; and (2) comply with section 8 of the Grid Modernization Research and Development Act of 2019. (c) Adoption of technologies In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall consider barriers to adoption and commercial application of technologies that enable integration of renewable energy sources onto the electric grid, including cost and other economic barriers, and shall coordinate with relevant entities to reduce these barriers. . (c) Integrating electric vehicles onto the electric grid Subtitle B of title I of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 ( 42 U.S.C. 17011 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 137. Research and development into integrating electric vehicles onto the electric grid (a) In general The Secretary shall establish a research, development, and demonstration program to advance the integration of electric vehicles, including plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, onto the electric grid. (b) Vehicles-to-Grid integration assessment report Not later than 1 year after the enactment of the Grid Modernization Research and Development Act of 2019, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate a report on the results of a study that examines the research, development, and demonstration opportunities, challenges, and standards needed for integrating electric vehicles onto the electric grid. (1) Report requirements The report shall include— (A) an evaluation of the use of electric vehicles to maintain the reliability of the electric grid, including— (i) the use of electric vehicles for demand response, load shaping, emergency power, and frequency regulation; and (ii) the potential for the reuse of spent electric vehicle batteries for stationary grid storage; (B) the impact of grid integration on electric vehicles, including— (i) the impact of bi-directional electricity flow on battery degradation