Here shortly, and obvious knows that 7. 9 magnitude earthquake hit off of the coast of alaska and the Pacific Northwest with tsunami warnings for activities that were expect and warnings for the tsunami waves were recalled but i am sure that the sen or the is dealing with items related to and that other h issues. I want to thank the chairman mr. Mcintyre and mr. Walker for being here, and many of the staffs that are going to be hearing that we are back in operation. So we look forward to hearing about the sun jek the subjec reliability. And last year we looked at the reliability of the electric grid in light of the mixing fuel change. We have carefully distinguished on the issues of new items to have renewable renewals and also frequent response and also to adopt resilient metrics that needed to be developed. Fortunately when the secretary perry filed the report as a proposal to furk, i was more alarmed. It was the conclusion of the departments own staff, and it was a transparent attem
Than we hoped to get you in this role, were glad to have you at the helm. We look forward to helping you get a full complement of folks there at the Budget Department as well. The budget approach takes a different approach this year than weve seen in the past. This is portion of the department that falls outside the scope of our committee here. The administration has also requested robust fund frg the cleanup of Nuclear Waste left behind by our countrys cold war legacy. The budget request proposes deep cuts to research and development for energy and science. It also proposes to phaseout innovative programs that have had demonstrated success. I understand what drove this proposal, but im also concerned by certain parts of it. The United States is the world leader in science and energy. We like it that way. We want to keep it that way. And at the core of that is the work done at our National Labs and universities by the men and women who dedicate their careers to further science. Members
Than we hoped to get you in this role, were glad to have you at the helm. We look forward to helping you get a full complement of folks there at the Budget Department as well. The budget approach takes a different approach this year than weve seen in the past. This is portion of the department that falls outside the scope of our committee here. The administration has also requested robust fund frg the cleanup of Nuclear Waste left behind by our countrys cold war legacy. The budget request proposes deep cuts to research and development for energy and science. It also proposes to phaseout innovative programs that have had demonstrated success. I understand what drove this proposal, but im also concerned by certain parts of it. The United States is the world leader in science and energy. We like it that way. We want to keep it that way. And at the core of that is the work done at our National Labs and universities by the men and women who dedicate their careers to further science. Members
For the upcoming fiscal year, a testimony from the secretary, jennifer granholm, live coverage here on cspan3. The chair will recognize himself for a fiveminute Opening Statement. Welcome to the hearing to review the department of Energy Performance and fulfillment of the statutory responsibilities and to examine the departments fiscal year 2025 budget request to congress. Welcome back to the committee, secretary granholm. The department of energy has National Security responsibilities to protect Energy Security and oversee the Nations Nuclear weapons program. They conduct an overseas taxpayerfunded research and development, providing loans and grants to help commercialize energyrelated technologies. These hearings are essential to ensure that the department is taking to its core mission and is a responsible steward of taxpayer resources. These hearings are essential. Members will also have an opportunity to examine the department of energys expanded budget request as this year they ar
Committee will come to order. Today were holding a hearing to discuss a timely topic. Theres been numerous hearings on Cyber Security and how to stop the bad guys. Whats not been discussed in great detail is what the consequence will be from a massive cyber attack that brings down for example a large portion of the electrical grid for an amount of time. The purpose is to answer an important question. With respect to suber threats to the electrical power system, what consequences should the federal government tell states and local governments to prepare for . In other words, for how many people and for how long should states plan on being without power . The federal government does this now for every significant hazard that we face. Whether its a category five hurricane hitting miami or an 8. 0 earthquake in los angeles. The federal government has realist scenarios for states and cities to plan. The federal government does not have this basic planning scenario for a cyber threat to the