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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 5428 

To amend the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 and the 

Energy Policy Act of 2005 to direct Federal research on grid modernization and security, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 13, 2019 

Mr. LAMB (for himself and Ms. HERRERA BEUTLER) introduced the following 

bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology 

A BILL 

To amend the Energy Independence and Security Act of 

2007 and the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to direct Federal research on grid modernization and security, and 

for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

5 ‘‘Grid Modernization Research and Development Act of 

6 2019’’. 

7 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 

8 this Act is as follows: 


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Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Smart grid regional demonstration initiative. 

Sec. 3. Smart grid modeling, visualization, architecture, and controls. 

Sec. 4. Enhancing grid resilience and emergency response. 

Sec. 5. Hybrid energy systems. 

Sec. 6. Grid integration research and development. 

Sec. 7. Industry alliance. 

Sec. 8. Coordination of efforts. 

Sec. 9. Definitions. 

Sec. 10. Technical amendments; authorization of appropriations. 

1 SEC. 2. SMART GRID REGIONAL DEMONSTRATION INITIA2 TIVE. 

3 Section 1304 of the Energy Independence and Secu4 rity Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17384) is amended— 

5 (1) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘research, 

6 development, and demonstration’’ before ‘‘program’’; 

7 (2) in subsection (b)— 

8 (A) by amending paragraph (1) to read as 

9 follows: 

10 ‘‘(1) The Secretary shall establish a smart grid 

11 regional demonstration initiative (referred to in this 

12 subsection as the ‘Initiative’) composed of dem13 onstration projects focused on cost-effective, ad14 vanced technologies for use in power grid sensing, 

15 communications, analysis, power flow control, visual16 ization, distribution automation, industrial control 

17 systems, dynamic line rating systems, grid redesign, 

18 and the integration of distributed energy re19 sources.’’; and 

20 (B) in paragraph (2)— 


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1 (i) in subparagraph (D), by striking 

2 ‘‘and’’; 

3 (ii) in subparagraph (E), by striking 

4 the period and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

5 (iii) by inserting at the end the fol6 lowing: 

7 ‘‘(F) to encourage the commercial applica8 tion of advanced distribution automation tech9 nologies that improve system resilience.’’. 

10 SEC. 3. SMART GRID MODELING, VISUALIZATION, ARCHI11 TECTURE, AND CONTROLS. 

12 Title XIII of the Energy Independence and Security 

13 Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17381 et seq.) is amended by in14 serting after section 1304 the following: 

15 ‘‘SEC. 1304a. SMART GRID MODELING, VISUALIZATION, AR16 CHITECTURE, AND CONTROLS. 

17 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 

18 the enactment of the Grid Modernization Research and 

19 Development Act of 2019, the Secretary shall establish a 

20 program of research, development, demonstration, and 

21 commercial application on electric grid modeling, sensing, 

22 visualization, architecture development, and advanced op23 eration and controls. 

24 ‘‘(b) MODELING RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.— 

25 The Secretary shall support development of models of 


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1 emerging technologies and systems to facilitate the secure 

2 and reliable design, planning, and operation of the electric 

3 grid for use by industry stakeholders. In particular, the 

4 Secretary shall support development of— 

5 ‘‘(1) models to analyze and predict the effects 

6 of adverse physical and cyber events on the electric 

7 grid; 

8 ‘‘(2) coupled models of electrical, physical, and 

9 cyber systems; 

10 ‘‘(3) models of existing and emerging tech11 nologies being deployed on the electric grid due to 

12 projected changes in the electric generation mix and 

13 loads, for a variety of regional characteristics; and 

14 ‘‘(4) integrated models of the communications, 

15 transmission, distribution, and other interdependent 

16 systems for existing, new, and emerging tech17 nologies. 

18 ‘‘(c) SITUATIONAL AWARENESS RESEARCH AND DE19 VELOPMENT.— 

20 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall sup21 port development of computational tools and tech22 nologies to improve sensing, monitoring, and visual23 ization of the electric grid for real-time situational 

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1 ity, non-utility, and customer grid-connected assets, 

2 for use by industry partners. 

3 ‘‘(2) DATA USE.—In developing visualization 

4 capabilities under this section, the Secretary shall 

5 develop tools for industry stakeholders to use to ana6 lyze data collected from advanced measurement and 

7 monitoring technologies, including data from phasor 

8 measurement units and advanced metering units. 

