The Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response (CESER) is introducing the development of CESER’s Rural and Municipal Utility Advanced Cybersecurity Grant and Technical Assistance Program (RMUC Program) - Rural and Municipal Utility Advanced Cybersecurity Grant and Technical Assistance (RMUC) Program | Department of Energy.

The goal of the RMUC Program is to enhance the security posture of rural, municipal, and small investor-owned electric utilities and improve their ability to protect against, detect, respond to, or recover from a cybersecurity threat. 

The primary objectives of the RMUC Program are to deploy advanced cybersecurity technologies (defined as any technology, operational capability, or service for electric utility systems that enhances a utility’s security posture), and to increase participation of eligible entities in threat information sharing programs.