The House Energy and Commerce committee has unanimously passed a package of bipartisan cybersecurity bills, including the Rural and Municipal Utility Cybersecurity Act, which aims to reauthorize and fund a critical federal cybersecurity assistance program for rural electric utilities. This program, housed at the Department of Energy, provides hundreds of millions of dollars in funding to support cybersecurity efforts for these utilities. The legislation, introduced by Reps. Mariannette Miller-Meeks and Jennifer McClellan, seeks to address the unique cybersecurity challenges faced by rural electric utilities, which often lack the resources and expertise to protect themselves against increasingly sophisticated cyber threats1. The reauthorization of this program is crucial for enhancing the cybersecurity posture of these utilities, which are critical to the nation's energy infrastructure. This matters to cybersecurity practitioners because the security of rural electric utilities has a direct impact on the reliability and resilience of the national energy grid.