{ "id": "R44357", "type": "CRS Report", "typeId": "REPORTS", "number": "R44357", "active": true, "source": "EveryCRSReport.com, University of North Texas Libraries Government Documents Department", "versions": [ { "source": "EveryCRSReport.com", "id": 460928, "date": "2016-12-13", "retrieved": "2017-05-09T15:08:29.609064", "title": "DOE\u2019s Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability (OE): A Primer, with Appropriations for FY2017", "summary": "The nation\u2019s energy infrastructure is undergoing a major transformation. For example, new technologies and changes in electricity flows place increasing demands on the electric power grid. These changes include increased use of distributed (mostly renewable energy) resources, Internet-enabled demand response technologies, growing loads from electric vehicle use, continued expansion of natural gas use, and integration of energy storage devices.\nThe Department of Energy\u2019s (DOE\u2019s) Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability (OE) has the lead role in addressing those infrastructure issues. OE is also responsible for the physical security and cybersecurity of all (not just electric power) energy infrastructure. Further, OE has a key role in developing energy storage, supporting the grid integration of renewable energy, and intergovernmental planning for grid emergencies. As an illustration of the breadth of its activities, OE reports that, during FY2014, its programs responded to 24 energy-related emergency events, including physical security events, wildfires, severe storms, fuel shortages, and national security events.\nOE manages five types of research and development (R&D) programs, usually conducted in cost-shared partnership with private sector firms. OE also operates two types of deployment programs, conducted mainly with state and tribal governments. Each OE program office has its own set of goals and objectives. OE plays the central role in two of DOE\u2019s broad cross-cutting initiatives: grid modernization and cybersecurity. President Obama treated grid modernization as a high priority, stressing its importance to jobs, economic growth, and U.S. manufacturing competitiveness. \nSince 2005, the Energy and Water Development (E&W) appropriations bill has funded all DOE programs, including those operated by OE. DOE\u2019s FY2017 request for OE sought $262 million, an increase of $56 million (27%) over the FY2016 appropriation of $206 million.\nMost congressional action for FY2017 OE funding has taken place through the two E&W appropriations bills, S. 2804 and H.R. 5055. In the Senate, S. 2804 was incorporated into H.R. 2028 as an amendment in the nature of a substitute, and it was approved on the Senate floor. That Senate-passed FY2017 E&W bill included $206 million for OE\u2014the same amount as the FY2016 appropriation. In the House, H.R. 5055 was defeated in House floor action. That bill had included $225 million for OE, which was the amount recommended by the House Appropriations Committee. In late September 2016, a continuing resolution (P.L. 114-223, Division C) set FY2017 funding for OE at the FY2016 level through December 9, 2016. On December 10, 2016, a second continuing resolution (CR) provided funding at the FY2016 level through April 28, 2017.\nMost of DOE\u2019s requested FY2017 increase for OE aimed to create three new programs: a Grid (Manufacturing Innovation) Institute, a State Distribution Level Reform program, and a state Energy Assurance program. The House Appropriations Committee\u2019s report on FY2017 E&W funding does not mention those proposed programs. The Senate Appropriations Committee\u2019s report on FY2017 E&W funding expressed support for the regional and state activities that DOE proposed for two of the new programs, but encouraged DOE to support those activities with some of the funding it recommended for the OE Infrastructure Security and Energy Restoration program. 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New technologies and changes in electricity flows place increasing demands on the electric power grid. These changes include increased use of distributed (mostly renewable energy) resources, Internet-enabled demand response technologies, growing loads from electric vehicle use, continued expansion of natural gas use, and integration of energy storage devices.\nThe Department of Energy\u2019s (DOE\u2019s) Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability (OE) is tasked with the lead role to address those infrastructure issues. OE is also responsible for the physical security and cybersecurity of energy infrastructure. As an illustration, OE reports that, during FY2014, its programs responded to 24 energy-related emergency events, including physical security events, wildfires, severe storms, fuel shortages, and national security events.\nSince 2005, the Energy and Water Development (E&W) appropriations bill has funded all DOE programs, including those operated by OE. That office manages five types of research and development (R&D) programs, usually conducted in cost-shared partnership with private sector firms. OE also operates two types of deployment programs, conducted mainly with state and tribal governments. Each OE program office has its own set of goals and objectives.\nPresident Obama has declared grid modernization to be a high priority, stressing its importance to jobs, economic growth, and U.S. manufacturing competitiveness. Further, OE has a key role in supporting the grid integration of renewable energy, which is a focus of the President\u2019s Climate Action Plan and is a strategic resource for state responses to the Environmental Protection Agency\u2019s proposed Clean Power Plan.\nDOE\u2019s FY2016 request for OE sought $270 million, nearly double the FY2015 appropriation of $147 million. As part of that requested increase, DOE proposed to create a new Transformer Resilience R&D program and a new State Energy Reliability and Assurance grant program. About half of the requested OE increase would have gone to the new grant program. The next largest increases were sought for the Smart Grid and Cybersecurity programs. The FY2016 request also noted that OE plays the central role in two of DOE\u2019s broad cross-cutting initiatives: grid modernization and cybersecurity.\nFor the OE portion of the FY2016 E&W bill (H.R. 2028), the House approved $187 million (includes $0.9 million rescission) and the Senate Appropriations Committee approved $151 million (includes $0.9 million rescission); but the Administration issued a veto threat. Ultimately, E&W appropriations appeared as Division D of the Consolidated Appropriations Bill (H.R. 2029). The bill was enacted as P.L. 114-113. The law provided $206 million for OE. The proposed new grant program was not funded, but funding was provided for the new Transformer Resilience program. 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