Columbia and inserting any State; and

(3) by adding at the end the following:

(g) Authority To address vulnerabilities

The Secretary may, to the extent that funds are made available for such purposes in advance in appropriations Acts, enter into contracts or cooperative agreements with external providers of energy—

(1) to improve the security and resilience of defense critical electric infrastructure; and

(2) to reduce the vulnerability of critical defense facilities designated under subsection (c) to the disruption of the supply of energy to those facilities.

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