9 ‘‘(3) SEVERE EVENTS.—The Secretary shall 

10 prioritize enhancing cyber and physical situational 

11 awareness of the electric grid during adverse man12 made and naturally occurring events. 

13 ‘‘(d) ARCHITECTURE.—The Secretary shall conduct 

14 research in collaboration with industry stakeholders to de15 velop model grid architectures to assist with wide-area 

16 transmission and distribution planning that incorporate 

17 expected changes to the modern electric grid. In sup18 porting the development of model grid architectures, the 

19 Secretary shall— 

20 ‘‘(1) analyze a variety of grid architecture sce21 narios that range from minor upgrades to existing 

22 transmission grid infrastructure to scenarios that in23 volve the replacement of significant portions of exist24 ing transmission grid infrastructure; 


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1 ‘‘(2) analyze the effects of the increasing pro2 liferation of renewable and other zero emissions en3 ergy generation sources, increasing use of distrib4 uted resources owned by non-utility entities, and the 

5 use of digital and automated controls not managed 

6 by grid operators; 

7 ‘‘(3) include a variety of new and emerging dis8 tribution grid technologies, including distributed en9 ergy resources, electric vehicle charging stations, dis10 tribution automation technologies, energy storage, 

11 and renewable energy sources; 

12 ‘‘(4) analyze the effects of local load balancing 

13 and other forms of decentralized control; 

14 ‘‘(5) analyze the effects of changes to grid ar15 chitectures resulting from modernizing electric grid 

16 systems, including communications, controls, mar17 kets, consumer choice, emergency response, elec18 trification, and cybersecurity concerns; and 

19 ‘‘(6) develop integrated grid architectures that 

20 incorporate system resilience for cyber, physical, and 

21 communications systems. 

22 ‘‘(e) OPERATION AND CONTROLS RESEARCH AND

23 DEVELOPMENT.—The Secretary shall conduct research to 

24 develop improvements to the operation and controls of the 


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1 electric grid, in coordination with industry partners. Such 

2 activities shall include— 

3 ‘‘(1) a training facility or facilities to allow grid 

4 operators to gain operational experience with ad5 vanced grid control concepts and technologies; 

6 ‘‘(2) development of cost-effective advanced op7 eration and control concepts and technologies, such 

8 as adaptive islanding, dynamic line rating systems, 

9 power flow controllers, network topology optimiza10 tion, smart circuit breakers, intelligent load shed11 ding, and fault-tolerant control system architectures; 

12 ‘‘(3) development of real-time control concepts 

13 using artificial intelligence and machine learning for 

14 improved electric grid resilience; and 

15 ‘‘(4) utilization of advanced data analytics in16 cluding load forecasting, power flow modeling, equip17 ment failure prediction, resource optimization, risk 

18 analysis, and decision analysis. 

19 ‘‘(f) COMPUTING RESOURCES AND DATA COORDINA20 TION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.—In carrying out 

21 this section, the Secretary shall— 

22 ‘‘(1) leverage existing computing resources at 

23 the National Laboratories; 

24 ‘‘(2) develop voluntary standards for data 

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1 nation with public and private sector stakeholders; 

2 and 

3 ‘‘(3) comply with section 8 of the Grid Mod4 ernization Research and Development Act of 2019. 

5 ‘‘(g) INFORMATION SHARING.—None of the activities 

6 authorized in this section shall require private entities to 

7 share information or data with the Secretary.’’. 

8 SEC. 4. ENHANCING GRID RESILIENCE AND EMERGENCY 

9 RESPONSE. 

10 Title XIII of the Energy Independence and Security 

11 Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17381 et. seq.) is amended by 

12 adding at the end the following: 

13 ‘‘SEC. 1310. GRID RESILIENCE AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE. 

14 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 

15 the enactment of the Grid Modernization Research and 

16 Development Act of 2019, the Secretary shall establish a 

17 research, development, and demonstration program to en18 hance resilience and strengthen emergency response and 

19 management pertaining to the electric grid. 

