Senate bill would hand Energy Dept. emergency cyber powers

The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee next week will mark up a bipartisan bill giving the secretary of energy emergency cybersecurity powers and creating initiatives to secure the electric grid from cyber threats.

Senate Energy and Natural Resources Chairwoman Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and ranking member Maria Cantwell (D-WA) this week unveiled the Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2015, a comprehensive energy bill addressing electric grid modernization.

“Energy security is a major issue facing our country, just with a...