Energy Threat Analysis Center Act of 2026

What this does

The bill reauthorizes the Department of Energy's Energy Sector Operational Support for Cyberresilience Program and expands what it does. It amends Section 40125(c) of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. It extends the program's appropriations authorization from fiscal years 2022 through 2026 to fiscal years 2027 through 2031. It rewrites the program's purposes to add strengthening the collective defense, response, and resilience of the energy sector through government and industry collaboration on threat analysis. It lets the Secretary carry out any program activity through an Energy Threat Analysis Center, which may be established at one or more physical locations. It makes the provision of assistance or information a matter of the Secretary's sole and unreviewable discretion and states it creates no right or benefit for any other entity to similar assistance. It provides that the program is not an advisory committee under the Federal Advisory Committee Act. It exempts information shared under the program from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act and any State, Tribal, or local disclosure law. It also grants the Secretary authority to enter into contracts, cooperative agreements, grants, and other transactions to carry out the program, and to establish pre-approved national security contracting mechanisms and expedited review procedures for those transactions.