42 U.S.C. § 17385: Smart grid interoperability framework

the Director shall seek input and cooperation from the Commission, OEDER and its Smart Grid Task Force, the Smart Grid Advisory Committee, other relevant Federal and State agencies; and the Director shall also solicit input and cooperation from private entities interested in such protocols and standards, including but not limited to the Gridwise Architecture Council, the International Electrical and Electronics Engineers, the National Electric Reliability Organization recognized by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and National Electrical Manufacturer’s Association. to accommodate traditional, centralized generation and transmission resources and consumer distributed resources, including distributed generation, renewable generation, energy storage, energy efficiency, and demand response and enabling devices and systems; regional and organizational differences; and technological innovations; load reduction to reduce total electrical demand; adjustment of load to provide grid ancillary services; and in the event of a reliability crisis that threatens an outage, short-term load shedding to help preserve the stability of the grid; and such voluntary standards should incorporate appropriate manufacturer lead time. 1 1 So in original. Does not fit with subsec. (b) introductory provisions. The Institute shall begin work pursuant to this section within 60 days of December 19, 2007 . The Institute shall provide and publish an initial report on progress toward recommended or consensus standards and protocols within 1 year after December 19, 2007 , further reports at such times as developments warrant in the judgment of the Institute, and a final report when the Institute determines that the work is completed or that a Federal role is no longer necessary. At any time after the Institute’s work has led to sufficient consensus in the Commission’s judgment, the Commission shall institute a rulemaking proceeding to adopt such standards and protocols as may be necessary to insure smart-grid functionality and interoperability in interstate transmission of electric power, and regional and wholesale electricity markets. There are authorized to be appropriated for the purposes of this section $5,000,000 to the Institute to support the activities required by this subsection 2 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012. 2 So in original. Probably should be “section”.