A bipartisan group of senators met Tuesday in the hopes of advancing legislation that would let authorities test technologies aimed at keeping the U.S. electrical grid safe from cyberattacks.

Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, is leading a group of three Republicans and two Democrats who are sponsoring the bill. Risch said the goal of the legislation is not to be a permanent fix but to start the process of moving the nation toward a more secure electrical grid that has become increasingly automated in recent decades.