[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2702 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2702

 To require the Secretary of Energy to establish an integrated energy 
systems research, development, and demonstration program, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 24, 2019

Mr. Risch (for himself and Mr. Manchin) introduced the following bill; 
   which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require the Secretary of Energy to establish an integrated energy 
systems research, development, and demonstration program, and for other 
                               purposes.

    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 ``Integrated Energy Systems Act of 
2019''.

SEC. 2. INTEGRATED ENERGY SYSTEMS PROGRAM.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Program.--The term ``program'' means the Integrated 
        Energy Systems Program established under subsection (b)(1).
            (2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of Energy.
    (b) Establishment.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary shall establish a program 
        within the Office of Nuclear Energy, to be known as the 
        ``Integrated Energy Systems Program''--
                    (A) to maximize energy production and efficiency;
                    (B) to provide reliable, competitive, and 
                environmentally sustainable electricity to the grid;
                    (C) to expand the use of emissions-reducing energy 
                technologies into nonelectric sectors to achieve 
                dramatic reductions in environmental emissions; and
                    (D) to enable the energy infrastructure of the 
                United States to support the quantity, variability in 
                type, and variability in size of generation devices and 
                smart load devices.
            (2) Program administration; partners.--The program shall be 
        carried out by the Office of Nuclear Energy, in partnership 
        with--
                    (A) multiple offices of the Department of Energy, 
                including--
                            (i) the Office of Energy Efficiency and 
                        Renewable Energy;
                            (ii) the Office of Fossil Energy;
                            (iii) the Office of Electricity; and
                            (iv) the Office of Cybersecurity, Energy 
                        Security, and Emergency Response;
                    (B) National Laboratories;
                    (C) institutions of higher education; and
                    (D) the private sector.
            (3) Goals and milestones.--The Secretary shall establish 
        goals and milestones for the program, including the goals of--
                    (A) expanding emissions-reducing energy 
                technologies to the transportation and industrial 
                sectors by leveraging--
                            (i) the nuclear reactor fleet of the United 
                        States;
                            (ii) advanced nuclear;
                            (iii) renewable energy;
                            (iv) carbon capture, use, and storage; and
                            (v) the energy storage resources of the 
                        United States;
                    (B) ensuring the competitiveness of the United 
                States in best value, emissions-reducing energy 
                development;
                    (C) modernizing energy infrastructure with 
                emissions-reducing technology to promote--
                            (i) grid stability;
                            (ii) ramping load following;
                            (iii) rapid start;
                            (iv) intermittency; and
                            (v) resiliency;
                    (D) establishing a domestic supply chain of--
                            (i) nuclear reactor and appurtenant 
                        equipment; and
                            (ii) advanced coolants;
                    (E) enhancing and accelerating domestic 
                manufacturing and desalinization technologies and 
                processes by optimally using clean energy sources; and
                    (F) mitigating vulnerability to--
                            (i) transmission congestion on the power 
                        grid;
                            (ii) cyberattack;
                            (iii) physical attack; and
                            (iv) natural phenomena.
    (c) Research Goals.--Research goals under the program shall 
include--
            (1) technology innovation to further the expansion of 
        emissions-reducing energy technologies to accommodate a modern, 
        resilient grid system by--
                    (A) effectively leveraging multiple energy sources;
                    (B) enhancing and streamlining engineering design;
                    (C) carrying out process demonstrations to optimize 
                performance;
                    (D) addressing safety by design; and
                    (E) streamlining regulatory review;
            (2) the most efficient use of emissions-reducing energy 
        technologies for hydrogen production to support transportation 
        and industrial needs;
            (3) water processing and purification to support industrial 
        and municipal potable and cooling water needs;
            (4) conversion of carbon feedstock (such as coal, biomass, 
        natural gas, and refuse waste) to higher value nonelectric 
        commodities;
            (5) the use of carbon dioxide in nonelectric commodities;
            (6) advanced power cycles, extraction, and processing of 
        complex hydrocarbons to produce high-value chemicals;
            (7) more effective thermal energy use, transport, and 
        storage;
            (8) the demonstration of nuclear energy delivery for--
                    (A) the production of chemicals, metals, and fuels;
                    (B) the capture, use, and storage of carbon; and
                    (C) renewable integration with an integrated energy 
                system; and
            (9) the development of new analysis capabilities to 
        identify the best ways--
                    (A) to leverage multiple energy sources in a given 
                region; and
                    (B) to quantify the benefits of integrated energy 
                systems.
    (d) Grants.--The Secretary may award grants under the program to 
support the goals of the program.
    (e) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary to carry out the program $50,000,000 for 
each of fiscal years 2020 through 2029.
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