Findings; sense of Congress

(a) Findings Congress finds the following: (1) Electrical grids around the world are facing increasing challenges due to aging infrastructure, growing energy demands, and accelerating climate-related risks. (2) Many electrical grids lack the resilience and flexibility needed to withstand natural disasters, extreme weather events, or long-term climate disruptions. (3) The threat of cyber attacks on critical energy infrastructure is escalating, with adversarial actors targeting electrical grid operations, data systems, and control networks that were not originally designed for modern digital threats. (4) Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies present a transformative opportunity to modernize electrical grids by enabling predictive maintenance, real-time monitoring, anomaly detection, autonomous system restoration, and the integration of distributed energy resources. (5) International collaboration in the research, development, and responsible deployment. (6) Advancing these innovations is not only vital to energy security and climate adaptation but also critical to global economic development, public health, and national security. (b) Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that the United States should actively engage with international organizations, such as the International Energy Agency and the International Renewable Energy Agency, to support global coordination on AI applications for secure, resilient, and sustainable advanced energy technologies for electrical grids, including AI-enabled grid management tools, which can accelerate global grid modernization, enhance grid resilience, and establish shared cybersecurity protocols.