123STA T . 1 46PUBLIC LA W 111 –5—FE B.1 7, 2 0 0 9(b)AS S I S TANCEL E V E LP E RDW ELLIN GU NIT .—Section415 (c)(1) o f t h e E ne rgyC on s er va tion an d Prod u ction Act (4 2 U.S.C. 68 65(c)(1)) is a m ended by stri k ing ‘ ‘ $ 2 , 5 0 0 ’ ’ and inserting ‘‘$6,500’’. (c) E F FECTIVE USE O F FU N D S.— I n p roviding funds made avai l- able by this Act for the W eatheri z ation Assistance Program, the Secretary may encourage States to give priority to using such funds for the most cost-effective efficiency activities, w hich may include insulation of attics, if, in the Secretary’s view, such use of funds would increase the effectiveness of the program. (d) T RAINING AND TEC H NICAL ASSISTANCE.—Section 416 of the Energy Conservation and Production Act (42 U.S.C. 6866) is amended by striking ‘‘10 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘up to 20 percent’’. (e) ASSISTANCE FOR PREVIOUSL Y WEATHERI Z ED DWELLING UNITS.—Section 415(c)(2) of the Energy Conservation and Produc- tion Act (42 U.S.C. 6865(c)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘September 3 0,1 97 9’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 1994’’. SEC. 408. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO PU B LIC UTILITY R EGU- LATORY POLICIES ACT OF 1978. (a) Section 111(d) of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2621(d)) is amended by redesignating paragraph (16) relating to consideration of smart grid investments (added by section 1307(a) of Public Law 110 – 140) as paragraph (18) and by redesignating paragraph (17) relating to smart grid information (added by section 1308(a) of Public Law 110–140) as paragraph (19). (b) Subsections (b) and (d) of section 112 of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2622) are each amended by striking ‘‘(17) through (18)’’ in each place it appears and inserting ‘‘(16) through (19)’’. SEC. 409. RENEWABLE ELECTRICITY TRANS M ISSION STUDY. In completing the 2009 N ational Electric Transmission Congestion Study, the Secretary of Energy shall include— (1) an analysis of the significant potential sources of renew- able energy that are constrained in accessing appropriate market areas by lack of ade q uate transmission capacity
(2) an analysis of the reasons for failure to develop the adequate transmission capacity; (3) recommendations for achieving adequate transmission capacity; (4) an analysis of the e x tent to which legal challenges filed at the State and Federal level are delaying the construc- tion of transmission necessary to access renewable energy; and (5) an explanation of assumptions and pro j ections made in the Study, including— (A) assumptions and projections relating to energy effi- ciency improvements in each load center; ( B ) assumptions and projections regarding the location and type of projected new generation capacity; and (C) assumptions and projections regarding projected deployment of distributed generation infrastructure. SEC. 410. ADDITIONAL STATE ENERGY G RANTS. (a) IN GEN- ERAL.—Amounts appropriated under the heading ‘‘Department of Energy—Energy Programs—Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’’ in this title shall be available to the Secretary of Energy for making additional grants under part D of title III of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6321 et seq.). The Secretary shall make grants under this section in excess of the base allocation established for a State under regulations issued pursuant to the Notif i ca tio n.
