3.0.0 4983 2023-08-29T21:00:37Z 2023-08-29T21:00:37Z Senate S 2022-09-28 117 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2022-09-28T19:08:03Z 2022-09-28 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. IntroReferral 2022-09-28 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H000273 Sen. Hickenlooper, John W. [D-CO] John Hickenlooper D CO W. N K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2022-09-28 True K000383 Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] Angus King I ME S. 2022-09-28 True B001267 Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] Michael Bennet D CO 2022-09-28 True H001046 Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] Martin Heinrich D NM T. 2022-09-28 True S001203 Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] Tina Smith D MN 2022-09-28 True Energy Energy 00 2022-09-28 Introduced in Senate 2023-08-29T20:46:33Z Bus Integration Dedicated to Improving Resilience, Eliminating Congestion, and Triggering Innovation Over Numerous Applications and Localities Act or the BIDIRECTIONAL Act

This bill establishes requirements to encourage the deployment of vehicle-to-grid and vehicle-to-everything technologies and applications that enable bidirectional charging, such as technologies that enable electric vehicles to use their batteries to power the energy grid or homes when they are not being driven. Specifically, the bill requires states to consider measures to promote vehicle-to-grid integration under the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act.

The bill also directs the Department of Energy to establish a grant program for projects that use at least one electric school bus with such technology. Grants may be awarded to electric energy suppliers, state public utility commissions, school bus manufacturers, school districts, suppliers of charging infrastructure, renewable energy developers, and other eligible entities.

]]> BIDIRECTIONAL Act Display Title BIDIRECTIONAL Act Short Title(s) as Introduced BIDIRECTIONAL Act Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Bus Integration Dedicated to Improving Resilience, Eliminating Congestion, and Triggering Innovation Over Numerous Applications and Localities Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to require the Secretary of Energy to establish a program to encourage deployment of electric school buses and vehicle-to-grid technologies and applications, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s4983is/xml/BILLS-117s4983is.xml 2022-09-28 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. 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.