Wildfire Grid Resiliency Act

Wildfire Grid Resiliency Act

This bill requires the Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response of the Department of Energy (DOE) to carry out a Resilience Accelerator Demonstration Program. Under the program, the office must make awards to DOE's National Laboratories for projects that demonstrate innovative technologies to improve the electric grid's resilience to wildfires.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6012 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6012

To direct the Secretary of Energy to carry out a demonstration program 
  for projects that improve electric grid resilience with respect to 
                   wildfires, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 17, 2021

  Mrs. Torres of California introduced the following bill; which was 
      referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology

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                                 A BILL


 
To direct the Secretary of Energy to carry out a demonstration program 
  for projects that improve electric grid resilience with respect to 
                   wildfires, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Wildfire Grid Resiliency Act''.

SEC. 2. RESILIENCE ACCELERATOR DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Energy, acting through the 
Assistant Secretary of the Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, 
and Emergency Response of the Department of Energy, shall carry out a 
demonstration program, to be known as the ``Resilience Accelerator 
Demonstration Program'' (in this section referred to as the 
``Program''), to make awards to National Laboratories for projects that 
demonstrate innovative technologies to improve electric grid resilience 
with respect to wildfires.
    (b) Eligible Projects.--The Secretary of Energy may make an award 
under the Program to facilitate a project that demonstrates an 
innovative technology to improve electric grid resilience with respect 
to wildfires, including--
            (1) a project that demonstrates an innovative technology 
        for monitoring vegetation management; and
            (2) a project that demonstrates an innovative technology to 
        enhance the safety of first responders who respond to electric 
        grid emergencies.
    (c) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) National laboratory.--The term ``National Laboratory'' 
        has the meaning given such term in section 2 of the Energy 
        Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15801).
            (2) Resilience.--The term ``resilience'' has the meaning 
        given such term in section 1304A of the Energy Independence and 
        Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17384a).
    (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out the Program $10,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2022 through 2025.
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