Amendments to Federal Power Act grant the DOE authority to order emergency protective actions by utilities, provide greater protections for Critical Energy Infrastructure Information, and exempt utilities from environmental fines when subject to emergency DOE orders.
The newly passed “highway bill,” the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act, amends the Federal Power Act to incorporate new energy security provisions. Those provisions aim to strengthen the federal government’s authority over electric grid emergency response, facilitate coordination among federal agencies on reliability issues, enhance the protocols for protecting and sharing Critical Energy Infrastructure Information (CEII), and exempt utilities from environmental penalties when operating subject to Department of Energy (DOE) emergency directives. For the full article click here
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