S.Amdt. 3231

SA 3231. 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

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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:

SEC. 23__. CONSIDERATION OF ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS.

(a) In General.--Section 111(d) of the Public Utility
Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2621(d)) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
``(20) Consideration of energy storage systems.--Each State
shall consider requiring that, as part of a supply side
resource planning process, an electric utility of the State
demonstrate to the State that the electric utility considered
an investment in energy storage systems based on appropriate
factors, including--
``(A) total costs and normalized life-cycle costs;
``(B) cost-effectiveness;
``(C) improved reliability;
``(D) security; and
``(E) system performance and efficiency.''.
(b) Time Limitations.--Section 112(b) of the Public Utility
Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2622(b)) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
``(7)(A) Not later than 1 year after enactment of this
paragraph, each State regulatory authority (with respect to
each electric utility for which the State regulatory
authority has ratemaking authority) and each nonregulated
utility shall commence the consideration referred to in
section 111, or set a hearing date for consideration, with
respect to the standard established by paragraph (20) of
section 111(d).
``(B) Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of
this paragraph, each State regulatory authority (with respect
to each electric utility for which the State regulatory
authority has ratemaking authority), and each nonregulated
electric utility, shall complete the consideration, and shall
make the determination, referred to in section 111 with
respect to the standard established by paragraph (20) of
section 111(d).''.
(c) Failure to Comply.--Section 112(c) of the Public
Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2622(c))
is amended by adding at the end the following: ``In the case
of the standard established by paragraph (20) of section
111(d), the reference contained in this subsection to the
date of enactment of this Act shall be deemed to be a
reference to the date of enactment of that paragraph.''.
(d) Prior State Actions.--Section 112(d) of the Public
Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2622(d))
is amended in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by striking
``(19)'' and inserting ``(20)''.

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