Provisions in both bills

• Directs the Department of Energy to coordinate energy storage research with other federal agencies, including the Department of Transportation and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Provisions in the House bill

• Establishes objectives for DOE’s program of grid-scale energy storage demonstration projects, including: commercial feasibility, installed energy capital cost for the ocmplete grid-integrated system of less than $100 per kWh, a minimum of one full deep charge and discharge cycle per day, a minimum storage duration of 4 hours, and a lifetime of 20 years or at least 8,000 cycles of discharge at full output

Provisions in the Senate bill

• Establishes objectives for DOE’s program of grid-scale energy storage demonstration projects, including: commercial feasibility, installed energy capital cost of less than $100 per kWh, a minimum of one full charge and discharge cycle per day, and a lifetime of at least 5,000 cycles of discharge at full output