Section 1 Natural Disaster Grid Mitigation Map
Establishment— The Secretary shall establish and maintain a Natural Disaster Grid Mitigation Map that identifies critical electric grid infrastructure in each State that is vulnerable to natural disasters.
Report—
In general— Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall develop a report that—
analyzes how vulnerable critical electric grid infrastructure in each State is to natural disasters; and
identifies parts of such critical electric grid infrastructure that are high risk for energy disruptions caused by natural disasters.
Availability— The Secretary shall make the report developed under paragraph (1) available to other relevant Federal agencies to consider when funding disaster mitigation and resiliency efforts.
Definitions— In this section:
Critical electric grid infrastructure— The term critical electric grid infrastructure includes transmission lines of 66 kilovolt-amperes and above and other infrastructure, as determined by the Secretary.
Natural disaster— The term natural disaster means a wildfire, hurricane, tornado, extreme temperature, storm, flood, earthquake, volcanic eruption, or other natural occurrence of such magnitude or severity so as to be considered disastrous, as determined by the Secretary.
Secretary— The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Energy.
State— The term State means each of the several States, the District of Columbia, any territory or possession of the United States, and any federally recognized Indian Tribe.