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(2) MEETINGS AND WORKING GROUP FOR DE-
VELOPMENT OF INTEROPERABILITY PROTOCOLS AND 
MODEL STANDARDS.—Within 60 days after the en-
actment of this section, the Director of the National 
Institute of Standards and Technology shall convene 
meetings of experts and stakeholders to discuss and 
achieve such standards, for the purpose of forming 
an ongoing voluntary working group. Upon the cre-
ation of the Grid Modernization Commission, the 
Commission shall assume the role of convening fur-
ther such meetings and collaborating with such a 
working group to continue progress towards such 
standards, with continued technical support from the 
Director of the National Institute of Standards and 
Technology. The Gridwise Architecture Council, the 
International Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 
the National Electric Reliability Organization recog-
nized by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commis-
sion, and National Electrical Manufacturer’s Asso-
ciation shall be among stakeholders invited to such 
meetings, together with other groups of manufactur-
ers of equipment that could usefully be Smart-Grid 
capable, groups of customers, State and Federal reg-
ulators, electric utility groups, communications and 
computer experts, and other Federal offices and 
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agencies that have roles related to security, commu-
nications, computerization, and reliability of the elec-
tricity system. 
(3) REPORTING AND ADOPTION OF PROTOCOLS 
AND MODEL STANDARDS.— 
(A) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—The Di-
rector of the National Institute of Standards 
and Technology and the Grid Modernization 
Commission, after it is created, shall report an-
nually to Congress on the progress of creating 
such protocols and model standards. 
(B) ADOPTION.—The Commission shall re-
view such protocols and standards as are rec-
ommended by the working group and, upon 
finding that they meet the goals stated in para-
graph (1), shall publish such finding, and shall 
encourage utilities, regulators, and other stake-
holders to adopt to such standards. 
(C) PUBLICATION.—Except to the extent 
they may allow or create threats to grid reli-
ability and security, such standards and proto-
cols shall be made publicly available for general 
use by manufacturers, utilities, regulators, and 
others. 
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(D) GOAL.—The intent of Congress is that 
such protocols and model standards will be ini-
tially developed, reviewed, and approved for 
general adoption, subject to further improve-
ments, within 3 years of the enactment of this 
section. 
(f) AUTHORIZATION.—There are authorized to be ap-
propriated for the purposes of this section— 
(1) $5,000,000 to the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology for each of fiscal years 
2009 through 2012, and such sums as may there-
after be necessary to support the purposes of this 
section; and 
(2) $20,000,000 to the Secretary of Energy to 
support the operations of the Grid Modernization 
Commission for each of fiscal years 2009 through 
2020. 
SEC. 9114. FEDERAL MATCHING FUND FOR SMART GRID IN-
VESTMENT COSTS. 
(a) MATCHING FUND.—The Secretary of Energy 
shall establish a Smart Grid Investment Matching Grant 
Program to provide reimbursement of one-fourth of quali-
fying Smart Grid investments. 
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(b) QUALIFYING INVESTMENTS.—Qualifying Smart 
Grid investments may include any of the following made 
on or after the date of enactment of this Act: 
(1) In the case of appliances covered for pur-
poses of establishing energy conservation standards 
under part B of title III of the Energy Policy and 
Conservation Act of 1975 (42 U.S.C. 6291 and fol-
lowing), the documented expenditures incurred by a 
manufacturer of such appliances associated with 
purchasing or designing, creating the ability to man-
ufacture, and manufacturing and installing for one 
calendar year, internal devices that allow the appli-
ance to engage in Smart Grid functions. 
(2) In the case of specialized electricity-using 
equipment, including motors and drivers, installed in 
industrial or commercial applications, the docu-
mented expenditures incurred by its owner or its 
manufacturer of installing devices or modifying that 
equipment to engage in Smart Grid functions. 
(3) In the case of transmission and distribution 
equipment fitted with monitoring and communica-
tions devices to enable smart grid functions, the doc-
umented expenditures incurred by the electric utility 
to purchase and install such monitoring and commu-
nications devices. 
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(4) In the case of metering devices, sensors, 
control devices, and other devices integrated with 
and attached to an electric utility system that are 
capable of engaging in Smart Grid functions, the 
documented expenditures incurred by the electric 
utility and its customers to purchase and install 
such devices. 
(5) In the case of software that enables devices 
or computers to engage in Smart Grid functions, the 
documented purchase costs of the software. 
(6) In the case of entities that operate or co-
ordinate operations of regional electric grids, the 
documented expenditures for purchasing and install-
ing such equipment that allows Smart Grid func-
tions to operate and be combined or coordinated 
among multiple electric utilities and between that re-
gion and other regions. 
