1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Energy Cybersecurity Act of 2018 . 2. Definitions In this Act: (1) Department The term Department means the Department of Energy. (2) Electric utility The term electric utility has the meaning given the term in section 3 of the Federal Power Act ( 16 U.S.C. 796 ). (3) ES–ISAC The term ES–ISAC means the Electricity Sector Information Sharing and Analysis Center. (4) National Laboratory The term National Laboratory has the meaning given the term in section 2 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 ( 42 U.S.C. 15801 ). (5) Secretary The term Secretary means the Secretary of Energy. 3. Enhanced grid security (a) Cybersecurity for the energy sector research, development, and demonstration program (1) In general The Secretary, in consultation with appropriate Federal agencies, the energy sector, the States, and other stakeholders, shall carry out a program— (A) to develop advanced cybersecurity applications and technologies for the energy sector— (i) to identify and mitigate vul­ner­a­bil­i­ties, including— (I) dependencies on other critical infrastructure; and (II) impacts from weather and fuel supply; and (ii) to advance the security of field devices and third-party control systems, including— (I) systems for generation, transmission, distribution, end use, and market functions; (II) specific electric grid elements including advanced metering, demand response, distributed generation, and electricity storage; (III) forensic analysis of infected systems; and (IV) secure communications; (B) to leverage electric grid architecture as a means to assess risks to the energy sector, including by implementing an all-hazards approach to communications infrastructure, control systems architecture, and power systems architecture; (C) to perform pilot demonstration projects with the energy sector to gain experience with new technologies