20 ‘‘(b) GRANTS.—The Secretary shall award grants to 

21 eligible entities under subsection (c) on a competitive basis 

22 to conduct research and development with the purpose of 

23 improving the resilience and reliability of electric grid by— 

24 ‘‘(1) developing methods to improve community 

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1 sponse to large-area, long-duration electricity inter2 ruptions, including through the use of energy effi3 ciency, storage, and distributed generation tech4 nologies; 

5 ‘‘(2) developing tools to help utilities and com6 munities ensure the continuous delivery of electricity 

7 to critical facilities; 

8 ‘‘(3) developing tools to improve coordination 

9 between utilities and relevant Federal agencies to 

10 enable communication, information-sharing, and sit11 uational awareness in the event of a physical or 

12 cyber attack on the electric grid; 

13 ‘‘(4) developing technologies and capabilities to 

14 withstand and address the current and projected im15 pact of the changing climate on electric grid infra16 structure, including extreme weather events and 

17 other natural disasters; 

18 ‘‘(5) developing technologies capable of early 

19 detection of deteriorating electrical equipment on the 

20 transmission and distribution grid, including detec21 tion of spark ignition from wildfires and risks of 

22 vegetation contact; and 

23 ‘‘(6) assessing upgrades and additions needed 

24 to electric grid infrastructure due to projected 


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1 changes in the electricity generation mix and elec2 tricity demand. 

3 ‘‘(c) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—The entities eligible to re4 ceive grants under this section include— 

5 ‘‘(1) an institution of higher education; 

6 ‘‘(2) a nonprofit organization; 

7 ‘‘(3) a National Laboratory; 

8 ‘‘(4) a unit of State, local, or tribal government; 

9 ‘‘(5) an electric utility or electric cooperative; 

10 ‘‘(6) a retail service provider of electricity; 

11 ‘‘(7) a private commercial entity; 

12 ‘‘(8) a partnership or consortium of two or 

13 more entities described in subparagraphs (1) 

14 through (7). 

15 ‘‘(d) RELEVANT ACTIVITIES.—Grants awarded under 

16 subsection (b) shall include funding for research and de17 velopment activities related to the purpose described in 

18 subsection (b), such as— 

19 ‘‘(1) development of technologies to use distrib20 uted energy resources, such as solar photovoltaics, 

21 energy storage systems, electric vehicles, and 

22 microgrids to improve grid and critical end-user re23 silience; 

24 ‘‘(2) analysis of past large-area, long-duration 

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1 and best practices for electricity restoration, mitiga2 tion, and prevention of future disruptions; 

3 ‘‘(3) development of advanced monitoring, ana4 lytics, operation, and controls of electricity grid sys5 tems to improve electric grid resilience; 

6 ‘‘(4) analysis of technologies, methods, and con7 cepts that can improve community resilience and 

8 survivability of frequent or long-duration power out9 ages; 

10 ‘‘(5) development of methodologies to maintain 

11 cybersecurity during restoration of electric grid in12 frastructure and operation; 

13 ‘‘(6) development of advanced power flow con14 trol systems and components to improve electric grid 

15 resilience; and 

16 ‘‘(7) any other relevant activities determined by 

17 the Secretary. 

18 ‘‘(e) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.— 

19 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall provide 

20 technical assistance to eligible entities for the com21 mercial application of technologies to improve the re22 silience of the electric grid and commercial applica23 tion of technologies to help entities develop plans for 

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1 ‘‘(2) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.—The 

2 technical assistance program established in para3 graph (1) shall include assistance to eligible entities 

4 for— 

5 ‘‘(A) the commercial application of tech6 nologies developed from the grant program es7 tablished in subsection (b), including municipal 

8 and cooperative utilities; 

9 ‘‘(B) the development of methods to 

10 strengthen or otherwise mitigate adverse im11 pacts on electric grid infrastructure against 

12 natural hazards; 

13 ‘‘(C) the use of Department data and mod14 eling tools for various purposes; and 

15 ‘‘(D) a resource assessment and analysis of 

16 future demand and distribution requirements, 

17 including development of advanced grid archi18 tectures and risk analysis. 

19 ‘‘(3) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—The entities eligible 

20 to receive technical assistance for commercial appli21 cation of technologies under this section include— 

22 ‘‘(A) representatives of all sectors of the 

23 electric power industry, including electric utili24 ties, trade organizations, and transmission and 


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1 distribution system organizations, owners, and 

2 operators; 

3 ‘‘(B) State and local governments and reg4 ulatory authorities, including public utility com5 missions; 

6 ‘‘(C) tribal and Alaska Native govern7 mental entities; 

8 ‘‘(D) partnerships among entities under 

9 subparagraphs (A) through (C); 

10 ‘‘(E) regional partnerships; and 

11 ‘‘(F) any other entities the Secretary 

12 deems appropriate. 

13 ‘‘(4) AUTHORITY.—Nothing in this section shall 

14 authorize the Secretary to require any entity to 

15 adopt any model, tool, technology, plan, analysis, or 

16 assessment. 

