Sec. 3. Consideration of measures to promote vehicle-to-grid integration
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Section 111(d) of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 ( 16 U.S.C. 2621(d) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: Each State shall consider— measures to promote vehicle-to-grid integration, including— the establishment of rates, tariffs, measures, and standards that enable electric vehicles and electric vehicle charging infrastructure— to receive interconnection service as described in subparagraph (B); and to export power from the vehicle battery to the distribution system or the bulk power system; the establishment of rates, tariffs, measures, and standards that enable electric vehicle charging station site hosts, charging station owners, aggregators, owners of electric vehicle fleets or individual fleet vehicles, or drivers of private light-duty electric vehicles to receive compensation for electricity exported from the vehicle battery to the distribution system or the bulk power system; and the establishment of rates, tariffs, measures, and standards that enable aggregation of electric vehicles for the purpose of participating in active load management programs, including customer demand-response programs and customer energy storage programs, and providing ancillary services that recognize the value that flexible electric vehicle charging can provide to the distribution system or the bulk power system; and the impacts of the rates, tariffs, measures, and standards described in subclauses
(I)through
(III)of clause (i), or similar rates, tariffs, measures, and standards, on all classes and types of vehicles, including, at a minimum, light-, medium-, and heavy-duty vehicles. The interconnection service referred to in subparagraph (A)(i)(I)(aa) is interconnection service that is offered based on— the standards described in paragraph
(15)(or successor standards); or as necessary and reasonable, standards that— are defined in electric vehicle-to-grid communications interfaces, protocols, or standards; are widely adopted; and to ensure the reliability and safety of the electric system, are— consistent (or adjusted to be consistent) with the standards described in clause (i); and integrated, able to be integrated, or adjusted in a manner that facilitates integration with the standards described in that clause. . Section 112(b) of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 ( 16 U.S.C. 2622(b) ) is 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 consideration under section 111, or set a hearing date for consideration, with respect to the standard established by paragraph
(22)of section 111(d). Not later than 2 years 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 complete the consideration and make the determination under section 111 with respect to the standard established by paragraph
(22)of section 111(d). . Section 112(c) of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 ( 16 U.S.C. 2622(c) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: In the case of the standard established by paragraph
(22)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 (22). . Section 112 of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 ( 16 U.S.C. 2622 ) is amended— in subsection (d)— by redesignating paragraphs
(1)through
(3)as subparagraphs
(A)through (C), respectively, and indenting appropriately; and in the matter preceding subparagraph
(A)(as so redesignated), by striking Subsections and inserting the following: Subsections ; in subsection (e)— by redesignating paragraphs
(1)through
(3)as subparagraphs
(A)through (C), respectively, and indenting appropriately; and by striking the subsection designation and heading and all that follows through Subsections in the matter preceding subparagraph
(A)(as so redesignated) and inserting the following: Subsections ; in subsection (f)— by redesignating paragraphs
(1)through
(3)as subparagraphs
(A)through (C), respectively, and indenting appropriately; and by striking the subsection designation and heading and all that follows through Subsections in the matter preceding subparagraph
(A)(as so redesignated) and inserting the following: Subsections ; in subsection (g)— by redesignating paragraphs
(1)through
(3)as subparagraphs
(A)through (C), respectively, and indenting appropriately; and by striking the subsection designation and heading and all that follows through Subsections in the matter preceding subparagraph
(A)(as so redesignated) and inserting the following: Subsections ; in subsection (h)— by redesignating paragraphs
(1)through
(3)as subparagraphs
(A)through (C), respectively, and indenting appropriately; and by striking the subsection designation and heading and all that follows through Subsections in the matter preceding subparagraph
(A)(as so redesignated) and inserting the following: Subsections ; and in subsection
(d)(as so amended) by adding at the end the following: Subsections
(b)and
(c)shall not apply to the standard established by paragraph
(22)of section 111(d) in the case of any electric utility in a State if, before the date of enactment of this subsection— the State has implemented for the electric utility the standard (or a comparable standard); the State regulatory authority for the State or the relevant nonregulated electric utility has conducted a proceeding to consider implementation of the standard (or a comparable standard) for the electric utility; or the State legislature has voted on the implementation of the standard (or a comparable standard) for the electric utility during the 3-year period ending on that date of enactment. . Section 124 of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 ( 16 U.S.C. 2634 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: In the case of the standard established by paragraph
(22)of section 111(d), the reference contained in this section to the date of enactment of this Act shall be deemed to be a reference to the date of enactment of that paragraph (22). .
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