Overview[]
The Electricity Subsector Coordinating Council (ESCC) is
“ | the organization that aims to foster and facilitate the coordination of sector-wide, policy-related activities and initiatives designed to improve the reliability and resilience of the electricity subsector, including physical and cyber security infrastructure. The ESCC is another of the organizations with which the Secretary [of Energy] will consult, to the extent practicable, in issuing an emergency order. DOE considers the 'electricity subsector' to include commercial and industrial actors who generate and deliver electric power, along with the facilities those actors use to generate and deliver the power.[1] | ” |
According to the Electricity Subsector Coordinating Council's charter, the council's purpose includes coordinating activities and initiatives designed to improve the reliability and resilience of the electricity subsector, including the electricity grid, and serving as the principal liaison between the council's membership and the Energy Sector Government Coordinating Council.
Among other things, the Electricity Subsector Coordinating Council is meant to facilitate the identification and sharing of tools and technologies to improve electricity subsector security and resilience, and to collaborate with the federal government on coordinated government-industry preparedness and response planning for events of national significance. The council includes utility chief executive officers and trade association leaders representing all segments of the electric power industry. The council's charter calls for it to meet at least once each year.
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Source[]
- Electricity: Federal Efforts to Enhance Grid Resilience, at 11 & n.33.