‘‘SEC. 1304a. SMART GRID MODELING, VISUALIZATION, AR-
CHITECTURE, AND CONTROLS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
enactment of the Grid Modernization Research and Devel-
opment Act of 2020, the Secretary shall establish a program 
of research, development, demonstration, and commercial 
application on electric grid modeling, sensing, visualiza-
tion, architecture development, and advanced operation and 
controls. 
‘‘(b) MODELING RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.—The 
Secretary shall support development of models of emerging 
technologies and systems to facilitate the secure and reliable 
design, planning, and operation of the electric grid for use 
by industry stakeholders. In particular, the Secretary shall 
support development of— 
‘‘(1) models to analyze and predict the effects of 
adverse physical and cyber events on the electric grid; 
‘‘(2) coupled models of electrical, physical, and 
cyber systems; 
‘‘(3) models of existing and emerging technologies 
being deployed on the electric grid due to projected 
changes in the electric generation mix and loads, for 
a variety of regional characteristics; and 
‘‘(4) integrated models of the communications, 
transmission, distribution, and other interdependent 
systems for existing, new, and emerging technologies. 
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‘‘(c) SITUATIONAL AWARENESS RESEARCH AND DE-
VELOPMENT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall support 
development of computational tools and technologies 
to improve sensing, monitoring, and visualization of 
the electric grid for real-time situational awareness 
and decision support tools that enable improved oper-
ation of the power system, including utility, non-util-
ity, and customer grid-connected assets, for use by in-
dustry partners. 
‘‘(2) DATA USE.—In developing visualization ca-
pabilities under this section, the Secretary shall de-
velop tools for industry stakeholders to use to analyze 
data collected from advanced measurement and moni-
toring technologies, including data from phasor meas-
urement units and advanced metering units. 
‘‘(3) SEVERE
EVENTS.—The Secretary shall 
prioritize enhancing cyber and physical situational 
awareness of the electric grid during adverse man-
made and naturally-occurring events. 
‘‘(d) ARCHITECTURE.—The Secretary shall conduct re-
search in collaboration with industry stakeholders to de-
velop model grid architectures to assist with wide-area 
transmission and distribution planning that incorporate 
expected changes to the modern electric grid. In supporting 
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the development of model grid architectures, the Secretary 
shall— 
‘‘(1) analyze a variety of grid architecture sce-
narios that range from minor upgrades to existing 
transmission grid infrastructure to scenarios that in-
volve the replacement of significant portions of exist-
ing transmission grid infrastructure; 
‘‘(2) analyze the effects of the increasing pro-
liferation of renewable and other zero emissions en-
ergy generation sources, increasing use of distributed 
resources owned by non-utility entities, and the use of 
digital and automated controls not managed by grid 
operators; 
‘‘(3) include a variety of new and emerging dis-
tribution grid technologies, including distributed en-
ergy resources, electric vehicle charging stations, dis-
tribution automation technologies, energy storage, and 
renewable energy sources; 
‘‘(4) analyze the effects of local load balancing 
and other forms of decentralized control; 
‘‘(5) analyze the effects of changes to grid archi-
tectures resulting from modernizing electric grid sys-
tems, including communications, controls, markets, 
consumer choice, emergency response, electrification, 
and cybersecurity concerns; and 
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‘‘(6) develop integrated grid architectures that 
incorporate system resilience for cyber, physical, and 
communications systems. 
‘‘(e) OPERATION AND CONTROLS RESEARCH AND DE-
VELOPMENT.—The Secretary shall conduct research to de-
velop improvements to the operation and controls of the 
electric grid, in coordination with industry partners. Such 
activities shall include— 
‘‘(1) a training facility or facilities to allow grid 
operators to gain operational experience with ad-
vanced grid control concepts and technologies; 
‘‘(2) development of cost-effective advanced oper-
ation and control concepts and technologies, such as 
adaptive islanding, dynamic line rating systems, 
power flow controllers, network topology optimization, 
smart circuit breakers, intelligent load shedding, and 
fault-tolerant control system architectures; 
‘‘(3) development of real-time control concepts 
using artificial intelligence and machine learning for 
improved electric grid resilience; and 
‘‘(4) utilization of advanced data analytics in-
cluding load forecasting, power flow modeling, equip-
ment failure prediction, resource optimization, risk 
analysis, and decision analysis. 
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‘‘(f) INTEROPERABILITY RESEARCH
AND DEVELOP-
MENT.—The Secretary shall conduct research and develop-
ment on tools and technologies that improve the interoper-
ability and compatibility of new and emerging components, 
technologies, and systems with existing electric grid infra-
structure. 
‘‘(g) COMPUTING RESOURCES AND DATA COORDINA-
TION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.—In carrying out this 
section, the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(1) leverage existing computing resources at the 
National Laboratories; 
‘‘(2) develop voluntary standards for data 
taxonomies and communication protocols in coordi-
nation with public and private sector stakeholders; 
and 
‘‘(3) comply with section 8 of the Grid Mod-
ernization Research and Development Act of 2019. 
‘‘(h) INFORMATION SHARING.—None of the activities 
authorized in this section shall require private entities to 
share information or data with the Secretary.’’. 
SEC. 4. ENHANCING GRID RESILIENCE AND EMERGENCY 
RESPONSE. 
Title XIII of the Energy Independence and Security 
Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17381 et. seq.) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
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