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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1696 

To amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to provide for a smart energy 

and water efficiency management pilot program. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

AUGUST 1, 2017 

Mr. UDALL introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to provide for 

a smart energy and water efficiency management pilot 

program. 

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. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Smart Energy and 

5 Water Efficiency Act of 2017’’. 

6 SEC. 2. SMART ENERGY AND WATER EFFICIENCY MANAGE7 MENT PILOT PROGRAM. 

8 Subtitle A of title IX of the Energy Policy Act of 

9 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16191 et seq.) is amended by adding at 

10 the end the following: 

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1 ‘‘SEC. 918. SMART ENERGY AND WATER EFFICIENCY MAN2 AGEMENT PILOT PROGRAM. 

3 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

4 ‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligible en5 tity’ means— 

6 ‘‘(A) a utility; 

7 ‘‘(B) a municipality; 

8 ‘‘(C) a water district; 

9 ‘‘(D) an Indian tribe or Alaska Native vil10 lage; and 

11 ‘‘(E) any other authority that provides 

12 water, wastewater, or water reuse services. 

13 ‘‘(2) PILOT PROGRAM.—The term ‘pilot pro14 gram’ means the pilot program established under 

15 subsection (b)(1). 

16 ‘‘(b) SMART ENERGY AND WATER EFFICIENCY MAN17 AGEMENT PILOT PROGRAM.— 

18 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall estab19 lish and carry out a smart energy and water effi20 ciency management pilot program in accordance 

21 with this section. 

22 ‘‘(2) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the pilot pro23 gram is to award grants to eligible entities to dem24 onstrate advanced and innovative technology-based 

25 solutions that will— 

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1 ‘‘(A) increase the energy efficiency of 

2 water, wastewater, and water reuse systems; 

3 ‘‘(B) improve the energy efficiency of 

4 water, wastewater, and water reuse systems to 

5 help communities across the United States 

6 make significant progress in conserving water, 

7 saving energy, and reducing costs; 

8 ‘‘(C) support the implementation of inno9 vative processes and the installation of ad10 vanced automated systems that provide real11 time data on energy and water; and 

12 ‘‘(D) improve energy and water conserva13 tion, water quality, and predictive maintenance 

14 of energy and water systems, through the use 

15 of Internet-connected technologies, including 

16 sensors, intelligent gateways, and security em17 bedded in hardware. 

18 ‘‘(3) PROJECT SELECTION.— 

19 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 

20 make competitive, merit-reviewed grants under 

21 the pilot program to not less than 3, but not 

22 more than 5, eligible entities. 

23 ‘‘(B) SELECTION CRITERIA.—In selecting 

24 an eligible entity to receive a grant under the 

25 pilot program, the Secretary shall consider— 

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1 ‘‘(i) energy and cost savings antici2 pated to result from the project; 

3 ‘‘(ii) the innovative nature, commer4 cial viability, and reliability of the tech5 nology to be used; 

6 ‘‘(iii) the degree to which the project 

7 integrates next-generation sensors, soft8 ware, hardware, analytics, and manage9 ment tools; 

10 ‘‘(iv) the anticipated cost effectiveness 

11 of the project in terms of energy efficiency 

12 savings, water savings or reuse, and infra13 structure costs averted; 

14 ‘‘(v) whether the technology can be 

15 deployed in a variety of geographic regions 

16 and the degree to which the technology can 

17 be implemented on a smaller or larger 

18 scale, including whether the technology can 

19 be implemented by each type of eligible en20 tity; 

21 ‘‘(vi) whether the technology has been 

22 successfully deployed elsewhere; 

23 ‘‘(vii) whether the technology is 

24 sourced from a manufacturer based in the 

25 United States; and 

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1 ‘‘(viii) whether the project will be 

2 completed in 5 years or less. 

3 ‘‘(C) APPLICATIONS.— 

4 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Subject to clause 

5 (ii), an eligible entity seeking a grant 

6 under the pilot program shall submit to 

7 the Secretary an application at such time, 

8 in such manner, and containing such infor9 mation as the Secretary determines to be 

10 necessary. 

11 ‘‘(ii) CONTENTS.—An application 

12 under clause (i), at a minimum, shall in13 clude— 

14 ‘‘(I) a description of the project; 

15 ‘‘(II) a description of the tech16 nology to be used in the project; 

17 ‘‘(III) the anticipated results, in18 cluding energy and water savings, of 

19 the project; 

20 ‘‘(IV) a comprehensive budget for 

21 the project; 

22 ‘‘(V) the names of the project 

23 lead organization and any partners; 

24 ‘‘(VI) the number of users to be 

25 served by the project; 

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1 ‘‘(VII) a description of the ways 

2 in which the proposal would meet per3 formance measures established by the 

4 Secretary; and 

5 ‘‘(VIII) any other information 

6 that the Secretary determines to be 

7 necessary to complete the review and 

8 selection of a grant recipient. 

9 ‘‘(4) ADMINISTRATION.— 

10 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 300 

11 days after the date of enactment of the Smart 

12 Energy and Water Efficiency Act of 2017, the 

13 Secretary shall select grant recipients under 

14 this section. 

15 ‘‘(B) EVALUATIONS.— 

16 ‘‘(i) ANNUAL EVALUATIONS.—The 

17 Secretary shall annually carry out an eval18 uation of each project for which a grant is 

19 provided under this section that meets per20 formance measures and benchmarks devel21 oped by the Secretary, consistent with the 

22 purposes of this section. 

23 ‘‘(ii) REQUIREMENTS.—Consistent 

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1 rying out an evaluation under that clause, 

2 the Secretary shall— 

3 ‘‘(I) evaluate the progress and 

4 impact of the project; and 

5 ‘‘(II) assess the degree to which 

6 the project is meeting the goals of the 

7 pilot program. 

8 ‘‘(C) TECHNICAL AND POLICY ASSIST9 ANCE.—On request of a grant recipient, the 

10 Secretary shall provide technical and policy as11 sistance to the grant recipient to carry out the 

12 project. 

13 ‘‘(D) BEST PRACTICES.—The Secretary 

14 shall make available to the public— 

15 ‘‘(i) a copy of each evaluation carried 

16 out under subparagraph (B); and 

17 ‘‘(ii) a description of any best prac18 tices identified by the Secretary as a result 

19 of those evaluations. 

20 ‘‘(E) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Sec21 retary shall submit to Congress a report de22 scribing the results of each evaluation carried 

23 out under subparagraph (B). 

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1 ‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

2 is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section, 

3 $15,000,000, to remain available until expended.’’. 

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