NEMA Senior Vice President of Public Affairs Spencer Pederson issued the following statement today in response to the introduction of the Limiting Liability for Critical Infrastructure Manufacturers Act, which will protect electrical manufacturers and ensure the resilience of America’s electrical grid:

“At a time of skyrocketing energy demand, this legislation will help ensure our nation’s manufacturers of critical grid components can continue to produce vital electrical equipment domestically that is essential to creating a resilient and connected power grid.”

“The increasing frequency and severity of wildfires not only impact our nation’s power grid—they also pose legal challenges for manufacturers of critical grid components. Electrical manufacturers have already invested over $185 billion in domestic manufacturing since 2018. This legislation will provide much-needed liability protection from frivolous claims, greater risk management, and increased business certainty to American manufacturers that produce switchgears, transmission and distribution wires, transformers, and other critical grid infrastructure that is vital to providing on-demand energy to customers.”

“NEMA thanks Reps. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA), Thomas Tiffany (R-WI), and Robert Latta (R-OH) for their leadership and is proud to support this legislation at a time when the electrical industry most needs business certainty.”

“The legislation is critical to maintaining domestic supply chain certainty for manufacturers to continue to provide equipment to utilities and further reduce dependence on unreliable and unfriendly foreign suppliers. We look forward to working with Congress to pass this bill into law and help ensure the reliability of the energy grid.”