17 ‘‘(f) COORDINATION.—In carrying out this section, 

18 the Secretary shall comply with section 8 of the Grid Mod19 ernization Research and Development Act of 2019.’’. 

20 SEC. 5. HYBRID ENERGY SYSTEMS. 

21 Title XIII of the Energy Independence and Security 

22 Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17381 et. seq.), as amended, is 

23 amended by adding at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 1311. HYBRID ENERGY SYSTEMS. 

2 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 

3 the enactment of the Grid Modernization Research and 

4 Development Act of 2019, the Secretary shall establish a 

5 research, development, and demonstration program to de6 velop cost-effective hybrid energy systems, including— 

7 ‘‘(1) development of computer modeling to de8 sign different configurations of hybrid energy sys9 tems and to optimize system operation; 

10 ‘‘(2) research on system integration needed to 

11 plan, design, build, and operate hybrid energy sys12 tems, including interconnection requirements with 

13 the electric grid; 

14 ‘‘(3) development of hybrid energy systems for 

15 various applications, including— 

16 ‘‘(A) thermal energy generation and stor17 age for buildings and manufacturing; 

18 ‘‘(B) electricity storage coupled with en19 ergy generation; 

20 ‘‘(C) desalination; 

21 ‘‘(D) production of liquid and gaseous 

22 fuels; and 

23 ‘‘(E) production of chemicals such as am24 monia and ethylene; 

25 ‘‘(4) development of testing facilities for hybrid 

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1 ‘‘(5) research on incorporation of various tech2 nologies for hybrid energy systems, including nuclear 

3 energy, renewable energy, storage, and carbon cap4 ture, utilization, and sequestration technologies. 

5 ‘‘(b) STRATEGIC PLAN.— 

6 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 

7 the date of the enactment of the Grid Modernization 

8 Research and Development Act of 2019, the Sec9 retary shall submit to the Committee on Science, 

10 Space, and Technology of the House of Representa11 tives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Re12 sources of the Senate a strategic plan that identifies 

13 opportunities, challenges, and standards needed for 

14 the development and commercial application of hy15 brid energy systems. The strategic plan shall in16 clude— 

17 ‘‘(A) analysis of the potential benefits of 

18 development of hybrid electric systems on the 

19 electric grid; 

20 ‘‘(B) analysis of the potential contributions 

21 of hybrid energy systems to different grid archi22 tecture scenarios; 

23 ‘‘(C) research and development goals for 

24 various hybrid energy systems, including those 

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1 ‘‘(D) assessment of policy and market bar2 riers to the adoption of hybrid energy systems; 

3 ‘‘(E) analysis of the technical and eco4 nomic feasibility of adoption of different hybrid 

5 energy systems; and 

6 ‘‘(F) a 10-year roadmap to guide the pro7 gram established under subsection (a). 

8 ‘‘(2) UPDATES.—Not less than once every 3 

9 years for the duration of this research program, the 

10 Secretary shall submit an updated version of the 

11 strategic plan to the Committee on Science, Space, 

12 and Technology of the House of Representatives and 

13 the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of 

14 the Senate. 

15 ‘‘(c) PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION.—In carrying out 

16 the research, development, demonstration, and commercial 

17 application aims of section, the Secretary shall— 

18 ‘‘(1) implement the recommendations set forth 

19 in the strategic plan in subsection (b); 

20 ‘‘(2) coordinate across all relevant program of21 fices at the Department, including— 

22 ‘‘(A) the Office of Energy Efficiency and 

23 Renewable Energy; 

24 ‘‘(B) the Office of Nuclear Energy; and 

25 ‘‘(C) the Office of Fossil Energy; 


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1 ‘‘(3) leverage existing programs and resources 

2 of the Department; 

3 ‘‘(4) prioritize activities that accelerate the de4 velopment of integrated electricity generation, stor5 age, and distribution systems with net zero green6 house gas emissions; and 

7 ‘‘(5) comply with section 8 of the Grid Mod8 ernization Research and Development Act of 2019. 

9 ‘‘(d) HYBRID ENERGY SYSTEM DEFINED.—The term 

10 ‘hybrid energy system’ means a system composed of two 

11 or more co-located or jointly operated sub-systems of en12 ergy generation, energy storage, or other energy tech13 nologies.’’. 

