Distributed Energy Demonstration Act of 2017
A BILL
To direct the Secretary of Energy to establish certain demonstration grant programs relating to the demonstration of advanced distribution systems, smart water heaters, vehicle-to-grid integration, and granular retail electricity pricing, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Definitions
Sec. 3 Advanced distribution system grant program
Sec. 4 Smart water heater demonstration program
Sec. 5 Vehicle-to-Grid Integration (VGI) Demonstration Grant Program
Sec. 6 Granular retail electricity pricing grant program
Sec. 7 Federal matching fund for smart grid investment costs
“(F) require as a condition of receiving funding under this section that the recipient of a grant shall submit to the Secretary—
“(i) an interoperability plan described in subsection (f)(1); and
“(ii) not later than 5 years after the date on which the recipient first receives funding under this section, an interoperability report described in subsection (f)(2).”
“(f) Interoperability plan and report
“(1) Interoperability plan—An interoperability plan referred to in subsection (e)(1)(F)(i) shall include—
“(A) a demonstrated set of use cases;
“(B) a plan for facilitating interaction between the project of the grant recipient and the projects of not less than 3 other parties to demonstrate how the project may work with the projects of other parties;
“(C) a protocol for measuring and verifying interoperability performance;
“(D) a methodology for evaluating overall interoperability maturity, including the application, if appropriate, of an interoperability maturity model;
“(E) a list of deployed standards; and
“(F) the integration and testing approaches for the project to ensure interoperability.
“(2) Interoperability report—An interoperability report referred to in subsection (e)(1)(F)(ii) shall include a description of a discussion, an analysis, data, or a combination thereof relating to—
“(A) the performance of the demonstrated set of use cases described in paragraph (1)(A);
“(B) the interaction between the project of the grant recipient and the projects of not less than 3 other parties, as described in paragraph (1)(B);
“(C) costs and benefits to—
“(i) consumers;
“(ii) electric utilities;
“(iii) appliance manufacturers;
“(iv) grid operators; and
“(v) other parties that the Secretary determines are relevant; and
“(D) performance, if appropriate, according to an interoperability maturity model, as described in paragraph (1)(D).”