To direct the Secretary of Energy to establish a Natural Disaster Grid Mitigation Map that identifies critical electric grid infrastructure that is vulnerable to natural disasters, and for other purposes.

This bill requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to develop and maintain a map of critical electric grid infrastructure that is vulnerable to natural disasters. DOE must also annually report on grid vulnerabilities and risks of energy disruptions due to natural disasters.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8312 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8312

To direct the Secretary of Energy to establish a Natural Disaster Grid 
 Mitigation Map that identifies critical electric grid infrastructure 
    that is vulnerable to natural disasters, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              July 7, 2022

Mr. O'Halleran introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To direct the Secretary of Energy to establish a Natural Disaster Grid 
 Mitigation Map that identifies critical electric grid infrastructure 
    that is vulnerable to natural disasters, 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. NATURAL DISASTER GRID MITIGATION MAP.

    (a) Establishment.--The Secretary shall establish and maintain a 
Natural Disaster Grid Mitigation Map that identifies critical electric 
grid infrastructure in each State that is vulnerable to natural 
disasters.
    (b) Report.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
        enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary 
        shall develop a report that--
                    (A) analyzes how vulnerable critical electric grid 
                infrastructure in each State is to natural disasters; 
                and
                    (B) identifies parts of such critical electric grid 
                infrastructure that are high risk for energy 
                disruptions caused by natural disasters.
            (2) Availability.--The Secretary shall make the report 
        developed under paragraph (1) available to other relevant 
        Federal agencies to consider when funding disaster mitigation 
        and resiliency efforts.
    (c) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Critical electric grid infrastructure.--The term 
        ``critical electric grid infrastructure'' includes transmission 
        lines of 66 kilovolt-amperes and above and other 
        infrastructure, as determined by the Secretary.
            (2) Natural disaster.--The term ``natural disaster'' means 
        a wildfire, hurricane, tornado, extreme temperature, storm, 
        flood, earthquake, volcanic eruption, or other natural 
        occurrence of such magnitude or severity so as to be considered 
        disastrous, as determined by the Secretary.
            (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of Energy.
            (4) State.--The term ``State'' means each of the several 
        States, the District of Columbia, any territory or possession 
        of the United States, and any federally recognized Indian 
        Tribe.
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