[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 16 (Wednesday, January 27, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Pages S272-S273]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2998. Mr. WYDEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 2953 proposed by Ms. Murkowski to the bill S. 2012, to 
provide for the modernization of the energy policy of the United 
States, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; 
as follows:

       At the end of subtitle D of title IV, add the following:

     SEC. 43___. EFFICIENT CHARACTERIZATION AND VALUATION OF NEW 
                   GRID SERVICES AND TECHNOLOGIES.

       The Secretary shall--
       (1) evaluate the ability of distinct grid components to 
     provide grid services and options for increasing the 
     viability of grid

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     components to provide grid services, with the goal of 
     allowing market operators and regulators to have a more 
     complete understanding of the range of technologies and 
     strategies that can provide grid services;
       (2) convene and work with stakeholders to--
       (A)(i) define the characteristics of a reliable, 
     affordable, and environmentally sustainable electricity 
     system; and
       (ii) create approaches for valuing the defined 
     characteristics;
       (B) develop a framework for identifying attributes of 
     services provided to the grid by electricity system 
     components; and
       (C) develop approaches for incorporating the valuation of 
     grid service attributes in different regulatory contexts; and
       (3) not later than January 1, 2018, submit to the 
     appropriate committees of Congress a report that describes 
     the findings of the Secretary with respect to the issues 
     evaluated under paragraphs (1) and (2).
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