Electricity Advisory Committee

The EAC provides advice and recommendations to the Assistant Secretary for Electricity (OE) on DOE’s programs related to modernizing the Nation’s electric power system. 

The activities of the Committee include: 

1. Advise DOE on current and future electric grid resilience, security, reliability, sector interdependence, and policy issues of concern; 
2. Periodically review and make recommendations on DOE electric grid-related programs and initiatives, including electricity-related R&D programs and modeling efforts; 
3. Identify emerging issues related to production, delivery, end-use, reliability, security, resilience, modeling and electric utility regulation, and make recommendations, if appropriate, concerning DOE policy and initiatives; 
4. Make recommendations on how DOE can address the growing interdependence of and risk to critical and defense critical electric infrastructure and other critical sectors such as defense, communications, and transportation;  
5. Advise on coordination between DOE, state, tribal, territorial, and regional officials and the private sector on matters affecting production, delivery, end-use, reliability, resilience, security, and electric utility regulation; 
6. Advise on coordination between Federal, state, tribal, territorial, and regional officials and the private sector in the event of supply disruption or other emergencies related to electricity transmission, generation, and distribution; 
7. Make recommendations to the Department on how to best implement programs or policies directly affecting all components of the electric grid and its operations, as appropriate.