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115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5615 

To provide for the study and evaluation of net metering, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 25, 2018 

Mr. CA ́RDENAS (for himself and Mr. LOWENTHAL) introduced the following 

bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

A BILL 

To provide for the study and evaluation of net metering, 

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. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Evaluation 

5 of Techniques for Making Energy Technologies More Effi6 cient and Resilient Act of 2018’’. 

7 SEC. 2. NET METERING STUDY AND EVALUATION. 

8 Title XVIII of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (Public 

9 Law 109–58; 119 Stat. 1122) is amended by adding at 

10 the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 1841. NET METERING STUDY AND EVALUATION. 

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

3 the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall 

4 seek to enter into an agreement with the National Acad5 emies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (referred to 

6 in this section as the ‘National Academies’) under which 

7 the National Academies shall— 

8 ‘‘(1) study the opportunities and challenges as9 sociated with net metering; and 

10 ‘‘(2) evaluate the expected medium- and long11 term impacts of net metering. 

12 ‘‘(b) ELEMENTS.—The study and evaluation con13 ducted pursuant to the agreement entered into under sub14 section (a) shall address— 

15 ‘‘(1) developments in net metering, including 

16 the emergence of new technologies; 

17 ‘‘(2) alternatives to existing metering systems 

18 that— 

19 ‘‘(A) provide for transactions that— 

20 ‘‘(i) measure electric energy consump21 tion by an electric consumer at the home 

22 or facility of that electric consumer; and 

23 ‘‘(ii) are capable of sending electric 

24 energy usage information through a com25 munications network to an electric utility; 


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1 ‘‘(B) promote equitable distribution of re2 sources and costs; and 

3 ‘‘(C) provide incentives for the use of dis4 tributed renewable generation; 

5 ‘‘(3) net metering planning and operating tech6 niques; 

7 ‘‘(4) effective architecture for net metering; 

8 ‘‘(5) successful net metering business models; 

9 ‘‘(6) consumer and industry incentives for net 

10 metering; 

11 ‘‘(7) the role of renewable resources in the elec12 tric grid; 

13 ‘‘(8) the role of net metering in developing fu14 ture models for renewable infrastructure; and 

15 ‘‘(9) the use of battery storage with net meter16 ing. 

17 ‘‘(c) REPORT.— 

18 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The agreement entered into 

19 under subsection (a) shall require the National 

20 Academies to submit to the Secretary, not later than 

21 2 years after entering into the agreement, a report 

22 that describes the results of the study and evalua23 tion conducted pursuant to the agreement. 

24 ‘‘(2) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The report sub25 mitted under paragraph (1) shall be made available 


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1 to the public through electronic means, including the 

2 internet.’’. 

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