EV GRID Act

To require the Secretary of Energy to complete and publish a study and develop a plan related 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 related to ability of the electric system to meet the electricity demand of new electric vehicle charging infrastructure (a) Study (1) In general Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary of Energy 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 the date of enactment of this section. (2) Inclusions The study completed and published under paragraph (1) shall— (A) include an estimate of— (i) the amount of growth in the use of electric vehicles that is necessary to meet the President’s greenhouse gas reduction target; and (ii) how much additional electrical generation, transmission, and distribution capacity 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 section, including how such electricity demand varies by geography, population density, vehicle-grid interaction scenario, and the time of usage of such electric vehicle charging infrastructure; 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 section in such geographic areas. (b) Plan and recommendations Not later than 3 months after the date on which the study is published under subsection (a), the Secretary of Energy shall, 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— (1) develop a plan, based on such study, for how the Department of Energy may assist the electric system with meeting the increase in the demand for electricity estimated in such study; and (2) provide to Congress recommendations for legislation that would support the Department of Energy with assisting the electric system as described in paragraph (1). (c) Authorization of appropriations There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Energy to carry out this section $4,000,000 for fiscal year 2023. (d) 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

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.