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111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5230 
To direct the Secretary of Defense to carry out a pilot program on 
collaborative energy security. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 6, 2010 
Mr. HEINRICH introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Science 
and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 
the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Defense to carry out a pilot 
program on collaborative energy security. 
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 ‘‘Military Energy Secu-
rity Act’’ or the ‘‘MESA Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PILOT PROGRAM ON COLLABORATIVE ENERGY SE-
CURITY. 
(a) PILOT PROGRAM.—The Secretary of Defense, in 
coordination with the Secretary of Energy, shall carry out 
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a collaborative energy security pilot program involving one 
or more partnerships between one military installation and 
one national laboratory, for the purpose of evaluating and 
validating secure, salable microgrid components and sys-
tems for deployment. 
(b) SELECTION OF MILITARY INSTALLATION AND 
NATIONAL LABORATORY.—The Secretary of Defense and 
the Secretary of Energy shall jointly select a military in-
stallation and a national laboratory for the purpose of car-
rying out the pilot program under this section. In making 
such selections, the Secretaries shall consider each of the 
following: 
(1) A commitment to participate made by a 
military installation being considered for selection. 
(2) The findings and recommendations of rel-
evant energy security assessments of military instal-
lations being considered for selection. 
(3) The availability of renewable energy sources 
at a military installation being considered for selec-
tion. 
(4) Potential synergies between the expertise 
and capabilities of a national laboratory being con-
sidered for selection and the infrastructure, inter-
ests, or other energy security needs of a military in-
stallation being considered for selection. 
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(5) The effects of any utility tariffs, surcharges, 
or other considerations on the feasibility of enabling 
any excess electricity generated on a military instal-
lation being considered for selection to be sold or 
otherwise made available to the local community 
near the installation. 
(c) PROGRAM ELEMENTS.—The pilot program shall 
be carried out as follows: 
(1) Under the pilot program, the Secretaries 
shall evaluate and validate the performance of new 
energy technologies that may be incorporated into 
operating environments. 
(2) The pilot program shall involve collabora-
tion with the Office of Electricity Delivery and En-
ergy Reliability of the Department of Energy and 
other offices and agencies within the Department of 
Energy, as appropriate, and the Environmental Se-
curity Technical Certification Program of the De-
partment of Defense. 
(3) Under the pilot program, the Secretary of 
Defense shall investigate opportunities for any ex-
cess electricity created for the military installation to 
be sold or otherwise made available the local commu-
nity near the installation. 
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(4) The Secretary of Defense shall use the re-
sults of the pilot program as the basis for informing 
key performance parameters and validating energy 
components and designs that could be implemented 
in various military installations across the country 
and at forward operating bases. 
(5) The pilot program shall support the effort 
of the Secretary of Defense to use the military as a 
test bed to demonstrate innovative energy tech-
nologies. 
(d) IMPLEMENTATION
AND DURATION.—The Sec-
retary of Defense shall begin the pilot program under this 
section by not later than July 1, 2011. Such pilot program 
shall be not less than three years in duration. 
(e) REPORTS.— 
(1) INITIAL REPORT.—Not later than October 
1, 2011, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to 
the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate 
and House of Representatives, the Committee on 
Energy and Commerce of the House of Representa-
tives, and the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources of the Senate an initial report that pro-
vides an update on the implementation of the pilot 
program under this section, including an identifica-
tion of the selected military installation and national 
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laboratory partner and a description of technologies 
under evaluation. 
(2) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than 90 days 
after completion of the pilot program under this sec-
tion, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees 
on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Rep-
resentatives, the Committee on Energy and Com-
merce of the House of Representatives, and the 
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the 
Senate a report on the pilot program, including any 
findings and recommendations of the Secretary. 
(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Defense 
to carry out this section— 
(1) $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2011; 
(2) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2012; and 
(3) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2012. 
(g) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘microgrid’’ means an integrated 
energy system consisting of interconnected loads and 
distributed energy resources (including generators, 
energy storage devices, and smart controls) that can 
operate with the utility grid or in an intentional 
islanding mode. 
(2) The term ‘‘national laboratory’’ means— 
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(A) a national laboratory (as defined in 
section 2 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 
U.S.C. 15801)); or 
(B) a national security laboratory (as de-
fined in section 3281 of the National Nuclear 
Security Administration Act (50 U.S.C. 2471)). 
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