[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3776 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3776

 To provide for a research, development, and demonstration program by 
the Secretary of Energy to support the ability of the United States to 
  remain globally competitive in energy storage systems for vehicles, 
stationary applications, and electricity transmission and distribution.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 9, 2007

   Mr. Gordon of Tennessee introduced the following bill; which was 
          referred to the Committee on Science and Technology

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide for a research, development, and demonstration program by 
the Secretary of Energy to support the ability of the United States to 
  remain globally competitive in energy storage systems for vehicles, 
stationary applications, and electricity transmission and distribution.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Energy Storage Technology 
Advancement Act of 2007''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    For purposes of this Act--
            (2) the term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of Energy.
            (1) the term ``Department'' means the Department of Energy; 
        and

SEC. 3. ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM PROGRAM.

    The Secretary shall carry out a research, development, and 
demonstration program to support the ability of the United States to 
remain globally competitive in energy storage systems for vehicles, 
stationary applications, and electricity transmission and distribution.

SEC. 4. BASIC RESEARCH PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary shall conduct a basic research 
program to support the development of energy storage systems for 
vehicles, stationary applications, and electricity transmission and 
distribution, including research on--
            (1) materials design;
            (2) materials synthesis and characterization;
            (3) electrolytes;
            (4) surface and interface dynamics;
            (5) modeling and simulation; and
            (6) thermal behavior and life degradation mechanisms.
    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary for carrying out this section $50,000,000 
for each of the fiscal years 2009 through 2014.

SEC. 5. APPLIED RESEARCH PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary shall conduct an applied research 
program on energy storage systems to support vehicle, stationary 
application, and electricity transmission and distribution 
technologies, including research on--
            (1) ultracapacitors;
            (2) flywheels;
            (3) batteries and battery systems (including flow 
        batteries);
            (4) compressed air energy systems;
            (5) power conditioning electronics;
            (6) manufacturing technologies for energy storage systems; 
        and
            (7) thermal management systems.
    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary for carrying out this section $80,000,000 
for each of the fiscal years 2009 through 2014.

SEC. 6. ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS DEMONSTRATIONS.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary shall carry out 6 new demonstrations 
of advanced energy storage systems. These demonstrations shall be 
regionally diversified and shall expand on the Department's existing 
technology demonstration program. These demonstrations should include 
the participation of a range of stakeholders, including rural electric 
cooperatives, investor owned utilities, municipally owned electric 
utilities, energy storage systems manufacturers, vehicle manufacturers, 
the renewable energy production industry, State or local energy 
offices, the fuel cell industry, and universities. Each of the 
following objectives shall be included in at least one of the 
technology demonstrations under this subsection:
            (1) Energy storage to improve the feasibility of ``micro-
        grids'' or ``islanding'', or the transmission and distribution 
        capability to improve reliability in rural areas.
            (2) Integration of an energy storage system with self-
        healing circuits.
            (3) Use of energy storage to improve security to emergency 
        response infrastructure.
            (4) Integration with a renewable energy production source, 
        either at the source or away from the source.
            (5) Use of energy storage to provide ancillary services, 
        such as frequency response or spinning reserve services, for 
        grid management.
            (6) Advancement of power conversion systems to make them 
        smarter, more efficient, able to communicate with other 
        inverters, and able to control voltage.
            (7) Use of energy storage to optimize transmission and 
        distribution operation and power quality, which could address 
        overloaded lines and maintenance of transformers and 
        substations.
            (8) Use of advanced energy storage for peak shaving of 
        homes, businesses, or grid.
            (9) Use of energy storage devices such as plug-in hybrid 
        vehicles to fill up the night time valley for electricity 
        demand to make better use of existing grid assets.
    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary for carrying out this section such sums 
as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2009 through 2014.

SEC. 7. VEHICLE ENERGY STORAGE DEMONSTRATION.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary shall carry out a program of vehicle 
energy storage technology demonstrations. These technology 
demonstrations shall be conducted through consortia, which may include 
energy storage systems manufacturers and their suppliers, vehicle 
manufacturers, rural electric cooperatives, investor owned utilities, 
municipal and rural electric utilities, State and local governments, 
metropolitan transportation authorities, and universities. The program 
shall demonstrate one or more of the following:
            (1) Novel, high capacity, high efficiency energy storage, 
        charging, and control systems, along with the collection of 
        data on performance characteristics such as battery life, 
        energy storage capacity, and power delivery capacity.
            (2) Advanced onboard energy management systems, highly 
        efficient battery cooling systems.
            (3) Integration of such systems on a prototype vehicular 
        platform.
            (4) New technologies and processes that reduce 
        manufacturing costs.
            (5) Integration of advanced vehicle technologies with 
        electricity distribution system and smart metering technology.
    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary for carrying out this section such sums 
as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2009 through 2014.

SEC. 8. COST SHARING.

    The Secretary shall carry out the programs under sections 6 and 7 
in compliance with section 988 (a) through (d) of the Energy Policy Act 
of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16352(a) through (d)).
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