Overview
Purpose
"To amend the United States Energy Storage Competitiveness Act of 2007 to direct the Secretary of Energy to establish new goals for the Department of Energy relating to energy storage and to carry out certain demonstration projects relating to energy storage."
Primary Sponsors
Rep. Steve Knight (R-CA) and Rep. Bill Foster (D-IL) / Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) and Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-NM)
Final outcome
H.R.5610 introduced, April 25, 2018
Summary of Selected Provisions
Provisions in both bills
- Directs the Department of Energy to coordinate energy storage research with other federal agencies, including the Department of Transportation and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Provisions in the House bill
- Establishes objectives for DOE's program of grid-scale energy storage demonstration projects, including: commercial feasibility, installed energy capital cost for the ocmplete grid-integrated system of less than $100 per kWh, a minimum of one full deep charge and discharge cycle per day, a minimum storage duration of 4 hours, and a lifetime of 20 years or at least 8,000 cycles of discharge at full output
Provisions in the Senate bill
- Establishes objectives for DOE's program of grid-scale energy storage demonstration projects, including: commercial feasibility, installed energy capital cost of less than $100 per kWh, a minimum of one full charge and discharge cycle per day, and a lifetime of at least 5,000 cycles of discharge at full output
Actions
Actions on the House bill
Bill introduced
April 25, 2018
Actions on the Senate bill
Bill introduced
June 28, 2017
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