[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4206 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4206

   To provide for a technology demonstration program related to the 
                  modernization of the electric grid.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            December 9, 2015

  Mr. Sarbanes (for himself, Mrs. Ellmers of North Carolina, and Mr. 
  McNerney) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 
    Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently 
   determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
   To provide for a technology demonstration program related to the 
                  modernization of the electric grid.

    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 ``21st Century Power Grid Act''.

SEC. 2. TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATION ON THE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Energy shall establish a 
financial assistance program to carry out eligible projects related to 
the modernization of the electric grid, including the application of 
technologies to improve observability, advanced controls, and 
prediction of system performance on the distribution system and related 
transmission system inter-dependencies.
    (b) Eligible Projects.--To be eligible for financial assistance 
under subsection (a), a project shall--
            (1) be designed to--
                    (A) improve the performance and efficiency of the 
                future electric grid, while ensuring the continued 
                provision of safe, secure, reliable, and affordable 
                power; and
                    (B) provide new options for customer-owned 
                resources; and
            (2) demonstrate--
                    (A) secure integration and management of energy 
                resources, including distributed energy generation, 
                combined heat and power, micro-grids, energy storage, 
                electric vehicles, energy efficiency, demand response, 
                and intelligent loads; and
                    (B) secure integration and interoperability of 
                communications and information technologies;
            (3) include the participation of a partnership consisting 
        of two or more entities that--
                    (A) may include--
                            (i) any institution of higher education;
                            (ii) a National Laboratory;
                            (iii) a representative of a State or local 
                        government;
                            (iv) a representative of an Indian tribe; 
                        or
                            (v) a Federal power marketing 
                        administration; and
                    (B) shall include at least one of any of--
                            (i) an investor-owned electric utility;
                            (ii) a publicly owned utility;
                            (iii) a technology provider;
                            (iv) a rural electric cooperative;
                            (v) a regional transmission organization; 
                        or
                            (vi) an independent system operator.
    (c) Cybersecurity Plan.--Each eligible project carried out pursuant 
to subsection (a) shall include the development of a cybersecurity plan 
written in accordance with guidelines developed by the Secretary.
    (d) Privacy Risk Analysis.--Each eligible project carried out 
pursuant to subsection (a) shall include a privacy impact assessment 
that evaluates the project against the 5 core concepts in the Voluntary 
Code of Conduct of the Department of Energy, commonly known as the 
``DataGuard Energy Data Privacy Program'', or the most recent revisions 
to the privacy program of the Department.
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