,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #adee  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #bh1     
#bjag ,mr4 ,flake 7for himself and ,mr4 
,heinrich7 introduced the following     
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,energy and        
,natural ,resources  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
amend the ,united ,states ,energy       
,storage ,competitiveness ,act of #bjjg 
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 storage4    
#a4 ,short title  ,this ,act may be     
cited as the ,energy ,storage ,goals and
 ,demonstration ,projects ,act4  #b4    
,goals of the ,department of ,energy    
relating to energy storage              
competitiveness ,the ,united ,states    
,energy ,storage ,competitiveness ,act  
of #bjjg 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #agbca7 is      
amended-- 7#a7 by striking subsection   
7d7 and inserting the following3  7d7   

,coordination2 research goals  7#a7     
,coordination ,in carrying out the      
activities under this section1 the      
,secretary shall coordinate the         
activities with--  7,a7 appropriate     
,federal agencies1 including the        
,department of ,transportation and the  
,federal ,energy ,regulatory            
,commission2 and  7,b7 to advance the   
development of commercially viable      
energy storage systems1 members of      
private industry4  7#b7 ,research goals 
,the ,secretary shall-- 7,a7 establish  
subgoals for the program established    
under subsection 7c7 that support the   
conduct of demonstration projects under 
subsection 7i77#e72 and  7,b7 align     
specific activities carried out under   
the program established under subsection
 7c7 with priorities identified through 
direct consultations between--  7i7 the 
,department2  7ii7 national             
laboratories2  7iii7 traditional        
end-users1 such as electric utilities2  
and  7iv7 potential end-users of new    

generations of energy storage systems4  
2 and  7#b7 in subsection 7i71 by adding
 at the end the following3  7#e7 ,phase 
#b of grid-scale energy storage         
demonstration projects  7,a7 ,in general
 ,not later than ,september #cj1 #bjbh1 
as part of the program established under
 subsection 7c71 the ,secretary shall1  
to the maximum extent practicable1 enter
 into agreements to carry out not fewer 
than #c grid-scale energy storage       
demonstration projects4  7,b7           
,objectives ,each demonstration project 
carried out under subparagraph 7,a7     
shall be designed-- 7i7 to demonstrate  
that grid-scale energy storage          
technologies can be commercially        
deployed2  7ii7 to be deployed at an    
installed energy capital cost of less   
than #ajj per k,wh2  7iii7 to have a    
minimum of #a full charge and discharge 
cycle per day2 and  7iv7 to have a      
lifetime of at least #e1jjj cycles of   
discharge at full output4  4