Sec. 266. Briefing on power and energy research conducted at university affiliated research centers
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Not later than March 31, 2014, the Secretary of Defense shall brief the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives on power and energy research conducted at the university affiliated research centers. The briefing under subsection
(a)shall include the following: A description of current and planned research on power grid issues conducted with other university-based energy centers. A description of current and planned collaboration efforts regarding power grid issues with university-based research centers that have an expertise in energy efficiency and renewable energy, including efforts with respect to— system failure and losses, including— utility logistics and supply chain management for events resulting in system failure or other major damage; near real-time utility and law enforcement access to damage assessment information during events resulting in system failure or other major damage; mitigation and response to disasters and attacks; variable energy resource integration on the bulk power system; integration of high penetrations of distributed energy technologies on the electric distribution system; substation and asset hardening techniques appropriate for use in civilian areas; facilitating development of training programs to support significant increase in required technical skills of present and future utility field forces, including hands-on training; and facilitating increased consumer self-sufficiency.