1. Short title; table of contents (a) Short title This Act may be cited as the Distributed Energy Demonstration Act of 2017 . (b) Table of contents The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Definitions. Sec. 3. Advanced distribution system grant program. Sec. 4. Smart water heater demonstration program. Sec. 5. Vehicle-to-Grid Integration (VGI) Demonstration Grant Program. Sec. 6. Granular retail electricity pricing grant program. Sec. 7. Federal matching fund for smart grid investment costs. Sec. 8. Personal protections for sensitive personal data. Sec. 9. General provisions. 2. Definitions In this Act: (1) Commission The term Commission means the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. (2) Distributed energy resource (A) In general The term distributed energy resource means an electric device that can produce or consume energy that is located— (i) on the distribution system or any subsystem of the distribution system; or (ii) behind a customer meter. (B) Inclusions The term distributed energy resource includes— (i) an energy storage resource; (ii) an energy generation technology; (iii) a demand response resource; (iv) an energy efficiency resource; (v) an electric vehicle and associated supply equipment and systems; and (vi) aggregations and integrated control systems, including virtual power plants, microgrids, and networks of microgrid cells. (3) Electric consumer; electric utility; rate