14 SEC. 6. GRID INTEGRATION RESEARCH AND DEVELOP15 MENT. 

16 (a) INTEGRATING DISTRIBUTED ENERGY RE17 SOURCES ONTO THE ELECTRIC GRID.—Section 925(a) of 

18 the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16215) is 

19 amended by— 

20 (1) redesignating paragraphs (10) and (11) as 

21 paragraphs (12) and (13), respectively; and 

22 (2) inserting after paragraph (9) the following: 

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1 flow between distributed energy resources and the 

2 electric grid; 

3 ‘‘(11) the development of technologies and con4 cepts that enable interoperability between distributed 

5 energy resources and other behind-the-meter devices 

6 and the electric grid;’’. 

7 (b) INTEGRATING RENEWABLE ENERGY ONTO THE

8 ELECTRIC GRID.—Subtitle C of title IX of the Energy 

9 Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16231 et seq.) is amended 

10 by adding at the end the following: 

11 ‘‘SEC. 936. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INTO INTE12 GRATING RENEWABLE ENERGY ONTO THE 

13 ELECTRIC GRID. 

14 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 

15 the enactment of the Grid Modernization Research and 

16 Development Act of 2019, the Secretary shall establish a 

17 research, development, and demonstration program on 

18 technologies that enable integration of renewable energy 

19 generation sources onto the electric grid across multiple 

20 program offices of the Department. The program shall in21 clude— 

22 ‘‘(1) forecasting for predicting generation from 

23 variable renewable energy sources; 

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1 ‘‘(3) development of cost-effective advanced 

2 technologies for variable renewable generation 

3 sources to provide grid services. 

4 ‘‘(b) COORDINATION.—In carrying out this program, 

5 the Secretary shall— 

6 ‘‘(1) coordinate across all relevant program of7 fices at the Department to achieve the goals estab8 lished in this section, including the Office of Elec9 tricity; and 

10 ‘‘(2) comply with section 8 of the Grid Mod11 ernization Research and Development Act of 2019. 

12 ‘‘(c) ADOPTION OF TECHNOLOGIES.—In carrying out 

13 this section, the Secretary shall consider barriers to adop14 tion and commercial application of technologies that en15 able integration of renewable energy sources onto the elec16 tric grid, including cost and other economic barriers, and 

17 shall coordinate with relevant entities to reduce these bar18 riers.’’. 

19 (c) INTEGRATING ELECTRIC VEHICLES ONTO THE

20 ELECTRIC GRID.—Subtitle B of title I of the Energy Inde21 pendence and Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17011 et 

22 seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 137. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INTO INTE2 GRATING ELECTRIC VEHICLES ONTO THE 

3 ELECTRIC GRID. 

4 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish a 

5 research, development, and demonstration program to ad6 vance the integration of electric vehicles, including plug7 in hybrid electric vehicles, onto the electric grid. 

8 ‘‘(b) VEHICLES-TO-GRID INTEGRATION ASSESSMENT

9 REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the enactment of 

10 the Grid Modernization Research and Development Act of 

11 2019, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on 

12 Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Rep13 resentatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural 

14 Resources of the Senate a report on the results of a study 

15 that examines the research, development, and demonstra16 tion opportunities, challenges, and standards needed for 

17 integrating electric vehicles onto the electric grid. 

18 ‘‘(1) REPORT REQUIREMENTS.—The report 

19 shall include— 

20 ‘‘(A) an evaluation of the use of electric ve21 hicles to maintain the reliability of the electric 

22 grid, including— 

23 ‘‘(i) the use of electric vehicles for de24 mand response, load shaping, emergency 

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1 ‘‘(ii) the potential for the reuse of 

2 spent electric vehicle batteries for sta3 tionary grid storage; 

4 ‘‘(B) the impact of grid integration on 

5 electric vehicles, including— 

6 ‘‘(i) the impact of bi-directional elec7 tricity flow on battery degradation; and 

8 ‘‘(ii) the implications of the use of 

9 electric vehicles for grid services on origi10 nal equipment manufacturer warranties; 

11 ‘‘(C) the impacts to the electric grid of in12 creased penetration of electric vehicles, includ13 ing— 

14 ‘‘(i) the distribution grid infrastruc15 ture needed to support an increase in 

16 charging capacity; 

17 ‘‘(ii) strategies for integrating electric 

18 vehicles onto the distribution grid while 

19 limiting infrastructure upgrades; 

20 ‘‘(iii) the changes in electricity de21 mand over a 24-hour cycle due to electric 

22 vehicle charging behavior; 

