S.Amdt. 2993

SA 2993. Mr. HELLER (for himself and Mr. Reed) submitted an amendment
intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2953 proposed by Ms. Murkowski
to the bill S. 2012, to provide for the modernization of the energy
policy of the United States, and for other purposes; which was ordered
to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle D of title II, add the following:

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SEC. 23__. CONSIDERATION OF ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS.

Section 111 of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act
of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2621) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
``(20) Consideration of energy storage systems.--Each State
shall consider requiring that, prior to undertaking
investments in new generation, transmission, or other capital
investments, an electric utility of the State demonstrate to
the State that the electric utility considered an investment
in an energy storage system based on appropriate factors,
including--
``(A) total costs;
``(B) cost-effectiveness;
``(C) improved reliability;
``(D) security; and
``(E) system performance and efficiency.''.
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