Bill lets power firms and government share secret threat data.

What it does

The bill sets up an Energy Threat Analysis Center. The Department of Energy and power firms can share secret and non-secret data about threats to power systems. The center will look at weak spots and plan defenses. The bill keeps this shared data secret from the public. The Secretary of Energy picks which firms get help with no need to explain.

Who it affects

Power firms and utilities get stronger protection against computer attacks. People who use electricity get safer power systems. Citizens see less data about how the government shares secrets with private firms.

One thing to notice

The Secretary of Energy can pick which power firms get help with no way to appeal the choice. Data shared between the government and firms stays hidden from the public.

From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.

Where it stands

1 cosponsor: 1 Republicans.

• Feb 2, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
• Feb 2, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce and Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources · Congress.gov: “Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy”
• Feb 4, 2026 — Markup held in committee · Congress.gov: “Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held”
• May 12, 2026 — Reported out of committee · Congress.gov: “Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 563”
• Jun 29, 2026 — Passed the House · Congress.gov: “On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4300-4301)”
• Jun 29, 2026 — Floor vote scheduled · Congress.gov: “Mr. Guthrie moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended”

Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.

Money around this bill

11 groups reported lobbying about this bill. They filed 13 reports from Mar 2026 to Jun 2026.

Those reports show $43,888,610 in lobbying spending. Each report lists about 66 bills. So that money was not all for this bill.

More groups named this bill than 92% of bills with any report.

Kathy Castor, who sponsored the bill, received $1,112,531 from PACs for the 2026 election.

• Chamber of Commerce of the U.S.A. — $36,700,000 in 2 reports
• Edison Electric Institute — $4,248,610 in 2 reports
• National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (nreca) — $980,000 in 1 report
• American Electric Power Company, Inc. and Affiliated Corporations — $380,000 in 1 report
• Xcel Energy Inc — $370,000 in 1 report

Lobbying is legal. These reports show who lobbied about this bill, not what changed.

Words to know

• Secretary of Energy — The official who leads the Department of Energy.
• threat — A danger or attack that could harm power systems.
• lobbying — Trying to influence lawmakers about a bill. Companies and groups pay people to do this.
• PACs — Groups that collect money and give it to candidates for office.
• sponsored — To sponsor a bill is to introduce it in Congress and put your name on it.