H.R. 7305 · Passed House · Energy

Energy Threat Analysis Center Act of 2026

Sponsor: Kathy Castor (D-FL)

What it does

• Reauthorizes the Energy Sector Operational Support for Cyber Resilience Program through FY2031.
• Expands program objectives to include collaboration on energy-system threats, national security risks, and adversary tactics affecting the energy sector.
• Allows the Department of Energy to establish an Energy Threat Analysis Center at one or more physical locations.
• Eliminates technical assistance to small electric utilities under the program.
• Grants the Secretary of Energy sole discretion to provide assistance or information to governmental or private entities, with decisions unreviewable.

Official summary

Energy Threat Analysis Center Act of 2026 This bill reauthorizes through FY2031 and expands the pilot Energy Sector Operational Support for Cyber Resilience Program of the Department of Energy (DOE). The program aims to protect energy infrastructure through collaboration between the federal government and the energy sector and enhancing DOE’s emergency response capabilities. Specifically, the bill expands the program objectives to include enhancing collaboration between the government and the energy sector to address threats to energy systems, advancing the collective understanding of national security risks and vulnerabilities associated with the energy sector that may be exploited by adversaries, and helping the energy sector increase its understanding of tactics of adversaries that present risks to the energy sector. The bill allows DOE to establish an Energy Threat Analysis Center at one or more physical locations for program activities. The bill also eliminates technical assistance provided under the program to small electric utilities. Under the bill, the decision to provide assistance or information under the program to a governmental or private entity is at the sole…

Latest action

Jul 13, 2026: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Committee: Senate Energy and Natural Resources