S.Amdt. 3213

SA 3213. Mr. WARNER (for himself and Mr. Peters) 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, insert the following:

SEC. 23__. REPORT ON USING SMART TECHNOLOGIES TO ADVANCE
ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND GRID MODERNIZATION.

Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this
Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Energy
and Natural Resource and Finance of the Senate and the
Committees on Natural Resources and Financial Services of the
House of Representatives a report that includes
recommendations of the Secretary regarding measures
(including measures to be enacted by Congress) that could be
carried out throughout the United States to use smart
technologies to advance energy efficiency and grid
modernization in the 21st century energy economy, unless a
similar report and recommendations are included in a separate
analysis prepared and submitted to Congress by not later than
1 year after that date of enactment, such as the Quadrennial
Energy Review under section 801 of the Department of Energy
Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7321) (as amended by section
4402(a)).
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