Sec. 101. Definitions
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Section 3 of the Federal Power Act ( 16 U.S.C. 796 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: The term energy storage project means equipment that receives, stores, and delivers energy using batteries, compressed air, pumped hydropower, hydrogen storage (including hydrolysis), thermal energy storage, regenerative fuel cells, flywheels, capacitors, superconducting magnets, or other technologies identified by the Secretary of Energy. The term generating facility means any facility that generates electricity.
The term generator tie line means a dedicated transmission line that is used to transmit power from a generating facility or an energy storage project to a transmission facility or a transmission system. The term greenhouse gas includes each of the following: Carbon dioxide. Methane. Nitrous oxide. Sulfur hexafluoride. Any hydrofluorocarbon. Any perfluorocarbon. Nitrogen trifluoride. Any fully fluorinated linear, branched, or cyclic— alkane; ether; tertiary amine; or aminoether.
Any perfluoropolyether. Any hydrofluoropolyether. Any other fluorocarbon, except for a fluorocarbon with a vapor pressure of less than 1 mm of Hg absolute at 25 degrees Celsius. The term grid enhancing asset — means a resource, technology, or procedure that, when utilized— increases the capacity, efficiency, or reliable operation of a transmission system; or defers or eliminates the need for a new transmission facility; may include— distributed electricity generation resources; power flow control and transmission switching equipment; an energy storage project; topology optimization technology; dynamic line rating technology; advanced transmission technologies, such as composite reinforced aluminum conductors or high temperature superconductors; technologies or procedures that increase the flexibility of the demand for electricity; other resources, technologies, or procedures that increase energy efficiency, capacity, or reliability; and a combination of the resources, technologies, or procedures described in clauses
(i)through (viii); and does not include a facility for— the transmission of electricity; or the generation of electricity. The term interconnection customer means an entity, or any affiliates or subsidiaries of an entity, that proposes to interconnect a generating facility or an energy storage project to a transmission facility or transmission system. The term transmission benefits means the broad range of economic, operational, safety, resilience, public policy, and environmental benefits (as assessed by the Commission in accordance with section 224(e)) and other reasonably anticipated benefits of constructing, modifying, or operating a transmission facility, including— improved reliability; improved resilience; improved safety; reduced congestion; reduced power losses; greater carrying capacity; reduced operating reserve requirements; improved access to lower-cost electricity generation; improved access to electricity generating facilities with no direct emissions of greenhouse gases; improved public health from the closure of electricity generation facilities that emit harmful pollution; increased competition and market liquidity in electricity markets; improved energy resilience and resilience of Department of Defense installations; and other potential benefits of increasing the interconnectedness of the electric grid. The term network upgrade means— any addition to or expansion of any transmission facility or transmission system; the construction of a new transmission facility that will become part of a transmission system; the addition of an energy storage project to a transmission facility or a transmission system; or any construction, deployment, or addition of a grid enhancing asset to a transmission facility or a transmission system that eliminates or reduces the need to carry out any of the activities described in subparagraphs
(A)through (C). The term participant funding means any cost allocation method under which an interconnection customer is required to pay, without reimbursement, all or a disproportionate amount of the costs of a network upgrade that is determined by the Commission to be necessary to ensure the reliable interconnection of the interconnection customer’s generating facility or energy storage project. The term transmission planning region means a region for which electric transmission planning is appropriate, as determined by the Commission, including a region approved by the Commission to meet the requirements of the final rule titled Transmission Planning and Cost Allocation by Transmission Owning and Operating Public Utilities published in the Federal Register on October 4, 2012 (77 Fed. Reg. 60689). For purposes of sections 224, 226, 227, and 229, the term transmission system means a network of transmission facilities used for the transmission of electric energy in interstate commerce. .
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