S.Amdt. 1463

SA 1463. Mr. CRAMER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 1407 submitted by Ms. Murkowski and intended to be
proposed to the bill S. 2657, to support innovation in advanced
geothermal research and development, and for other purposes; which was
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of section 2213, add the following:
(e) Report.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 120 days after the date on
which the modeling under subsection (b) is completed, the
Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the modeling
scenarios developed under subsection (a) with respect to
systems that use intermittent sources of power generation.
(2) Requirements.--The report under paragraph (1) shall
describe--
(A) the expected costs for--
(i) systems with various amounts of intermittent power
generation, from 0 to 100 percent; and
(ii) ratepayers in those systems;
(B) the reliability and economic liabilities of systems
that use intermittent sources of power generation for not
less than 30 percent of the energy of the system, including--
(i) rate impacts on the business and manufacturing sectors;
(ii) the potential impact on the economic output of
manufacturers who are reliant on consistent baseload
generation; and
(iii) health and safety impacts in various weather
scenarios, including not fewer than 1 scenario of extreme
cold in which wind generation cannot occur; and
(C) any recommendations of the Secretary for potential
legislative changes to increase reliability and resiliency
within the electric grid.
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