23 ‘‘(iv) the load increases expected from 

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1 ‘‘(v) the potential for customer incen2 tives and other managed charging stations 

3 strategies to shift charging off-peak; 

4 ‘‘(vi) the technology needed to achieve 

5 bi-directional power flow on the distribu6 tion grid; and 

7 ‘‘(vii) the implementation of smart 

8 charging techniques; 

9 ‘‘(D) research on the standards needed to 

10 integrate electric vehicles with the grid, includ11 ing communications systems, protocols, and 

12 charging stations, in collaboration with the Na13 tional Institute for Standards and Technology; 

14 ‘‘(E) the cybersecurity challenges and 

15 needs associated with electrifying the transpor16 tation sector; and 

17 ‘‘(F) an assessment of the feasibility of 

18 adopting technologies developed under the pro19 gram established under subsection (a) at De20 partment facilities. 

21 ‘‘(2) RECOMMENDATIONS.—As part of the Ve22 hicles-to-Grid Integration Assessment Report, the 

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1 gram to integrate electric vehicles onto the electric 

2 grid. 

3 ‘‘(3) CONSULTATION.—In developing this re4 port, the Secretary shall consult with relevant stake5 holders, including— 

6 ‘‘(A) electric vehicle manufacturers; 

7 ‘‘(B) electric utilities; 

8 ‘‘(C) public utility commissions; 

9 ‘‘(D) vehicle battery manufacturers; 

10 ‘‘(E) electric vehicle supply equipment 

11 manufacturers; 

12 ‘‘(F) charging infrastructure manufactur13 ers; 

14 ‘‘(G) the National Laboratories; and 

15 ‘‘(H) other Federal agencies, as the Sec16 retary determines appropriate. 

17 ‘‘(4) UPDATES.—The Secretary shall update 

18 the report required under this section every 3 years 

19 for the duration of the program under section (a) 

20 and shall submit the updated report to the Com21 mittee on Science, Space, and Technology of the 

22 House of Representatives and the Committee on En23 ergy and Natural Resources of the Senate. 


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1 ‘‘(c) PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION.—In carrying out 

2 the research, development, demonstration, and commercial 

3 application aims of section, the Secretary shall— 

4 ‘‘(1) implement the recommendations set forth 

5 in the report in subsection (b); 

6 ‘‘(2) coordinate across all relevant program of7 fices at the Department to achieve the goals estab8 lished in this section, including the Office of Elec9 tricity; and 

10 ‘‘(3) comply with section 8 of the Grid Mod11 ernization Research and Development Act of 2019. 

12 ‘‘(d) TESTING CAPABILITIES.—The Secretary shall 

13 coordinate with the National Laboratories to develop test14 ing capabilities for the evaluation, rapid prototyping, and 

15 optimization of technologies enabling integration of elec16 tric vehicles onto the electric grid.’’. 

17 (d) RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ON INTEGRATING

18 BUILDINGS ONTO THE ELECTRIC GRID.—Subtitle B of 

19 title IV of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 

20 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17081 et seq.) is amended by adding at 

21 the end the following: 

22 ‘‘SEC. 426. ADVANCED INTEGRATION OF BUILDINGS ONTO 

23 THE ELECTRIC GRID. 

24 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish a 

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1 enable components of commercial and residential buildings 

2 to serve as dynamic energy loads on and resources for the 

3 electric grid. The program shall focus on— 

4 ‘‘(1) developing low-cost, low power, wireless 

5 sensors to— 

6 ‘‘(A) monitor building energy load; 

7 ‘‘(B) forecast building energy need; and 

8 ‘‘(C) enable building-level energy control; 

9 ‘‘(2) developing data management capabilities 

10 and standard communication protocols to further 

11 interoperability at the building and grid-level; 

12 ‘‘(3) developing advanced building-level energy 

13 management of components through integration of 

14 smart technologies, control systems, and data proc15 essing, to enable energy efficiency and savings; 

16 ‘‘(4) optimizing energy consumption at the 

17 building level to enable grid stability and resilience; 

18 ‘‘(5) improving visualization of behind the 

19 meter equipment and technologies to provide better 

20 insight into the energy needs and energy forecasts of 

21 individual buildings; 

22 ‘‘(6) reducing the cost of key components to ac23 celerate the adoption of smart building technologies; 


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1 ‘‘(7) protecting against cybersecurity threats 

2 and addressing security vulnerabilities of building 

3 systems or equipment; and 

4 ‘‘(8) other areas determined appropriate by the 

5 Secretary. 

6 ‘‘(b) CONSIDERATIONS.—In carrying out the pro7 gram under subsection (a), the Secretary shall— 

8 ‘‘(1) work with utility partners, building own9 ers, technology vendors, and building developers to 

10 test and validate technologies and encourage the 

11 commercial application of these technologies by 

12 building owners; and 

13 ‘‘(2) consider the specific challenges of enabling 

14 greater interaction between components of— 

15 ‘‘(A) small- and medium-sized buildings 

16 and the electric grid; and 

17 ‘‘(B) residential and commercial buildings 

18 and the electric grid. 

