S.Amdt. 1917

SA 1917. Mr. REED (for himself and Ms. Hirono) submitted an amendment
intended to be proposed to amendment SA 1463 proposed by Mr. McCain to
the bill H.R. 1735, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016
for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle B of title III, add the following:

SEC. 314. REPORT ON USE OF DEMAND RESPONSE PROGRAMS.

(a) Report.--Not later than September 30, 2016, the
Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional
defense committees a report on the use of demand response
programs at military installations.
(b) Elements.--The report required under subsection (a)
shall include the following elements:
(1) A description of the progress made in identifying
installations where the use of demand response can be
economically beneficial to the Department of Defense.
(2) A description of challenges to participation in demand
response programs.
(3) A description of effective incentives for the
participation of installations in these programs, including
options for installations to gain access to the funds they
earn for their participation.
(4) An assessment of possibilities for future expansion of
demand response participation by the Department.
(5) An assessment of methods for receiving direct payments
from utilities, independent system operators, and third party
aggregators for participation in demand response programs and
utilizing these payments for energy-related purposes at the
participating installations.
(c) Form.--The report required under subsection (a) shall
be submitted in unclassified form, but may contain a
classified annex as necessary.
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