Sec. 9. Study of pumped storage and potential hydropower from conduits
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The Secretary shall conduct a study— of the technical flexibility that existing pumped storage facilities can provide to support intermittent renewable electric energy generation, including the potential for those existing facilities to be upgraded or retrofitted with advanced commercially available technology; and of the technical potential of existing pumped storage facilities and new advanced pumped storage facilities, to provide grid reliability benefits; and to identify the range of opportunities for hydropower that may be obtained from conduits (as defined by the Secretary) in the United States; and through case studies, to assess amounts of potential energy generation from such conduit hydropower projects.
Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives a report that describes the results of the study conducted under subsection (a), including any recommendations.