Integrated Energy Systems Act of 2019

To require the Secretary of Energy to establish an integrated energy systems research, development, and demonstration program, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Integrated Energy Systems Act of 2019 2. I E S P (a) Definitions In this section: (1) Program The term program (2) Secretary The term Secretary (b) Establishment (1) In general The Secretary shall establish a program within the Office of Nuclear Energy, to be known as the Integrated Energy Systems Program (A) to maximize energy production and efficiency; (B) to provide reliable, competitive, and environmentally sustainable electricity to the grid; (C) to expand the use of emissions-reducing energy technologies into nonelectric sectors to achieve dramatic reductions in environmental emissions; and (D) to enable the energy infrastructure of the United States to support the quantity, variability in type, and variability in size of generation devices and smart load devices. (2) Program administration; partners The program shall be carried out by the Office of Nuclear Energy, in partnership with— (A) multiple offices of the Department of Energy, including— (i) the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy; (ii) the Office of Fossil Energy; (iii) the Office of Electricity; and (iv) the Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response; (B) National Laboratories; (C) institutions of higher education; and (D) the private sector. (3) Goals and milestones The Secretary shall establish goals and milestones for the program, including the goals of— (A) expanding emissions-reducing energy technologies to the transportation and industrial sectors by leveraging— (i) the nuclear reactor fleet of the United States; (ii) advanced nuclear; (iii) renewable energy; (iv) carbon capture, use, and storage; and (v) the energy storage resources of the United States; (B) ensuring the competitiveness of the United States in best value, emissions-reducing energy development; (C) modernizing energy infrastructure with emissions-reducing technology to promote— (i) grid stability; (ii) ramping load following; (iii) rapid start; (iv) intermittency; and (v) resiliency; (D) establishing a domestic supply chain of— (i) nuclear reactor and appurtenant equipment; and (ii) advanced coolants; (E) enhancing and accelerating domestic manufacturing and desalinization technologies and processes by optimally using clean energy sources; and (F) mitigating vulnerability to— (i) transmission congestion on the power grid; (ii) cyberattack; (iii) physical attack; and (iv) natural phenomena. (c) Research goals Research goals under the program shall include— (1) technology innovation to further the expansion of emissions-reducing energy technologies to accommodate a modern, resilient grid system by— (A) effectively leveraging multiple energy sources; (B) enhancing and streamlining engineering design; (C) carrying out process demonstrations to optimize performance; (D) addressing safety by design; and (E) streamlining regulatory review; (2) the most efficient use of emissions-reducing energy technologies for hydrogen production to support transportation and industrial needs; (3) water processing and purification to support industrial and municipal potable and cooling water needs; (4) conversion of carbon feedstock (such as coal, biomass, natural gas, and refuse waste) to higher value nonelectric commodities; (5) the use of carbon dioxide in nonelectric commodities; (6) advanced power cycles, extraction, and processing of complex hydrocarbons to produce high-value chemicals; (7) more effective thermal energy use, transport, and storage; (8) the demonstration of nuclear energy delivery for— (A) the production of chemicals, metals, and fuels; (B) the capture, use, and storage of carbon; and (C) renewable integration with an integrated energy system; and (9) the development of new analysis capabilities to identify the best ways— (A) to leverage multiple energy sources in a given region; and (B) to quantify the benefits of integrated energy systems. (d) Grants The Secretary may award grants under the program to support the goals of the program. (e) Authorization of appropriations There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out the program $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2029.

Summary: Integrated Energy Systems Act of 2019 This bill directs the Department of Energy (DOE) to establish an integrated energy systems program to (1) maximize energy production and efficiency; (2) develop energy systems involving the integration of nuclear energy with renewable energy, fossil energy, and energy storage; and (3) expand the use of emissions-reducing energy technologies into nonelectric sectors to achieve significant reductions in environmental emissions. DOE must establish quantitative goals and milestones for the program.