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duction of electricity from renewable re-
sources. 
(2) OFF-PEAK ELECTRICITY USAGE GRANTS.— 
In carrying out the program under paragraph (1), 
the Secretary shall provide grants to assist eligible 
public and private electric utilities for the conduct of 
programs or activities to encourage owners of elec-
tric drive transportation technologies— 
(A) to use off-peak electricity; or 
(B) to have the load managed by the util-
ity. 
(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out subsections (b), 
(c), and (d) $125,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 
through 2013. 
(f) ELECTRIC
DRIVE
TRANSPORTATION
TECH-
NOLOGIES.— 
(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
(A) BATTERY.—The term ‘‘battery’’ means 
an electrochemical energy storage device pow-
ered directly by electrical current. 
(B) ELECTRIC
DRIVE
TRANSPORTATION 
TECHNOLOGY.—The term ‘‘electric drive trans-
portation technology’’ means— 
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(i) technology used in vehicles that 
use an electric motor for all or part of the 
motive power of the vehicles, including bat-
tery electric, hybrid electric, plug-in hybrid 
electric, fuel cell, and plug-in fuel cell vehi-
cles, or rail transportation; or 
(ii) equipment relating to transpor-
tation or mobile sources of air pollution 
that use an electric motor to replace an in-
ternal combustion engine for all or part of 
the work of the equipment, including— 
(I) corded electric equipment 
linked to transportation or mobile 
sources of air pollution; and 
(II) electrification technologies at 
airports, ports, truck stops, and mate-
rial-handling facilities. 
(C) ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘energy 
storage device’’ means the onboard device 
used in an on-road or nonroad vehicle to 
store energy, or a battery, ultracapacitor, 
compressed air energy storage system, or 
flywheel used to store energy in a sta-
tionary application. 
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(ii) INCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘energy 
storage device’’ includes— 
(I) in the case of an electric or 
hybrid electric or fuel cell vehicle, a 
battery, ultracapacitor, or similar de-
vice; and 
(II) in the case of a hybrid hy-
draulic vehicle, an accumulator or 
similar device. 
(D) ENGINE
DOMINANT
HYBRID
VEHI-
CLE.—The term ‘‘engine dominant hybrid vehi-
cle’’ means an on-road or nonroad vehicle 
that— 
(i) is propelled by an internal combus-
tion engine or heat engine using— 
(I) any combustible fuel; and 
(II) an on-board, rechargeable 
energy storage device; and 
(ii) has no means of using an off- 
board source of energy. 
(E) 
NONROAD
VEHICLE.—The 
term 
‘‘nonroad vehicle’’ means a vehicle— 
(i) powered by— 
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(I) a nonroad engine, as that 
term is defined in section 216 of the 
Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7550); or 
(II) fully or partially by an elec-
tric motor powered by a fuel cell, a 
battery, or an off-board source of elec-
tricity; and 
(ii) that is not a motor vehicle or a ve-
hicle used solely for competition. 
(F) PLUG-IN ELECTRIC DRIVE VEHICLE.— 
In this section, the term ‘‘plug-in electric drive 
vehicle’’ means a precommercial vehicle that— 
(i) draws motive power from a battery 
with a capacity of at least 4 kilowatt- 
hours; 
(ii) can be recharged from an external 
source of electricity for motive power; and 
(iii) is a light-, medium-, or heavy- 
duty onroad or nonroad vehicle. 
(2) EVALUATION OF PLUG-IN ELECTRIC DRIVE 
TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGY BENEFITS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in co-
operation with the Administrator of the Envi-
ronmental Protection Agency, the heads of 
other appropriate Federal agencies, and appro-
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