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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5230 

To direct the Secretary of Defense to carry out a pilot program on 

collaborative energy security. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 6, 2010 

Mr. HEINRICH introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Science 

and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 

Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 

the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of Defense to carry out a pilot 

program on collaborative energy security. 

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 ‘‘Military Energy Secu5 rity Act’’ or the ‘‘MESA Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. PILOT PROGRAM ON COLLABORATIVE ENERGY SE7 CURITY. 

8 (a) PILOT PROGRAM.—The Secretary of Defense, in 

9 coordination with the Secretary of Energy, shall carry out 


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1 a collaborative energy security pilot program involving one 

2 or more partnerships between one military installation and 

3 one national laboratory, for the purpose of evaluating and 

4 validating secure, salable microgrid components and sys5 tems for deployment. 

6 (b) SELECTION OF MILITARY INSTALLATION AND

7 NATIONAL LABORATORY.—The Secretary of Defense and 

8 the Secretary of Energy shall jointly select a military in9 stallation and a national laboratory for the purpose of car10 rying out the pilot program under this section. In making 

11 such selections, the Secretaries shall consider each of the 

12 following: 

13 (1) A commitment to participate made by a 

14 military installation being considered for selection. 

15 (2) The findings and recommendations of rel16 evant energy security assessments of military instal17 lations being considered for selection. 

18 (3) The availability of renewable energy sources 

19 at a military installation being considered for selec20 tion. 

21 (4) Potential synergies between the expertise 

22 and capabilities of a national laboratory being con23 sidered for selection and the infrastructure, inter24 ests, or other energy security needs of a military in25 stallation being considered for selection. 


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1 (5) The effects of any utility tariffs, surcharges, 

2 or other considerations on the feasibility of enabling 

3 any excess electricity generated on a military instal4 lation being considered for selection to be sold or 

5 otherwise made available to the local community 

6 near the installation. 

7 (c) PROGRAM ELEMENTS.—The pilot program shall 

8 be carried out as follows: 

9 (1) Under the pilot program, the Secretaries 

10 shall evaluate and validate the performance of new 

11 energy technologies that may be incorporated into 

12 operating environments. 

13 (2) The pilot program shall involve collabora14 tion with the Office of Electricity Delivery and En15 ergy Reliability of the Department of Energy and 

16 other offices and agencies within the Department of 

17 Energy, as appropriate, and the Environmental Se18 curity Technical Certification Program of the De19 partment of Defense. 

20 (3) Under the pilot program, the Secretary of 

21 Defense shall investigate opportunities for any ex22 cess electricity created for the military installation to 

23 be sold or otherwise made available the local commu24 nity near the installation. 


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1 (4) The Secretary of Defense shall use the re2 sults of the pilot program as the basis for informing 

3 key performance parameters and validating energy 

4 components and designs that could be implemented 

5 in various military installations across the country 

6 and at forward operating bases. 

7 (5) The pilot program shall support the effort 

8 of the Secretary of Defense to use the military as a 

9 test bed to demonstrate innovative energy tech10 nologies. 

11 (d) IMPLEMENTATION AND DURATION.—The Sec12 retary of Defense shall begin the pilot program under this 

13 section by not later than July 1, 2011. Such pilot program 

14 shall be not less than three years in duration. 

15 (e) REPORTS.— 

16 (1) INITIAL REPORT.—Not later than October 

17 1, 2011, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to 

18 the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate 

19 and House of Representatives, the Committee on 

20 Energy and Commerce of the House of Representa21 tives, and the Committee on Energy and Natural 

22 Resources of the Senate an initial report that pro23 vides an update on the implementation of the pilot 

24 program under this section, including an identifica25 tion of the selected military installation and national 


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1 laboratory partner and a description of technologies 

2 under evaluation. 

3 (2) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than 90 days 

4 after completion of the pilot program under this sec5 tion, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees 

6 on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Rep7 resentatives, the Committee on Energy and Com8 merce of the House of Representatives, and the 

9 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the 

10 Senate a report on the pilot program, including any 

11 findings and recommendations of the Secretary. 

12 (f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

13 authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Defense 

14 to carry out this section— 

15 (1) $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2011; 

16 (2) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2012; and 

17 (3) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2012. 

18 (g) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section: 

19 (1) The term ‘‘microgrid’’ means an integrated 

20 energy system consisting of interconnected loads and 

21 distributed energy resources (including generators, 

22 energy storage devices, and smart controls) that can 

23 operate with the utility grid or in an intentional 

24 islanding mode. 

25 (2) The term ‘‘national laboratory’’ means— 


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1 (A) a national laboratory (as defined in 

2 section 2 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 

3 U.S.C. 15801)); or 

4 (B) a national security laboratory (as de5 fined in section 3281 of the National Nuclear 

6 Security Administration Act (50 U.S.C. 2471)). 

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