Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response

Yeah, that's a great question.

Hitachi Energy has been extremely fortunate to partner with US Department of Energy, their CESER organization, on many aspects of grid security and supply chain risk management in cybersecurity.

Initially, we were asked to participate on Department of Energy's Executive Securing Energy Infrastructure Task Force as an expert on OT control systems in this space.

And yeah, Department of Energy was given the task from Congress to give a report on the state of the union of the grid security and what the grid is doing.

What does FEZI stand for?

I think what you're talking about is CESER, which is our Cybersecurity, Energy Security, Emergency Response office, or their Cybersecurity, Energy Security, Emergency Response office that oversees a lot of our grid safety and grid continuity.

And maybe we're talking about a predecessor or there's an organization I just don't know because I was focused more internationally than I was ever domestically.

Yeah.

The following offices would report to the DESAS Under Secretary of Energy Security.

Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response, CESER, elevated to an Assistant Secretary.

CESER would work with the existing or reconstituted versions, as described in more detail below, of the Office of Electricity, OE, Office of Nuclear Energy, NE, Office of Fossil Energy, FE, currently the Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management, FECM, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, EERE, and the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, SPR, to identify and address threats to energy infrastructure.

Instead of trying to decarbonize the American economy and allocating taxpayer dollars for commercialization of energy technologies, these offices would focus on energy security by identifying threats to energy supplies and infrastructure, developing strategies to address those threats, and funding fundamental science and technology where appropriate.

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