ETAP Act of 2025

Enhanced Energy Security: The program is intended to enhance situational awareness of threats to the security of the energy sector and identify mitigation measures for energy systems (Section 3(a)(2)-(4)).

Improved Emergency Response: The program will support response and restoration activities for the energy sector and periodically test the Department's emergency response capabilities (Section 3(a)(5)-(8)).

Increased Collaboration: The program fosters collaboration between government and industry to address shared energy sector security threats related to national security, public health, safety, and the economy (Section 3(c)(2)).

Information Sharing for Resilience: It facilitates the sharing of information regarding actual acute threat activity between government and industry to help ensure energy security and resilience (Section 3(c)(5)).

Lack of Reviewability for Assistance: The decision to provide assistance or information to governmental or private entities rests at the sole and unreviewable discretion of the Secretary (Section 3(e)(1)).

No Guarantee of Equal Treatment: Providing assistance or information to one entity does not create a right or benefit for any other governmental or private entity to receive similar assistance or information (Section 3(e)(2)).

Limited Transparency: Information shared under this act is exempt from disclosure under federal freedom of information laws or any state, tribal, or local open government, open meetings, or open records laws (Section 3(i)(2)).

Restricted Public Access to Information: Information shared by or with the Federal Government or state, tribal, or local governments will be withheld from the public without discretion (Section 3(i)(3)).