LA HR265

Urges the Louisiana Public Service Commission to explore technological measures, policy mandates, and cost recovery mechanisms to protect the state's electrical grid against electromagnetic threats including solar weather events, high-altitude electromagnetic pulses (HEMP), and intentional electromagnetic interference attacks

Declares Louisiana's electric grid a critical national security asset due to the state's military installations (Barksdale Air Force Base, Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans), NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility, and the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve

Highlights vulnerability of high voltage transformers, which have production lead times of four to six years and are susceptible to ground-induced currents that could cause catastrophic damage

Cites a 2017 U.S. Senate Committee report stating a successful nuclear EMP attack could cause approximately 90% of the American population to die, with geomagnetic disturbances potentially having equally devastating effects

Requests copies of the resolution be transmitted to the Louisiana Public Service Commission chairman, governor, Louisiana congressional delegation, Secretary of Defense, Secretary of Energy, and Nuclear Regulatory Commission chairman