Sec. 11. Request for information to assess research gaps in alternative fuel delivery, distribution, and transmission
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Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary shall publish a request for information that shall be used by the Secretary to evaluate research, development, and demonstration activities to assess alternative fuel transmission and delivery technical barriers. The request shall identify research barriers associated to existing electric transmission and distribution systems to the distribution of alternative fuels and the deployment of alternative fuel recharging and refueling capability, at economically competitive costs of alternative fuel for consumers, including research to address— electric grid load management and applications that will allow bidirectional batteries in plug-in electric drive vehicles to be used for grid storage, ancillary services provision, and backup power; integration of plug-in bidirectional electric drive vehicles with smart grid technology, including necessary equipment, and information technology systems; technical and economic barriers to delivery technologies for hydrogen and biofuels sufficient to support widespread consumer use; and any other technical barriers to installing sufficient and regionally appropriate alternative fuel recharging and refueling infrastructure, including sufficiency and efficient use of zero-emissions generation and transmission capabilities.
The Secretary shall carry out this section in coordination with relevant industry, State, local, and Tribal governments, and academic stockholders. Not later than two years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate a report summarizing the findings under subsection (a).