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112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2208 
To incorporate smart grid capability into the Energy Star Program, to reduce 
peak electric demand, to reauthorize a energy efficiency public informa-
tion program to include Smart Grid information, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 16, 2011 
Mr. MCNERNEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To incorporate smart grid capability into the Energy Star 
Program, to reduce peak electric demand, to reauthorize 
a energy efficiency public information program to include 
Smart Grid information, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Smart Grid Advance-
ment Act of 2011’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
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(1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis-
trator’’ means the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency. 
(2) APPLICABLE BASELINE.—The term ‘‘appli-
cable baseline’’ means the average of the highest 
three annual peak demands a load-serving entity has 
experienced during the 5 years immediately prior to 
the date of enactment of this Act. 
(3) COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 
means the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. 
(4) LOAD-SERVING ENTITY.—The term ‘‘load- 
serving entity’’ means an entity that provides elec-
tricity directly to retail consumers with the responsi-
bility to assure power quality and reliability, includ-
ing such entities that are investor-owned, publicly 
owned, owned by rural electric cooperatives, or other 
entities. 
(5) PEAK DEMAND.—The term ‘‘peak demand’’ 
means the highest point of electricity demand, net of 
any distributed electricity generation or storage from 
sources on the load-serving entity’s customers’ prem-
ises, during any hour on the system of a load-serving 
entity during a calendar year, expressed in 
megawatts (MW), or more than one such high point 
as a function of seasonal demand changes. 
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(6) PEAK
DEMAND
REDUCTION.—The term 
‘‘peak demand reduction’’ means the reduction in 
annual peak demand as compared to a previous 
baseline year or period, expressed in megawatts 
(MW), whether accomplished by— 
(A) diminishing the end-use requirements 
for electricity; 
(B) use of locally stored energy or gen-
erated electricity to meet those requirements 
from distributed resources on the load-serving 
entity’s customers’ premises and without use of 
high-voltage transmission; or 
(C) energy savings from efficient operation 
of the distribution grid resulting from the use 
of a Smart Grid. 
(7) PEAK
DEMAND
REDUCTION
PLAN.—The 
term ‘‘peak demand reduction plan’’ means a plan 
developed by or for a load-serving entity that it will 
implement to meet its peak demand reduction goals. 
(8) PEAK PERIOD.—The term ‘‘peak period’’ 
means the time period on the system of a load-serv-
ing entity relative to peak demand that may warrant 
special measures or electricity resources to maintain 
system reliability while meeting peak demand. 
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