NRECA Receives $4M in DOE Funding to Boost Electric Co-op Cybersecurity Preparedness

**Executive Summary:** The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) received a $4 million DOE grant to launch Project Guardian, a four-year initiative to improve cybersecurity across nearly 900 electric cooperatives by providing a revamped self-assessment framework, expanding use of a Threat Analysis Center, cultivating regional cyber champions, and developing standardized cybersecurity workforce roles and career paths.