Smart Grid Act of 2015
Latest action · May 14, 2015 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-65.
Progress
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- IntroducedMay 6, 2015
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Smart Grid Act of 2015
This bill amends the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to direct the Department of Energy (DOE), in collaboration with the National Institute of Standards and Technology of the Department of Commerce, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, and the Smart Grid Interoperability Panel, to establish the Smart Grid Interoperability Working Group.
The purpose of the Group is to:
- identify additional efforts the federal government can take to better promote the establishment and adoption of open standards that enhance connectivity and interoperability on the electric grid,
- study the market and policy barriers to deploying responsive appliances at scale, and
- develop a plan for establishing and promoting the widespread adoption of interoperability standards.
The Smart Grid Regional Demonstration Initiative shall identify best practices for the implementation of the Fair Information Practice Principles (FIPPS) of the Federal Trade Commission for the collection, use, disclosure, and retention of individual customer information.
When selecting smart grid demonstration projects to receive assistance, DOE shall ensure: (1) geographical diversity, and (2) diversity among types of electricity markets and regulatory environments.
Additionally, DOE must make grants, on a competitive basis, for demonstration projects in any of seven designated program areas, including:
- transactive energy,
- innovation in valuation of new technology grid services and efficiency,
- rate design-distribution system, and
- rate design-consumer acceptance of time-based pricing.
As a prerequisite for financial assistance, a participant in a smart grid demonstration project must provide information required by DOE, which shall become available through the smart grid information clearinghouse and for purposes of producing certain reports.
DOE must also establish a working group composed of representatives of each project selected to receive assistance within a program area.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 14, 2015Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-65.
- May 6, 2015Introduced in Senate
- May 6, 2015Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2690; text of measure as introduced: CR S2690-2691)
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Energy.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 6, 2015Introduced in Senate
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