Sec. 2864. PILOT PROGRAM TO TEST USE OF EMERGENCY DIESEL GENERATORS IN A MICROGRID CONFIGURATION AT CERTAIN MILITARY INSTALLATIONS
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## SEC. 2864 PILOT PROGRAM TO TEST USE OF EMERGENCY DIESEL GENERATORS IN A MICROGRID CONFIGURATION AT CERTAIN MILITARY INSTALLATIONS **[**[10 U.S.C. 2911 note](/us/usc/t10/s2911)**]** ###
(a)Pilot Program Authorized The Secretary of Defense may conduct a pilot program (to be known as the “Emergency Diesel Generator Microgrid Program”) to evaluate the feasibility and cost effectiveness of connecting existing diesel generators at a military installation selected pursuant to subsection
(c)to create and support one or more microgrid configurations at the installation capable of providing full-scale electrical power for the defense critical facilities located at the installation during an emergency involving the loss of external electric power supply caused by an extreme weather condition, manmade intentional infrastructure damage, or other circumstance. ###
(b)Goals of Pilot Program The goals of the Emergency Diesel Generator Microgrid Program are— ####
(1)to test assumptions about lower operating and maintenance costs, parts interchangeability, lower emissions, lower fuel usage, increased resiliency, increased reliability, and reduced need for emergency diesel generators; and ####
(2)to establish design criteria that could be used to build and sustain emergency diesel generator microgrids at other military installations. ###
(c)Pilot Program Locations As the locations to conduct the Emergency Diesel Generator Microgrid Program, the Secretary of Defense shall select two major military installations located in different geographical regions of the United States that the Secretary determines— ####
(1)are defense critical electric infrastructure sites or contain, or are served by, defense critical electric infrastructure; ####
(2)contain more than one defense critical function for national defense purposes and the mission assurance of such critical defense facilities are paramount to maintaining national defense and force projection capabilities at all times; and ####
(3)face unique electric energy supply, delivery, and distribution challenges that, based on the geographic location of the installations and the overall physical size of the installations, adversely impact rapid electric infrastructure restoration after an interruption. ###
(d)Specifications of Diesel Generators and Microgrid ####
(1)Generator specifications The Secretary of Defense shall use existing diesel generators that are sized >/= 750kW output. ####
(2)Microgrid specifications The Secretary of Defense shall create the microgrid using commercially available and proven designs and technologies. The existing diesel generators used for the microgrid should be spaced within 1.0 to 1.5 mile of each other and, using a dedicated underground electric cable network, be tied into a microgrid configuration sufficient to supply mission critical facilities within the service area of the microgrid. A selected military installation may contain more than one such microgrid under the Emergency Diesel Generator Microgrid Program. ###
(e)Program Authorities The Secretary of Defense may use the authority under section 2914 of title 10, United States Code (known as the Energy Resilience and Conservation Investment Program), and energy savings performance contracts to conduct the Emergency Diesel Generator Microgrid Program. ###
(f)Definitions For purposes of the Emergency Diesel Generator Microgrid Program: ####
(1)The term “defense critical electric infrastructure” has the meaning given that term in section 215A of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 824o-1). ####
(2)The term “energy savings performance contract” has the meaning given that term in section 804(3) of the National Energy Conservation Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8287c(3)). ####
(3)The term “existing diesel generators” means diesel generators located, as of the date of the enactment of this Act, at a major military installation selected as a location for the Emergency Diesel Generator Microgrid Program and intended for emergency use. ####
(4)The term “major military installation” has the meaning given that term in section 2864 of title 10, United States Code.
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PILOT PROGRAM TO TEST USE OF EMERGENCY DIESEL GENERATORS IN A MICROGRID CONFIGURATION AT CERTAIN MILITARY INSTALLATIONS
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