‘‘SEC. 573. NATIONAL ACTION PLAN FOR DEMAND RE-
SPONSE. 
‘‘(a) NATIONAL ASSESSMENT
AND REPORT.—The 
Grid Modernization Commission established under subtitle 
A of the Smart Grid Facilitation Act of 2007 shall conduct 
a National Assessment of Demand Response. The Com-
mission shall, within 18 months of the date on which the 
full Commission first meets, submit a Report to Congress 
that includes each of the following: 
‘‘(1) Estimation of nationwide demand response 
potential in 5 and 10 year horizons, including data 
on a State-by-State basis, and a methodology for up-
dates of such estimates on an annual basis. 
‘‘(2) Estimation of how much of this potential 
can be achieved within 5 and 10 years after the en-
actment of this Act accompanied by specific policy 
recommendations that if implemented can achieve 
the estimated potential. Such recommendations shall 
include options for funding and/or incentives for the 
development of demand response resources. The 
Commission shall seek to take advantage of pre-
existing research and ongoing work, and shall as-
sume that there is no duplication of effort. The 
Commission shall further note any barriers to de-
mand response programs that are flexible , non-dis-
criminatory, and fairly compensatory for the services 
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and benefits made available and shall provide rec-
ommendations for overcoming such barriers. 
‘‘(b) NATIONAL ACTION PLAN
ON DEMAND RE-
SPONSE.—The Grid Modernization Commission shall fur-
ther develop and implement a National Action Plan on De-
mand Response. Such Plan shall be completed within one 
year after the completion of the National Assessment of 
Demand Response, and shall meet each of the following 
objectives: 
‘‘(1) Provision of adequate technical assistance 
to States to allow them to maximize the amount of 
demand response resources that can be developed 
and deployed. 
‘‘(2) Implementation of a national communica-
tions program that includes broad-based customer 
education and support. 
‘‘(3) Development and dissemination of tools, 
information and other support mechanisms for use 
by customers, states, utilities and demand response 
providers. 
‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION.—There are authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section not more than 
$10,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2008 and 2009 
and $20,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2010 through 
2020. 
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‘‘SEC. 574. REPORT ON ENVIRONMENTAL ATTRIBUTES AND 
IMPACTS OF DEMAND RESPONSE AND SMART 
GRID SYSTEMS. 
‘‘(a) REPORT.—The Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency shall solicit public input and, 
within 6 months after completion of the National Assess-
ment of Demand Response required by section 573, sub-
mit a report to Congress that addresses each of the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(1) A quantitative assessment and determina-
tion of the existing and potential impacts of demand 
response and ‘smart grid’ systems on air emissions 
and air quality, including but not limited to carbon 
dioxide, oxides of nitrogen and oxides of sulfur. 
‘‘(2) An assessment and determination of the 
existing and potential impacts of demand response 
and ‘smart grid’ systems on environmental param-
eters other than emissions and air quality, including 
but not limited to: 
‘‘(A) Land use. 
‘‘(B) Water use. 
‘‘(C) Use of renewable energy. 
‘‘(D) Effect on energy sources other than 
electricity. 
‘‘(3) A detailed plan for how Energy Efficiency 
and Clean Energy programs administered by the 
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Agency, including the Energy Star Program, will in-
corporate and encourage end-use efficiency, demand 
response and ‘smart grid’ systems and technologies, 
including but not limited to each of the following: 
‘‘(A) Requirements that appliances and 
other equipment are capable of manually and 
automatically receiving and acting upon pricing 
and control information and or instructions pro-
vided by the customer, a load serving entity or 
a third-party designated by the customer. 
‘‘(B) Requirements for time-based valu-
ation of kilowatt hour reductions in planning 
and evaluation of energy efficiency programs. 
‘‘(C) Education and communication, in-
cluding to state energy officials and state regu-
lators, that build awareness of demand response 
and smart grid systems and technologies and 
their existing and potential relationship to such 
Agency programs. 
‘‘(b) FUNDING.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated to carry out this section for fiscal year 2010, to 
remain available until expended.’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
such Act is amended by adding the following after the 
items relating to part 4 of title V: 
‘‘PART 5—PEAK DEMAND REDUCTION 
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‘‘Sec. 571. Definitions. 
‘‘Sec. 572. Federal Electricity Peak Demand Reduction Standard. 
‘‘Sec. 573. National action plan for demand response. 
‘‘Sec. 574. Study of environmental attributes and impacts of demand response 
and smart grid systems.’’. 
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