19 ‘‘(c) BUILDINGS-TO-GRID INTEGRATION REPORT.— 

20 Not later than one year after the enactment of the Grid 

21 Modernization Research and Development Act of 2019, 

22 the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Science, 

23 Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives 

24 and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of 

25 the Senate a report on the results of a study that examines 


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1 the research, development, and demonstration opportuni2 ties, challenges, and standards needed to enable compo3 nents of commercial and residential buildings to serve as 

4 dynamic energy loads on and resources for the electric 

5 grid. 

6 ‘‘(1) REPORT REQUIREMENTS.—The report 

7 shall include— 

8 ‘‘(A) an assessment of the technologies 

9 needed to enable building components as dy10 namic loads on and resources for the electric 

11 grid, including how such technologies can be— 

12 ‘‘(i) incorporated into new commercial 

13 and residential buildings; and 

14 ‘‘(ii) retrofitted in older buildings; 

15 ‘‘(B) guidelines for the design of new 

16 buildings and building components to enable 

17 modern grid interactivity and improve energy 

18 efficiency; 

19 ‘‘(C) an assessment of barriers to the 

20 adoption by building owners of advanced tech21 nologies enabling greater integration of building 

22 components onto the electric grid; and 

23 ‘‘(D) an assessment of the feasibility of 

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1 gram established under subsection (a) at De2 partment facilities. 

3 ‘‘(2) RECOMMENDATIONS.—As part of the re4 port, the Secretary shall develop a 10-year roadmap 

5 to guide the research, development, and demonstra6 tion program to enable components of commercial 

7 and residential buildings to serve as dynamic energy 

8 loads on and resources for the electric grid. 

9 ‘‘(3) UPDATES.—The Secretary shall update 

10 the report required under this section every 3 years 

11 for the duration of the program under subsection (a) 

12 and shall submit the updated report to the Com13 mittee on Science, Space, and Technology of the 

14 House of Representatives and the Committee on En15 ergy and Natural Resources of the Senate. 

16 ‘‘(d) PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION.—In carrying out 

17 this section, the Secretary shall— 

18 ‘‘(1) implement the recommendations from the 

19 report in subsection (c); 

20 ‘‘(2) coordinate across all relevant program of21 fices at the Department to achieve the goals estab22 lished in this section, including the Office of Elec23 tricity; and 

24 ‘‘(3) comply with section 8 of the Grid Mod25 ernization Research and Development Act of 2019.’’. 


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1 SEC. 7. INDUSTRY ALLIANCE. 

2 Title XIII of the Energy Independence and Security 

3 Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17381 et. seq.), as amended, is 

4 amended by adding at the end the following: 

5 ‘‘SEC. 1312. INDUSTRY ALLIANCE. 

6 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 

7 the enactment of the Grid Modernization Research and 

8 Development Act of 2019, the Secretary shall establish an 

9 advisory committee (to be known as the ‘Industry Alli10 ance’) to advise the Secretary on the authorization of re11 search, development, and demonstration projects under 

12 sections 1304 and 1304a. 

13 ‘‘(b) MEMBERSHIP.—The Industry Alliance shall be 

14 composed of members selected by the Secretary that, as 

15 a group, are broadly representative of United States elec16 tric grid research, development, infrastructure, operations, 

17 and manufacturing expertise. 

18 ‘‘(c) RESPONSIBILITY.—The Secretary shall annually 

19 solicit from the Industry Alliance— 

20 ‘‘(1) comments to identify grid modernization 

21 technology needs; 

22 ‘‘(2) an assessment of the progress of the re23 search activities on grid modernization; and 

24 ‘‘(3) assistance in annually updating grid mod25 ernization technology roadmaps.’’. 


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1 SEC. 8. COORDINATION OF EFFORTS. 

