SCR 2 — Urge investment into security, reliability of electric grid

As(Senate AdoptedConcurrent byResolution Number 2) ACONCURRENT RESOLUTION Urging Ohio electric utility stakeholders, the SenateGovernor, 136thand Generalthe AssemblyCongress Regularof Sessionthe S.United States to invest resources into the security, reliability, and resiliency of the state and national interconnected electric grids against natural and man-made threats.

Be it resolved by the Senate of the State of Ohio (The House of Representatives concurring):

WHEREAS, The nation's electric grid is critical infrastructure that every citizen relies on each day;

and WHEREAS, The reliability and resiliency of the electric grid remains a paramount necessity;

and WHEREAS, The electrical grid is vulnerable to threats from both natural occurrences and man- made threats;

and WHEREAS, There have been recommendations from the GovernmentAccountability Office and some proposed via federal Executive Order regarding electric grid security;

and WHEREAS, No action has been taken to implement any of these recommendations;

and WHEREAS, There exists legislation, such as New Jersey's "Microgrid Pilot ProgramAct" to address concerns surrounding electric grid diversification and security;

now therefore be it RESOLVED, That we, the members of the 136th GeneralAssembly of the State of Ohio, urge the Governor and the Congress of the United States take seriously the threat posed to the state's and nation's electrical grids by investing resources to increase grid diversification and site security;

and be it further RESOLVED, That we, the members of the 136th GeneralAssembly of the State of Ohio, must consider adopting legislation such as the "Microgrid Pilot ProgramAct" for our state's electric grid to be diverse and secure;

and be it further RESOLVED, That the Clerk of the Senate transmit duly authenticated copies of this resolution to the Governor, the President Pro Tempore and Secretary of the United States Senate, the Speaker and Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, the Commissioners of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, the Director of the Department of Development, the Director of the Department of Education and Workforce, and representatives from Duke Energy Corporation,American Electric Power Company, Inc.,AES Corporation, and First Energy Corporation.

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2 2025-2026136th SenatorG.A. Johnson Cosponsors:

SenatorsSpeaker Blackshear,__________________ Brenner, Chavez, Cirino, Craig, Cutrona, Gavarone, Hicks-Hudson, Ingram, Landis, Lang, Liston, O'Brien, Patton, Reineke, Reynolds, Roegner, Romanchuk, Schaffer, Timken, Weinstein, Wilkin, Wilson A C O N C U R R E N T R E S O L U T I O N Urging Ohio electric utility stakeholders, the Governor, 1 and the Congress of the UnitedHouse States to invest 2 resources into the security, reliability, and 3 resiliency of theRepresentatives. state and national interconnected 4 electric grids against natural and man-made threats.

5President BE__________________ ITof RESOLVEDthe BYSenate. THE SENATE OF THE STATE OF OHIO (THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING):

WHEREAS,Adopted The_____________________, nation's20____ electric grid is critical 6 infrastructure that every citizen relies on each day;

and 7 WHEREAS, The reliability and resiliency of the electric 8 grid remains a paramount necessity;

and 9 WHEREAS, The electrical grid is vulnerable to threats from 10 both natural occurrences and man-made threats;

and 11 WHEREAS, There have been recommendations from the 12 Government Accountability Office and some proposed via federal 13 Executive Order regarding electric grid security;

and 14 WHEREAS, No action has been taken to implement any of these 15 recommendations;

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2 Page 2 As Adopted by the Senate WHEREAS, There exists legislation, such as New Jersey's 17 "Microgrid Pilot Program Act" to address concerns surrounding 18 electric grid diversification and security;

now therefore be it 19 RESOLVED, That we, the members of the 136th General 20 Assembly of the State of Ohio, urge the Governor and the 21 Congress of the United States take seriously the threat posed to 22 the state's and nation's electrical grids by investing resources 23 to increase grid diversification and site security;

and be it 24 further 25 RESOLVED, That we, the members of the 136th General 26 Assembly of the State of Ohio, must consider adopting 27 legislation such as the "Microgrid Pilot Program Act" for our 28 state's electric grid to be diverse and secure;

and be it 29 further 30 RESOLVED, That the Clerk of the Senate transmit duly 31 authenticated copies of this resolution to the Governor, the 32 President Pro Tempore and Secretary of the United States Senate, 33 the Speaker and Clerk of the United States House of 34 Representatives, the Commissioners of the Public Utilities 35 Commission of Ohio, the Director of the Department of 36 Development, the Director of the Department of Education and 37 Workforce, and representatives from Duke Energy Corporation, 38 American Electric Power Company, Inc., AES Corporation, and 39 First Energy Corporation.

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