Sec. 223. Promoting consideration and utilization of non-wires solutions
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Section 111(d) of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (( 16 U.S.C. 2621(d) ) is further amended by adding at the end the following: Each electric utility shall implement non-wires solutions when appropriate. The term non-wires solution means an electricity grid investment or project that uses one or more nontraditional solutions, including distributed generation, energy storage, energy efficiency, demand response, microgrids, or grid software and controls, to defer or replace the need for specific equipment upgrades or new infrastructure, such as transmission or distribution lines or transformers, at a substation or circuit level.
To reduce the costs to ratepayers associated with potential upgrades to transmission or distribution infrastructure, the cost of a non-wires solution implemented under subparagraph
(A)shall be recovered from ratepayers in the same manner as an upgrade to transmission or distribution infrastructure would have been recovered. . Section 112(b) of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 ( 16 U.S.C. 2622(b) ) is further amended by adding at the end the following: Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this paragraph, each State regulatory authority (with respect to each electric utility for which the State has ratemaking authority) and each nonregulated electric utility shall commence the consideration referred to in section 111, or set a hearing date for consideration, with respect to the standard established by paragraph
(21)of section 111(d). Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this paragraph, each State regulatory authority (with respect to each electric utility for which the State has ratemaking authority), and each nonregulated electric utility, shall complete the consideration, and shall make the determination, referred to in section 111 with respect to the standard established by paragraph
(21)of section 111(d). . Section 112(c) of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 ( 16 U.S.C. 2622(c) ) is further amended by— striking (b)(2) and inserting
(b); and adding at the end the following: In the case of the standard established by paragraph
(21)of section 111(d), the reference contained in this subsection to the date of enactment of this Act shall be deemed to be a reference to the date of enactment of that paragraph (21). . Section 112(d) of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 ( 16 U.S.C. 2622(d) ) is amended in the matter preceding paragraph
(1)by striking
(19)and inserting
(21).
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