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-As Reported by the Senate Energy Committee
-136th General Assembly
-Regular Session S. C. R. No. 2
-2025-2026
-Senator Johnson
-A   C O N C U R R E N T   R E S O L U T I O N
-Urging Ohio electric utility stakeholders, the Governor,
-and the Congress of the United States to invest
-resources into the security, reliability, and
-resiliency of the state and national interconnected
-electric grids against natural and man-made threats.
-BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE OF OHIO (THE HOUSE OF
+As Introduced
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+	136th
+General Assembly
+
+	Regular
+Session	S. C. R. No. 2
+
+	2025-2026
+
+Senator
+Johnson
+
+A
+  c o n c u r r e n t   R E S O L U T I O N
+
+Urging
+Ohio electric utility stakeholders, the Governor, and the Congress of
+the United States to invest resources into the security, reliability,
+and resiliency of the state and national interconnected electric
+grids against natural and man-made threats.
+
+BE
+IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE OF OHIO (THE HOUSE OF
 REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING):
-WHEREAS, The nation's electric grid is critical
-infrastructure that every citizen relies on each day; and
-WHEREAS, The reliability and resiliency of the electric
-grid remains a paramount necessity; and
-WHEREAS, The electrical grid is vulnerable to threats from
-both natural occurrences and man-made threats; and
-WHEREAS, There have been recommendations from the
-Government Accountability Office and some proposed via federal
-Executive Order regarding electric grid security; and
-WHEREAS, No action has been taken to implement any of these
-recommendations; and
-WHEREAS, There exists legislation, such as New Jersey's
-"Microgrid Pilot Program Act" to address concerns surrounding
-electric grid diversification and security; now therefore be it
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-As Reported by the Senate Energy Committee
-RESOLVED, That we, the members of the 136th General
-Assembly of the State of Ohio, urge the Governor and the
-Congress of the United States take seriously the threat posed to
-the state's and nation's electrical grids by investing resources
-to increase grid diversification and site security; and be it
-further
-RESOLVED, That we, the members of the 136th General
-Assembly of the State of Ohio, must consider adopting
-legislation such as the "Microgrid Pilot Program Act" for our
-state's electric grid to be diverse and secure; and be it
-further
-RESOLVED, That the Clerk of the Senate transmit duly
-authenticated copies of this resolution to the Governor, the
-President Pro Tempore and Secretary of the United States Senate,
-the Speaker and Clerk of the United States House of
-Representatives, the Commissioners of the Public Utilities
-Commission of Ohio, the Director of the Department of
-Development, the Director of the Department of Education and
-Workforce, and representatives from Duke Energy Corporation,
-American Electric Power Company, Inc., AES Corporation, and
-First Energy Corporation.
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+WHEREAS,
+The nation's electric grid is critical infrastructure that every
+citizen relies on each day; and
+
+WHEREAS,
+The reliability and resiliency of the electric grid remains a
+paramount necessity; and
+
+WHEREAS,
+The electrical grid is vulnerable to threats from both natural
+occurrences and man-made threats; and
+
+WHEREAS,
+There have been recommendations from the Government Accountability
+Office and some proposed via federal Executive Order regarding
+electric grid security; and
+
+WHEREAS,
+No action has been taken to implement any of these recommendations;
+and
+
+WHEREAS,
+There exists legislation, such as New Jersey's "Microgrid Pilot
+Program Act" to address concerns surrounding electric grid
+diversification and security; now therefore be it
+
+RESOLVED,
+That we, the members of the 136th General Assembly of the State of
+Ohio, urge the Governor and the Congress of the United States take
+seriously the threat posed to the state's and nation's electrical
+grids by investing resources to increase grid diversification and
+site security; and be it further
+
+RESOLVED,
+That we, the members of the 136th General Assembly of the State of
+Ohio, must consider adopting legislation such as the "Microgrid
+Pilot Program Act" for our state's electric grid to be diverse
+and secure; and be it further
+
+RESOLVED,
+That the Clerk of the Senate transmit duly authenticated copies of
+this resolution to the Governor, the President Pro Tempore and
+Secretary of the United States Senate, the Speaker and Clerk of the
+United States House of Representatives, the Commissioners of the
+Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, the Director of the Department
+of Development, the Director of the Department of Education and
+Workforce, and representatives from Duke Energy Corporation, American
+Electric Power Company, Inc., AES Corporation, and First Energy
+Corporation.