Funding Innovation in Transmission Distribution and Storage

MCLI Recommendation: Congress, FERC, DOE, or states can fund additional research, technology, and development on a range of distribution network and smart grid developments, including energy storage.

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Example States and State Governments

New Mexico’s HB 50 (2020)

New Mexico passed a March 2020 bill providing that transmission line projects qualify for industrial revenue bonds available through cities and municipalities, and supporting power lines that promote ...

Example Executive Branch

ARPA-E energy storage innovation funding

In May 2018, the Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA-E) committed up to $30 million in funding for long-term energy storage innovation. The funding went to the Duration Addi...

Resource States and State Governments

Report, The Coming Electrification of the North American Economy

The Brattle Group’s 2019 study assessed the importance of proactive infrastructure planning in anticipation of the electrification of major sectors of the U.S. economy. The study makes a case for acce...

Example Public Utilities

Connecticut’s Innovative Energy Solutions Program

In March 2022, Connecticut regulators approved a new Innovative Energy Solutions (IES) program to accelerate the state’s grid modernization efforts by facilitating partnerships among private companies...

Resource Congress

Proposed Distributed Energy Demonstration Act of 2017

The proposed Distributed Energy Demonstration Act of 2017 would have required the DOE to establish demonstration grant programs for Smart Grid technologies.

Example Executive Branch

DOE’s Joint Center for Energy Storage Research

In September 2018, the Department of Energy committed $120 million over five years to support the Joint Center for Energy Storage Research, which devoted to advancing battery science and technology.