123STA T . 2 86 1 PUBLIC LA W 111 – 8 5—O CT. 28 , 2 0 0 9TI T LE III D E PAR T M E N T OF ENER GY ENERGY PROGRAM S E NERGY E F F IC IENCY A N D RENE W A BL E ENERGY F or D epa r tm e n to f Ener gy e x pen s es i n clud ing t h e purchase , construction, and ac q uisition of plant and capital equipment, and other expenses necessary for energy efficiency and rene w a b le energy acti v ities in carrying out the purposes of the Department of Energy Organi z ation Act (42U. S. C . 710 1 et seq. ) , including the acquisition or condemnation of any real property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, $ 2,242, 5 00,000, to remain available until expended
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d, That funds provided under this heading in this and prior appropriation Acts are available for on - site and off-site improvements for the Ingress / Egress and Traffic Capacity Upgrades pro j ect at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory: Provided fu r th er, That, of the $ 8 0,000,000 pro- vided under the wind energy subaccount under Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, up to $8,000,000 may be competitively awarded to universities for turbine and equipment purchases for the purposes of studying turbine to turbine wa k e interaction, wind farm interaction, and wind energy efficiencies, provided that such equipment shall not be used for merchant power production: Pro - vided further, That, of the amount appropriated in this paragraph, $2 9 2,1 3 5,000 shall be used for the projects specified in the table that appears under the heading ‘ ‘Congressionally Directed Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Projects ’ ’ in the joint explanatory statement accompanying the conference report on this Act. ELEC T RICITY DELI V ERY AND ENERGY RELIABILITY For Department of Energy expenses including the purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment, and other expenses necessary for electricity delivery and energy reli- ability activities in carrying out the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or condemnation of any real property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, $171,982,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That, within the funding available funding the Secretary shall establish an independent national energy sector cyber security organization to institute research, development and deployment priorities, including policies and protocol to ensure the effective deployment of tested and validated technology and software controls to protect the bulk power electric grid and integration of smart grid technology to enhance the security of the electricity grid: Provided further, That within 6 0 days of enactment, the Secretary shall invite applica- tions from qualified entities for the purpose of forming and gov- erning a national energy sector cyber organization that have the knowledge and capacity to focus cyber security research and development and to identify and disseminate best practices
orga- nize the collection, analysis and dissemination of infrastructure vulnerabilities and threats; work cooperatively with the Department of Energy and other Federal agencies to identify areas where Fed- eral agencies with jurisdiction may best support efforts to enhance Deadlin e .Est a b lis hm ent.
