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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. 
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 ‘‘National Evaluation 
of Techniques for Making Energy Technologies More Effi-
cient and Resilient Act of 2018’’. 
SEC. 2. NET METERING STUDY AND EVALUATION. 
Title XVIII of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (Public 
Law 109–58; 119 Stat. 1122) is amended by adding at 
the end the following: 
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‘‘SEC. 1841. NET METERING STUDY AND EVALUATION. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall 
seek to enter into an agreement with the National Acad-
emies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (referred to 
in this section as the ‘National Academies’) under which 
the National Academies shall— 
‘‘(1) study the opportunities and challenges as-
sociated with net metering; and 
‘‘(2) evaluate the expected medium- and long- 
term impacts of net metering. 
‘‘(b) ELEMENTS.—The study and evaluation con-
ducted pursuant to the agreement entered into under sub-
section (a) shall address— 
‘‘(1) developments in net metering, including 
the emergence of new technologies; 
‘‘(2) alternatives to existing metering systems 
that— 
‘‘(A) provide for transactions that— 
‘‘(i) measure electric energy consump-
tion by an electric consumer at the home 
or facility of that electric consumer; and 
‘‘(ii) are capable of sending electric 
energy usage information through a com-
munications network to an electric utility; 
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‘‘(B) promote equitable distribution of re-
sources and costs; and 
‘‘(C) provide incentives for the use of dis-
tributed renewable generation; 
‘‘(3) net metering planning and operating tech-
niques; 
‘‘(4) effective architecture for net metering; 
‘‘(5) successful net metering business models; 
‘‘(6) consumer and industry incentives for net 
metering; 
‘‘(7) the role of renewable resources in the elec-
tric grid; 
‘‘(8) the role of net metering in developing fu-
ture models for renewable infrastructure; and 
‘‘(9) the use of battery storage with net meter-
ing. 
‘‘(c) REPORT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The agreement entered into 
under subsection (a) shall require the National 
Academies to submit to the Secretary, not later than 
2 years after entering into the agreement, a report 
that describes the results of the study and evalua-
tion conducted pursuant to the agreement. 
‘‘(2) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The report sub-
mitted under paragraph (1) shall be made available 
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to the public through electronic means, including the 
internet.’’. 
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