§16195 Secondary Electric Vehicle Battery Use Program

Summary

Create and run a research and demonstration program to reuse batteries that once powered electric vehicles, if there are enough used batteries. The program must test using those batteries for things like utility and commercial power storage and power quality, check performance, useful life, costs, reuse and disposal, and work with National Laboratories and industry. Within 180 days after August 8, 2005 the Secretary must ask for proposals across the United States and may ask for more later. Within 90 days after the proposal deadline the Secretary must pick up to five proposals to possibly get funding. No single project may get more than 25% of the program funds. Battery = a used vehicle electric energy storage device. Associated equipment = the gear at the site needed to use the batteries. In picking projects the Secretary must consider battery type variety, geographic and climate variety, life-cycle environmental effects, and state or local involvement. The program must share relevant information with the Department, battery users, proposers, and manufacturers, and must follow required cost-sharing rules.