(7) In the case of persons or entities other than 
electric utilities owning and operating a distributed 
electricity generator, the documented expenditures of 
enabling that generator to be monitored, controlled, 
or otherwise integrated into grid operations and elec-
tricity flows on the grid utilizing Smart Grid func-
tions. 
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tem that are required for submission under the 
disability evaluation system, including the capa-
bility to track requests for such files or records 
and to determine the status of such requests 
and of responses to such requests. 
(4) OTHER PILOT PROGRAMS.—The pilot pro-
grams authorized by subsection (a) may also provide 
for the development, evaluation, and identification of 
such practices and procedures under the disability 
evaluation system as the Secretary considers appro-
priate for purposes set forth in subsection (c). 
(c) PURPOSES.—A pilot program established under 
subsection (a) may have one or more of the following pur-
poses: 
(1) To provide for the development, evaluation, 
and identification of revised and improved practices 
and procedures under the disability evaluation sys-
tem in order to— 
(A) reduce the processing time under the 
disability evaluation system of members of the 
Armed Forces who are likely to be retired or 
separated for disability, and who have not re-
quested continuation on active duty, including, 
in particular, members who are severely wound-
ed; 
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(8) In the case of electric or hybrid-electric ve-
hicles, the documented expenses for devices that 
allow the vehicle to engage in Smart Grid functions. 
(9) The documented expenditures related to 
purchasing and implementing Smart Grid functions 
in such other cases as the Secretary of Energy shall 
identify. In making such grants, the Secretary shall 
seek to reward innovation and early adaptation, even 
if success is not complete, rather than deployment of 
proven and commercially viable technologies. 
(c) 
INVESTMENTS
NOT
INCLUDED.—Qualifying 
Smart Grid investments do not include any of the fol-
lowing: 
(1) Expenditures for electricity generation, 
transmission, or distribution infrastructure or equip-
ment not directly related to enabling Smart Grid 
functions. 
(2) After the effective date of a standard under 
paragraph (21) of section 111(d) of the Public Util-
ity Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (relating to 
Smart Grid information), an investment that is not 
in compliance with such standard. 
(3) After the development and publication by 
the Commission of protocols and model standards 
for interoperability of smart grid devices and tech-
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nologies, an investment that fails to incorporate any 
of such protocols or model standards. 
(4) Expenditures for physical interconnection of 
generators or other devices to the grid except those 
that are directly related to enabling Smart Grid 
functions. 
(5) Expenditures for ongoing salaries, benefits, 
or personnel costs not incurred in the initial installa-
tion, training, or start up of smart grid functions. 
(6) Expenditures for travel, lodging, meals or 
other personal costs. 
(7) Ongoing or routine operation, billing, cus-
tomer relations, security, and maintenance expendi-
tures. 
(8) Such other expenditures that the Secretary 
of Energy determines not to be Qualifying Smart 
Grid Investments by reason of the lack of the ability 
to perform smart grid functions or lack of direct re-
lationship to smart grid functions. 
(d) SMART GRID FUNCTIONS.—The term ‘‘smart 
grid functions’’ means any of the following: 
(1) The ability to develop, store, send and re-
ceive digital information concerning electricity use, 
costs, prices, time of use, nature of use, storage, or 
other information relevant to device, grid, or utility 
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operations, to or from or by means of the electric 
utility system, through one or a combination of de-
vices and technologies. 
(2) The ability to develop, store, send and re-
ceive digital information concerning electricity use, 
costs, prices, time or use, nature of use, storage, or 
other information relevant to device, grid, or utility 
operations to or from a computer or other control 
device. 
(3) The ability to measure or monitor electricity 
use as a function of time of day, power quality char-
acteristics such as voltage level, current, cycles per 
second, or source or type of generation and to store, 
synthesize or report that information by digital 
means. 
(4) The ability to sense and localize disruptions 
or changes in power flows on the grid and commu-
nicate such information instantaneously and auto-
matically for purposes of enabling automatic protec-
tive responses to sustain reliability and security of 
grid operations. 
(5) The ability to detect, prevent, communicate 
with regard to, respond to, or recover from system 
security threats, including cyber-security threats and 
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terrorism, using digital information, media, and de-
vices. 
(6) The ability of any appliance or machine to 
respond to such signals, measurements, or commu-
nications automatically or in a manner programmed 
by its owner or operator without independent human 
intervention. 
(7) The ability to use digital information to op-
erate functionalities on the electric utility grid that 
were previously electro-mechanical or manual. 
