; (iii) third-party energy service providers; (iv) other Federal agencies; (v) the Electric Reliability Organization; (vi) private companies, including energy technology manufacturers; (vii) the National Laboratories; (viii) nonprofit organizations; and (ix) institutions of higher education. (2) Equipment standards and testing procedures Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in collaboration with the Secretary of Commerce (acting through the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology), electric utilities, States, and standard-making organizations, shall— (A) evaluate whether new performance standards and testing procedures are needed to ensure electrical equipment resilience in the face of emerging and rapidly evolving hazards (like cyber and physical threats and natural disasters) taking into consideration the increased use of smart grid technologies, variable energy generation, energy storage, distributed energy resources, and capabilities for autonomous energy systems integration and management (such as islandable microgrids); and (B) develop and submit to Congress a set of recommendations for distribution equipment manufacturers to voluntarily— (i) minimize disruptions of interconnected distributed energy resources and associated data feeds, especially during critical peak demand; and (ii) support the reliability and resilience of the distribution grid. (e) Development of uniform cost-Benefit analysis methods for security and resilience (1) In general Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall develop and submit to Congress a set of methods and guidelines for calculating the costs and benefits of investments in resilience and security solutions for the electric grid, including— (A) the development of uniform and technology-neutral methods for valuing electric grid reliability and security, taking into consideration the results of the study conducted under section 3(b)