Bipartisan House resolution calls for 'cyber-secure' advanced grid technologies

Two members of Congress Thursday introduced a House resolution calling for the promotion of tools to increase electric grid data security, physical security, and cybersecurity awareness and protection as the grid is modernized.

Reps. Jerry McNerney (D-CA) and Bob Latta (R-OH) introduced the resolution “Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding grid modernization,” which calls for “the leadership of the United States in basic and applied sciences to develop a systems approach to innovation and development of...