“America does not currently have the supply chain we require for true grid security,” Danielle Russo, executive director of the Center for Grid Security for SAFE, an energy and transportation security nonprofit, said in a statement. Analysis and recommendations from DOE “will be valuable in directing public policy toward strategies to secure our grid component supply chains.”
Minerals are critical energy inputs and are intensive to process, noted Abigail Hunter, executive director of SAFE’s Center for Critical Mineral Strategy.
Latta’s bill “will unearth supply chain vulnerabilities affecting our bulk power system and midstream challenges to process those minerals at home,” Hunter said. “Simultaneously securing inputs and infrastructure is the foundation for energy security and long-term industrial strength.”
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