121 STAT. 1790 PUBLIC LAW 110–140—DEC. 19, 2007
even if success is not complete, rather than deployment of
proven and commercially viable technologies.
(c) I
NVESTMENTS
N
OT
I
NCLUDED
.—Qualifying Smart Grid
investments do not include any of the following:
(1) Investments or expenditures for Smart Grid tech-
nologies, devices, or equipment that are eligible for specific
tax credits or deductions under the Internal Revenue Code,
as amended.
(2) Expenditures for electricity generation, transmission,
or distribution infrastructure or equipment not directly related
to enabling Smart Grid functions.
(3) After the final date for State consideration of the Smart
Grid Information Standard under section 1307 (paragraph (17)
of section 111(d) of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act
of 1978), an investment that is not in compliance with such
standard.
(4) After the development and publication by the Institute
of protocols and model standards for interoperability of smart
grid devices and technologies, an investment that fails to incor-
porate any of such protocols or model standards.
(5) Expenditures for physical interconnection of generators
or other devices to the grid except those that are directly
related to enabling Smart Grid functions.
(6) Expenditures for ongoing salaries, benefits, or personnel
costs not incurred in the initial installation, training, or start
up of smart grid functions.
(7) Expenditures for travel, lodging, meals or other personal
costs.
(8) Ongoing or routine operation, billing, customer rela-
tions, security, and maintenance expenditures.
(9) Such other expenditures that the Secretary determines
not to be Qualifying Smart Grid Investments by reason of
the lack of the ability to perform Smart Grid functions or
lack of direct relationship to Smart Grid functions.
(d) S
MART
G
RID
F
UNCTIONS
.—The term ‘‘smart grid functions’’
means any of the following:
(1) The ability to develop, store, send and receive digital
information concerning electricity use, costs, prices, time of
use, nature of use, storage, or other information relevant to
device, grid, or utility operations, to or from or by means
of the electric utility system, through one or a combination
of devices and technologies.
(2) The ability to develop, store, send and receive digital
information concerning electricity use, costs, prices, time of
use, nature of use, storage, or other information relevant to
device, grid, or utility operations to or from a computer or
other control device.
(3) The ability to measure or monitor electricity use as
a function of time of day, power quality characteristics such
as voltage level, current, cycles per second, or source or type
of generation and to store, synthesize or report that information
by digital means.
(4) The ability to sense and localize disruptions or changes
in power flows on the grid and communicate such information
instantaneously and automatically for purposes of enabling
automatic protective responses to sustain reliability and secu-
rity of grid operations.
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