,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ajji  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #f1        
#bjai,mr4 ,crdenas 7for himself and ,mr4
 ,lowenthal7 introduced the following   
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,energy and ,commerce  ,a 
,,bill  ,to provide for the study and   
evaluation of net metering1 and for     
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,national      
,evaluation of ,techniques for ,making  
,energy ,technologies ,more ,efficient  
and ,resilient ,act of #bjai4  #b4 ,net 
metering study and evaluation ,title    
,,xviii of the ,energy ,policy ,act of  
#bjje 7,public ,law #aji-eh2 #aai ,stat4
 #aabb7 is amended by adding at the end 
the following3  #ahda4 ,net metering    
study and evaluation  7a7 ,in general   
,not later than #ahj days after the date
 of enactment of this section1 the      
,secretary shall seek to enter into an  
agreement with the ,national ,academies 
of ,sciences1 ,engineering1 and         

,medicine 7referred to in this section  
as the ,national ,academies7 under which
 the ,national ,academies shall--  7#a7 
study the opportunities and challenges  
associated with net metering2 and  7#b7 
evaluate the expected medium- and       
long-term impacts of net metering4  7b7 
,elements ,the study and evaluation     
conducted pursuant to the agreement     
entered into under subsection 7a7 shall 
address--  7#a7 developments in net     
metering1 including the emergence of new
 technologies2  7#b7 alternatives to    
existing metering systems that--  7,a7  
provide for transactions that-- 7i7     
measure electric energy consumption by  
an electric consumer at the home or     
facility of that electric consumer2 and 
7ii7 are capable of sending electric    
energy usage information through a      
communications network to an electric   
utility2  7,b7 promote equitable        
distribution of resources and costs2 and
  7,c7 provide incentives for the use of
 distributed renewable generation2  7#c7

 net metering planning and operating    
techniques2  7#d7 effective architecture
 for net metering2  7#e7 successful net 
metering business models2  7#f7 consumer
 and industry incentives for net        
metering2  7#g7 the role of renewable   
resources in the electric grid2  7#h7   
the role of net metering in developing  
future models for renewable             
infrastructure2 and  7#i7 the use of    
battery storage with net metering4  7c7 
,report  7#a7 ,in general ,the agreement
 entered into under subsection 7a7 shall
 require the ,national ,academies to    
submit to the ,secretary1 not later than
 #b years after entering into the       
agreement1 a report that describes the  
results of the study and evaluation     
conducted pursuant to the agreement4    
7#b7 ,public ,availability ,the report  
submitted under paragraph 7#a7 shall be 
made available to the public through    
electronic means1 including the         
internet4  4