PRUDENCE PARKS for UTILITIES TELECOM COUNCIL

Telecommunications TEC

S. 649 and HR 3125: Spectrum Inventory: Need to exempt licensing information related to critical infrastructure from public website. HR. 4860, HR 5696, S. 3487: Consumer Right to Access Energy Usage Information: Need to assess commuicatios network capabilities to handle data; to consider security and privacy implications associated with providing access to data S 1462, HR 2195, S 946, HR 2165, HR 5026, S 3480, S 773: Cybersecurity of the electric grid and the bulk power system: NERC CIP standards setting process should be respected; need to coordinate the cybersecurity initiatives of federal agencies by a designated federal agency with jurisdictional authority for an overall national cybersecurity policy framework HR 5081: Allocation of the 700 D block to public safety for a national emergency response network: Need to include utilities as part of the emergency response community with access to the network Interoperability for emergency and first responders Spectrum sharing with federal government R & D for control system security Critical infrastructure protection standards Smart grid and nextgen technology standards and implementation Broadband over PowerLine (BPL) Spectrum allocation and management by NTIA and the FCC National Broadband Plan

Contacted: Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Energy, Dept of; SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)

Bills named: H.R. 2195 (111th), H.R. 5081 (111th), H.R. 3125 (111th), H.R. 4860 (111th), S. 3487 (111th), H.R. 5696 (111th), H.R. 2165 (111th), H.R. 5026 (111th), S. 649 (111th)