1. Short title; table of contents (a) Short title This Act may be cited as the Flexible Grid Infrastructure 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. Analysis of distributed energy resources, the value of grid services, and advanced transmission assets. Sec. 4. Electrification of vehicles and heating. Sec. 5. Privacy, security, and resilience. Sec. 6. Workforce development. Sec. 7. Flexible Grid Challenge 2022. 2. Definitions In this Act: (1) Administrator The term Administrator means the Administrator of the Energy Information Administration. (2) Commission The term Commission means the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. (3) 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. (4) Electric consumer; electric utility