2 In carrying out the amendments made by this Act, 

3 the Secretary shall coordinate with relevant entities to the 

4 maximum extent practicable, including— 

5 (1) electric utilities; 

6 (2) private sector entities; 

7 (3) representatives of all sectors of the electric 

8 power industry; 

9 (4) transmission organizations; 

10 (5) transmission owners and operators; 

11 (6) distribution organizations; 

12 (7) distribution asset owners and operators; 

13 (8) State and local governments and regulatory 

14 authorities; 

15 (9) academic institutions; 

16 (10) the National Laboratories; 

17 (11) other Federal agencies; 

18 (12) nonprofit organizations; 

19 (13) the Federal Energy Regulatory Commis20 sion; 

21 (14) the North American Reliability Corpora22 tion; 

23 (15) independent system operators; and 

24 (16) programs and program offices at the De25 partment. 


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1 SEC. 9. DEFINITIONS. 

2 Title XIII of the Energy Independence and Security 

3 Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17381 et. seq.), as amended, is 

4 amended by adding at the end the following: 

5 ‘‘SEC. 1313. DEFINITIONS. 

6 ‘‘In this title, the following definitions apply: 

7 ‘‘(1) CRITICAL FACILITY.—The term ‘critical 

8 facility’ means a manmade structure that the Sec9 retary determines vital to socioeconomic activities 

10 such that, if destroyed or damaged, such destruction 

11 or damage could cause substantial disruption to 

12 such socioeconomic activities. 

13 ‘‘(2) DISTRIBUTION AUTOMATION.—The term 

14 ‘distribution automation’ means systems and tech15 nologies that exert intelligent control over electrical 

16 grid functions at the distribution level. 

17 ‘‘(3) RESILIENCE.—The term ‘resilience’ means 

18 the ability to withstand and reduce the magnitude or 

19 duration of disruptive events, which includes the ca20 pability to anticipate, absorb, adapt to, or rapidly re21 cover from such an event, including from deliberate 

22 attacks, accidents, and naturally occurring threats 

23 or incidents.’’. 

24 SEC. 10. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS; AUTHORIZATION OF 

25 APPROPRIATIONS. 

26 (a) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.— 


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1 (1) ENERGY INDEPENDENCE AND SECURITY

2 ACT OF 2007.—Section 1(b) of the Energy Independ3 ence and Security Act of 2007 is amended in the 

4 table of contents— 

5 (A) by inserting the following after the 

6 item related to section 136: 

‘‘Sec. 137. Research and development into integrating electric vehicles onto the 

electric grid.’’. 

7 (B) by inserting the following after the 

8 item related to section 425: 

‘‘Sec. 426. Advanced integration of buildings onto the electric grid.’’. 

9 (C) by inserting the following after the 

10 item related to section 1304: 

‘‘Sec. 1304a. Smart grid modeling, visualization, architecture, and controls.’’; 

and 

11 (D) by inserting the following after the 

12 item related to section 1309: 

‘‘Sec. 1310. Grid resilience and emergency response. 

‘‘Sec. 1311. Hybrid energy systems. 

‘‘Sec. 1312. Industry Alliance. 

‘‘Sec. 1313. Definitions.’’. 

13 (2) ENERGY POLICY ACT OF 2005.—Section 1(b) 

14 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 is amended in the 

15 table of contents by inserting the following after the 

16 item related to section 935: 

‘‘Sec. 936. Research and development into integrating renewable energy onto 

the electric grid.’’. 

17 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

18 are authorized to be appropriated— 


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1 (1) to carry out sections 7 and 8 and the 

2 amendments made by sections 2 and 3 of this Act— 

3 (A) $170,000,000 for fiscal year 2020; 

4 (B) $175,000,000 for fiscal year 2021; 

5 (C) $180,000,000 for fiscal year 2022; 

6 (D) $185,000,000 for fiscal year 2023; 

7 and 

8 (E) $190,000,000 for fiscal year 2024; 

9 (2) to carry out section 5 of this Act— 

10 (A) $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2020; 

11 (B) $21,000,000 for fiscal year 2021; 

12 (C) $22,050,000 for fiscal year 2022; 

13 (D) $23,153,000 for fiscal year 2023; and 

14 (E) $24,310,000 for fiscal year 2024; and 

15 (3) to carry out section 6 of this Act— 

16 (A) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2020; 

17 (B) $52,500,000 for fiscal year 2021; 

18 (C) $55,152,000 for fiscal year 2022; 

19 (D) $57,882,000 for fiscal year 2023; and 

20 (E) $60,775,000 for fiscal year 2024. 

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