---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 18774"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "18774"
heading: "Data collection on electric vehicle integration with the electricity grids"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/18774"
units:
  - "Chapter 162 — Energy Infrastructure"
  - "Subchapter IV — Energy Information Administration"
---

# §18774. Data collection on electric vehicle integration with the electricity grids

- (a) **In general—** Not later than 1 year after November 15, 2021, the [Administrator](/usc/42/18771.md?p=1) shall develop and implement measures to expand data collection with respect to electric vehicle integration with the electricity grids.
- (b) **Sources of data—** The sources of the data collected pursuant to [subsection (a)](#a) may include—
  - (1) host-owned or charging-network-owned electric vehicle charging stations;
  - (2) aggregators of charging-network electricity demand;
  - (3) electric utilities offering managed-charging [programs](/usc/42/18791.md?p=2);
  - (4) individual, corporate, or public [owners](/usc/42/13641.md?p=4) of electric vehicles; and
  - (5) balancing authority analyses of—
    - (A) transformer loading congestion; and
    - (B) distribution-system congestion.
- (c) **Consultation and coordination—** In carrying out [subsection (a)](#a), the [Administrator](/usc/42/18771.md?p=1) may consult and enter into agreements with other institutions having relevant data and data collection capabilities, such as—
  - (1) the [Secretary](/usc/42/18701.md?p=3) of Transportation;
  - (2) the [Secretary](/usc/42/18701.md?p=3);
  - (3) the [Administrator](/usc/42/18771.md?p=1) of the Environmental Protection [Agency](/usc/42/8262.md?p=1);
  - (4) [States](/usc/42/18791.md?p=3) or [State agencies](/usc/42/300s–3.md?p=12); and
  - (5) private entities.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 117–58, div. D, title IV, § 40414, Nov. 15, 2021, 135 Stat. 1043.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Wage Rate Requirements

For provisions relating to rates of wages to be paid to laborers and mechanics on projects for construction, alteration, or repair work funded under div. D or an amendment by div. D of Pub. L. 117–58, including authority of Secretary of Labor, see section 18851 of this title.