3.0.0 1207 2023-01-11T13:31:12Z 2023-01-11T13:31:12Z Senate S 2015-05-06 114 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing Hearings by 2015-05-14T21:20:08Z Referred to 2015-05-06T18:43:34Z 2015-05-14 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Committee 2015-05-06 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. IntroReferral 2015-05-06 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H001042 Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] Mazie Hirono D HI K. N Energy Computers and information technology Electric power generation and transmission Energy efficiency and conservation Public utilities and utility rates Energy 00 2015-05-06 Introduced in Senate 2015-06-15T21:03:12Z Next Generation Electric Systems Act

This bill requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to establish a grants program for eligible partnerships to develop and implement projects related to achieving the transformation of the future electric grid by the year 2030 using a comprehensive approach to electric system design and architecture.

Eligible partnerships may include any institution of higher education, National Laboratory, representative of a state or local government, representative of an Indian tribe, federal power marketing administration, industry expert, or nonprofit industry trade association, but must include at least one electric utility (either investor-owned or publicly owned), technology provider, rural electric cooperative, Regional Transmission Organization, or Independent System Operator.

DOE must, when selecting eligible partnerships to receive grants, give priority to those proposing projects for which a cost-share is to be provided.

]]> Next Generation Electric Systems Act Display Title Next Generation Electric Systems Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to direct the Secretary of Energy to establish a grant program under which the Secretary shall make grants to eligible partnerships to provide for the transformation of the electric grid by the year 2030, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Next Generation Electric Systems Act Introduced in Senate 2015-05-06T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s1207is/xml/BILLS-114s1207is.xml 2015-05-14 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.