Legislation addressing energy-sector cyber vulnerabilities offered in House, Senate

Lawmakers introduced companion bills Thursday in the House and Senate to protect critical energy infrastructure, calling for a “pilot program” to identify cyber vulnerabilities and a national strategy to defend the energy grid.

The Securing Energy Infrastructure Act would establish a two-year program within the National Laboratories to identify cyber vulnerabilities in the energy sector, and to test technologies that could defend the grid against cyber attacks. The measure would require the Secretary of Energy to submit a report to...