(8) The ability to use digital controls to manage 
and modify electricity demand, enable congestion 
management, assist in voltage control, provide oper-
ating reserves, and provide frequency regulation. 
(9) Such other functions as the Secretary of 
Energy may identify as being necessary or useful to 
the operation of a Smart Grid. 
(e) OFFICE.—The Secretary of Energy shall— 
(1) establish an Office to administer the Smart 
Grid Investment Grant Program, assuring that ex-
pert resources from the Commission on Grid Mod-
ernization, the Office of Energy Distribution and 
Electricity Reliability, and the Office of Energy Effi-
ciency and Renewable Energy are fully available to 
advise on its administration and actions; 
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(2) appoint a Senior Executive Service officer 
to direct the Office, together with such personnel as 
are required to administer the Smart Grid Invest-
ment Grant program; 
(3) establish and publish in the Federal Reg-
ister, within 180 days after the enactment of this 
Act procedures by which applicants who have made 
qualifying Smart Grid investments can seek and ob-
tain reimbursement of one-fourth of their docu-
mented expenditures; 
(4) establish procedures to assure that there is 
no duplication or multiple reimbursement for the 
same investment or costs, that the reimbursement 
goes to the party making the actual expenditures for 
Qualifying Smart Grid Investments, and that the 
grants made have significant effect in encouraging 
and facilitating the development of a smart grid.; 
(5) maintain public records of reimbursements 
made, recipients, and qualifying Smart Grid invest-
ments which have received reimbursements; 
(6) establish procedures to provide, in cases 
deemed by the Secretary to be warranted, advance 
payment of moneys up to the full amount of the pro-
jected eventual reimbursement, to creditworthy ap-
plicants whose ability to make Qualifying Smart 
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Grid Investments may be hindered by lack of initial 
capital, in lieu of any later reimbursement for which 
that applicant qualifies, and subject to full return of 
the advance payment in the event that the Quali-
fying Smart Grid investment is not made; 
(7) establish procedures to provide, in the event 
appropriated moneys in any year are insufficient to 
provide reimbursements for qualifying Smart Grid 
investments, that such reimbursement would be 
made in the next fiscal year or whenever funds are 
again sufficient, with the condition that the insuffi-
ciency of funds to reimburse Qualifying Smart Grid 
Investments from moneys appropriated for that pur-
pose does not create a Federal obligation to that ap-
plicant; and 
(8) have and exercise the discretion to deny 
grants for investments that do not qualify in the 
reasonable judgement of the Secretary. 
(f) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of En-
ergy the sums of— 
(1) $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 
through 2012 to provide for administration of the 
Smart Grid Investment Matching Fund; and 
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(2) $250,000,000 for fiscal year 2008 and 
$500,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2009 through 
2012 to provide reimbursements of one-fourth of 
Qualifying Smart Grid Investments. 
SEC. 9115. SMART GRID TECHNOLOGY DEPLOYMENT. 
(a) POWER GRID DIGITAL INFORMATION TECH-
NOLOGY.—The Secretary of Energy shall conduct pro-
grams to— 
(1) deploy advanced techniques for measuring 
peak load reductions and energy efficiency savings 
on customer premises from smart metering, demand 
response, distributed generation and electricity stor-
age systems; 
(2) implement means for demand response, dis-
tributed generation, and storage to provide ancillary 
services; 
(3) advance the use of wide-area measurement 
networks including data mining, visualization, ad-
vanced computing, and secure and dependable com-
munications in a highly distributed environment; and 
(4) implement reliability technologies in a grid 
control room environment against a representative 
set of local outage and wide area blackout scenarios. 
(b) SMART GRID REGIONAL DEMONSTRATION PRO-
GRAM.— 
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(1) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.—The Sec-
retary of Energy shall establish a program of dem-
onstration projects specifically focused on advanced 
technologies for power grid sensing, communications, 
analysis, and power flow control, including the inte-
gration of demand-side resources into grid manage-
ment. The goals of this program shall be to— 
(A) demonstrate the potential benefits of 
concentrated investments in advanced grid tech-
nologies on a regional grid; 
(B) facilitate the commercial transition 
from the current power transmission and dis-
tribution system technologies to advanced tech-
nologies; and 
(C) facilitate the integration of advanced 
technologies in existing electric networks to im-
prove system performance, power flow control 
and reliability. 
(2) DEMONSTRATION
PROJECTS.—The Sec-
retary shall establish Smart Grid demonstration 
projects for not more than 5 electric utility systems 
of various types and sizes under this subsection. 
