EV GRID Act

To require the Secretary of Energy to complete and publish a study and develop a plan relating to the ability of the electric system to meet the electricity demand of new electric vehicle charging infrastructure, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Electric Vehicle Grid Readiness, Improvement, and Development Act EV GRID Act 2. Study and plan relating to the ability of the electric system to meet the electricity demand of new electric vehicle charging infrastructure (a) Definitions In this section: (1) Electric vehicle charging infrastructure The term electric vehicle charging infrastructure (2) President’s greenhouse gas reduction target The term President’s greenhouse gas reduction target (3) Secretary The term Secretary (4) Study The term Study (b) Study (1) In general Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall complete, and publish on the website of the Department of Energy, a study that assesses the ability of the electric system to meet the electricity demand of electric vehicle charging infrastructure that is installed on or after that date of enactment. (2) Requirements The Study shall— (A) include an estimate of— (i) the growth in the use of electric vehicles that is necessary to meet the President’s greenhouse gas reduction target; (ii) the additional electric generation, transmission, and distribution capacity that will need to be added to the electric system to meet the electricity demand of electric vehicle charging infrastructure that is installed on or after the date of enactment of this Act; and (iii) how the electricity demand described in clause (ii) will vary by— (I) geography; (II) population density; (III) vehicle-grid interaction scenario; and (IV) time of day at which the electric vehicle charging infrastructure is used; and (B) identify geographic areas in which greater investment in the electric system is necessary to meet the electricity demand of electric vehicle charging infrastructure installed on or after the date of enactment of this Act in those geographic areas. (c) Plan and recommendations Not later than 90 days after the date on which the Study is published under subsection (b)(1), the Secretary, in coordination with the Building a Better Grid Initiative of the Office of Electricity and the Vehicle Technologies Office of the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, shall— (1) develop a plan, based on the Study, for how the Department of Energy may assist the electric system with meeting the increase in the demand for electricity estimated in the Study; and (2) provide to Congress recommendations for legislation that would support the Department of Energy in assisting the electric system as described in paragraph (1). (d) Authorization of appropriations There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this section $4,000,000 for fiscal year 2023.

Summary: Electric Vehicle Grid Readiness, Improvement, and Development Act or the EV GRID Act This bill requires the Department of Energy to complete and publish a study that assesses the ability of the electric system to meet the electricity demand of electric vehicle charging infrastructure that is installed on or after the enactment of this bill.