Summary

Requires State energy security plans to explicitly define and address vulnerabilities in local electric distribution systems (utility-owned lines at 100 kV or less) and to add weather, supply-chain, physical-attack, and cybersecurity threats to the hazards those plans must cover. States must include methods for responding to, mitigating, and recovering from those hazards and coordinate with equipment suppliers; submitting an updated plan becomes a required step for eligibility but the Secretary is not required to approve the submission.

• Adds a definition for "local distribution system" (utility-owned lines at ≤100 kV) to State energy security planning law.
• Requires State energy security plans to explicitly address local distribution system vulnerabilities.
• Expands required hazard coverage to include weather-related threats, physical attacks, and supply-chain risks in addition to cybersecurity threats.
• Requires plans to include response, mitigation, and recovery methods for the listed hazards.
• Directs States to coordinate planning with entities that supply generation and transmission equipment.
• Makes submission of the updated plan a required step for eligibility, while clarifying the Secretary need not approve submissions.
• The change focuses on planning and coordination; it does not itself provide or appropriate new funding.
• Applies to State energy offices, utilities, equipment suppliers, and communities served by distribution systems.