
The House on Tuesday unanimously passed by voice vote three bipartisan bills aimed at strengthening the cyber security of the nation’s electric grid and energy infrastructure, including creating a new assistant secretary position within the Department of Energy focused on energy emergency and cyber security. “Right now, our aging electric grid is uniquely vulnerable to cyber-attack, putting our communities at risk of being disconnected by bad actors or foreign governments seeking to sow chaos,” Rep. Frank Pallone (D-N.J.), chairman of…