Such demonstration projects shall be undertaken in 
cooperation with the electric utility. Under such 
demonstration projects, financial assistance shall be 
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available to cover not more than one-half of the 
qualifying Smart Grid technology investments made 
by the electric utility. Any project receiving financial 
assistance under this section shall not be eligible to 
receive financial assistance (including loan guaran-
tees) under any other Federal program. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION.— 
(1) POWER GRID DIGITAL INFORMATION TECH-
NOLOGY PROGRAMS.—There are authorized to be ap-
propriated to carry out subsection (a) such sums as 
are necessary for each of the fiscal years 2008 
through 2012. 
(2) SMART
GRID
REGIONAL
DEMONSTRATION 
PROGRAM.—There is authorized to be appropriated 
to carry out subsection (b) $20,000,000 for each of 
the fiscal years 2008 through 2012. 
SEC. 9116. SMART GRID INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that Smart Grid 
technologies will require, for their optimum use by elec-
tricity consumers, that such consumers have access to in-
formation on prices, use, and other factors in possession 
of their utilities or electricity suppliers, in order to assist 
the customers in optimizing their electricity use and lim-
iting the associated environmental impacts. 
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of 2007 each State regulatory authority (with re-
spect to each electric utility for which it has rate-
making authority), and each nonregulated electric 
utility, shall complete the consideration, and shall 
make the determination, referred to in section 111 
with respect to each standard established by para-
graph (19) of section 111(d).’’. 
(2) FAILURE TO COMPLY.—Section 112(c) of 
such Act is amended by adding the following at the 
end: ‘‘In the case of the standards established by 
paragraphs (16) through (19) of section 111(d), the 
reference contained in this subsection to the date of 
enactment of this Act shall be deemed to be a ref-
erence to the date of enactment of such para-
graphs.’’. 
(3) PRIOR STATE ACTIONS.—Section 112(d) of 
such Act is amended by inserting ‘‘and paragraphs 
(16) through (18)’’ before ‘‘of section 111(d)’’. 
SEC. 9118. DOE STUDY OF SECURITY ATTRIBUTES OF 
SMART GRID SYSTEMS. 
(a) DOE STUDY.—The Secretary of Energy shall, 
within 6 months after the Grid Modernization Commission 
completes its first biennial assessment and report under 
section 9113 of this Act, submit a report to Congress that 
provides a quantitative assessment and determination of 
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the existing and potential impacts of the deployment of 
Smart Grid systems on improving the security of the Na-
tion’s electricity infrastructure and operating capability. 
The report shall include but not be limited to specific rec-
ommendations on each of the following: 
(1) How smart grid systems can help in making 
the Nation’s electricity system less vulnerable to dis-
ruptions due to intentional acts against the system. 
(2) How smart grid systems can help in restor-
ing the integrity of the Nation’s electricity system 
subsequent to disruptions. 
(3) How smart grid systems can facilitate emer-
gency communications and control of the Nation’s 
electricity system during times of localized or nation-
wide emergency. 
(b) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary shall consult 
with other Federal agencies in the development of the re-
port under this section, including but not limited to the 
Secretary of Homeland Security, the Federal Energy Reg-
ulatory Commission and the Electric Reliability Organiza-
tion certified by the Commission under section 215(c) of 
the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 824 o) as added by 
section 1211 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (Public 
Law 109–58; 119 Stat. 941) 
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(c) FUNDING.—The Secretary shall fund demonstra-
tion projects for the purpose of demonstrating the findings 
of the report under this section. Not more than 
$10,000,000 are authorized to be appropriated for such 
projects. 
PART 2—DEMAND RESPONSE 
SEC. 9121. ELECTRICITY SECTOR DEMAND RESPONSE. 
(a) AMENDMENT OF NECPA.—Title V of the Na-
tional Energy Conservation Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8201 
and following) is amended by adding the following new 
part at the end thereof: 
‘‘PART 5—PEAK DEMAND REDUCTION 
‘‘SEC. 571. DEFINITIONS. 
‘‘(a) SECRETARY.—As used in this part, the term 
‘Secretary’ means the Secretary of Energy. 
‘‘(b) FEDERAL AGENCY.—As used in this part, the 
term ‘Federal agency’ has the same meaning as provided 
by section 551 of this Act. 
‘‘SEC. 572. FEDERAL ELECTRICITY PEAK DEMAND REDUC-
TION STANDARD. 
‘‘(a) 2008 AGENCY ANNUAL ENERGY PLAN.—Each 
Federal agency shall prepare, and include in its annual 
report under section 548(a) of this Act, each of the fol-
lowing: 
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