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pability and shall establish benchmarks for meeting that 
goal. The plan shall also include— 
(1) an analysis of the most effective and effi-
cient mechanisms for ensuring broadband access by 
all people of the United States; 
(2) a detailed strategy for achieving afford-
ability of such service and maximum utilization of 
broadband infrastructure and service by the public; 
and 
(3) a plan for use of broadband infrastructure 
and services in advancing consumer welfare, civic 
participation, public safety and homeland security, 
community development, health care delivery, energy 
independence and efficiency, education, worker train-
ing, private sector investment, entrepreneurial activ-
ity, job creation and economic growth, and other na-
tional purposes. 
TITLE VII—ENERGY 
SEC. 7001. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO THE ENERGY 
INDEPENDENCE AND SECURITY ACT OF 2007. 
(a) Section 543(a) of the Energy Independence and 
Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17153(a)) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through 
(4) as paragraphs (3) through (5), respectively; and
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(2) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(1) 34 percent to eligible units of local govern-
ment–alternative 1, in accordance with subsection 
(b); 
‘‘(2) 34 percent to eligible units of local govern-
ment–alternative 2, in accordance with subsection 
(b);’’. 
(b) Section 543(b) of the Energy Independence and 
Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17153(b)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘subsection (a)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection 
(a)(1) or (2)’’. 
(c) Section 548(a)(1) of the Energy Independence 
and Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17158(a)(1)) is 
amending by striking ‘‘; provided’’ and all that follows 
through ‘‘541(3)(B)’’. 
SEC. 7002. AMENDMENTS TO TITLE XIII OF THE ENERGY 
INDEPENDENCE AND SECURITY ACT OF 2007. 
Title XIII of the Energy Independence and Security 
Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17381 and following) is amended 
as follows: 
(1) By amending subparagraph (A) of section 
1304(b)(3) to read as follows: 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out the 
initiative, the Secretary shall provide financial
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support to smart grid demonstration projects in 
urban, suburban, and rural areas, including 
areas where electric system assets are controlled 
by tax-exempt entities and areas where electric 
system assets are controlled by investor-owned 
utilities.’’. 
(2) By amending subparagraph (C) of section 
1304(b)(3) to read as follows: 
‘‘(C) FEDERAL SHARE OF COST OF TECH-
NOLOGY
INVESTMENTS.—The Secretary shall 
provide to an electric utility described in sub-
paragraph (B) or to other parties financial as-
sistance for use in paying an amount equal to 
not more than 50 percent of the cost of quali-
fying advanced grid technology investments 
made by the electric utility or other party to 
carry out a demonstration project.’’. 
(3) By inserting after section 1304(b)(3)(D) 
the following new subparagraphs: 
‘‘(E) AVAILABILITY OF DATA.—The Sec-
retary shall establish and maintain a smart grid 
information clearinghouse in a timely manner 
which will make data from smart grid dem-
onstration projects and other sources available 
to the public. As a condition of receiving finan-
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cial assistance under this subsection, a utility or 
other participant in a smart grid demonstration 
project shall provide such information as the 
Secretary may require to become available 
through the smart grid information clearing-
house in the form and within the timeframes as 
directed by the Secretary. The Secretary shall 
assure that business proprietary information 
and individual customer information is not in-
cluded in the information made available 
through the clearinghouse. 
‘‘(F) OPEN
PROTOCOLS
AND
STAND-
ARDS.—The Secretary shall require as a condi-
tion of receiving funding under this subsection 
that demonstration projects utilize Internet- 
based or other open protocols and standards if 
available and appropriate.’’. 
(4) By amending paragraph (2) of section 
1304(c) to read as follows: 
‘‘(2) to carry out subsection (b), such sums as 
may be necessary.’’. 
(5) By amending subsection (a) of section 1306 
by striking ‘‘reimbursement of one-fifth (20 per-
cent)’’ and inserting ‘‘grants of up to one-half (50 
percent)’’.
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(6) By striking the last sentence of subsection 
(b)(9) of section 1306. 
(7) By striking ‘‘are eligible for’’ in subsection 
(c)(1) of section 1306 and inserting ‘‘utilize’’. 
(8) By amending subsection (e) of section 1306 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(e) PROCEDURES
AND
RULES.—The Secretary 
shall— 
‘‘(1) establish within 60 days after the enact-
ment of the American Recovery and Reinvestment 
Act of 2009 procedures by which applicants can ob-
tain grants of not more than one-half of their docu-
mented costs; 
‘‘(2) require as a condition of receiving a grant 
under this section that grant recipients utilize Inter-
net-based or other open protocols and standards if 
available and appropriate; 
‘‘(3) establish procedures to ensure that there is 
no duplication or multiple payment or recovery for 
the same investment or costs, that the grant goes to 
the party making the actual expenditures for quali-
fying smart grid investments, and that the grants 
made have significant effect in encouraging and fa-
cilitating the development of a smart grid;