,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #dged  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,august #c1    
#bjbb,mr4 ,braun introduced the         
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,energy  
and ,natural ,resources  ,a ,,bill  ,to 
require the ,secretary of ,energy to    
conduct a study and submit a report on  
national resource adequacy1 and for     
other purposes4  #a4 ,study and report  
on national resource adequacy  7a7      
,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7     
,resource adequacy ,the term resource   
adequacy means the ability of supply    
side and demand-side resources to meet  
aggregate electricity demand 7including 
losses74  7#b7 ,secretary ,the term     
,secretary means the ,secretary of      
,energy4  7b7 ,study ,the ,secretary    
shall conduct a comprehensive study on  
national resource adequacy to           
determine-- 7#a7 how recent retirements 
of baseload electric generation have    
affected the regional firm capacity     

available for all regional electric     
grids2  7#b7 the effects that planned   
retirements of baseload electric        
generation and the increased need for   
peaking capacity have or would have on  
energy shortfalls2  7#c7 how the        
variable nature of certain sources of   
energy production and forecasting errors
 may impact resource adequacy and       
capacity accreditation2  7#d7 7,a7 a    
range of potential future electricity   
demand trajectories that captures the   
uncertainty represented by a changing   
climate1 decarbonization1 and           
macroeconomic factors2 and  7,b7 whether
 that future electricity demand requires
 increasing firm capacity or            
interregional transmission to load match
 with regional peak power demand during 
all hours of the year2 and  7#e7 the    
extent to which variable generation     
technologies in concert with other      
technical and nontechnical solutions can
 provide adequate capacity to meet a    
range of potential future electricity   

demand trajectories4  7c7 ,report ,not  
later than #ahj days after the date of  
enactment of this ,act1 the ,secretary  
shall submit to the ,committee on       
,energy and ,natural ,resources of the  
,senate and the ,committee on ,energy   
and ,commerce of the ,house of          
,representatives a report describing the
 results of the study conducted under   
subsection 7b71 including               
recommendations for ,congress to ensure 
that the ,united ,states maintains      
necessary resource adequacy to meet     
forecasted demand4