Rep. Bob Latta, from Ohio’s 5th Congressional District, introduced the SECURE Grid Act which would require states to find the shortcomings and risks to their power needs.
HANCOCK COUNTY, OHIO (WLIO)- An Ohio Congressman has introduced a new bill that would help protect the electric grid from weather damage and physical and cyber attacks.
The act would require states to submit a State Energy Security Plan every year to get federal funding to improve security and resilience.
Rep. Bob Latta, from Ohio’s 5th Congressional District, introduced the SECURE Grid Act, which would require states to find the shortcomings and risks to their power needs. The act would require states to submit a State Energy Security Plan every year to get federal funding to improve security and resilience. Latta says the United States needs more power and protecting and improving the current grid to defend against not only weather-related outages but also cyberattacks.
Latta says the United States needs more power and protecting and improving the current grid to defend against not only weather-related outages but also cyberattacks.
“We have had 3 attacks on substations in this country in the last several years. When major attack was down in North Carolina, it took out 43,000 people from having power for about 4 days. The utilities companies are spending a lot of money, not just on their cyber end, but how do you harden the grid that you know it today that we can make sure that the power keeps flowing,” says Rep. Bob Latta, (R) Ohio’s 5th district congressman.
If passed, the SERCURE Grid Act will also require states to see what technologies are in place to redistribute power needs during threats and high peak needs.
If passed, the SECURE Grid Act will also require states to see what technologies are in place to redistribute power needs during threats and high peak needs.
