1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Access to Consumer Energy Information Act or the E-Access Act . 2. Definitions In this Act: (1) Electric consumer The term electric consumer has the meaning given the term in section 3 of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 ( 16 U.S.C. 2602 ). (2) Electric meter app store The term electric meter app store means the meter of an electric utility and any accompanying software that allows the electric utility or electric consumers to have software applications execute on the grid edge computer in order to analyze or transmit retail electric energy information or grid edge consumer insights. (3) Electric utility The term electric utility has the meaning given the term in section 3 of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 ( 16 U.S.C. 2602 ). (4) Gas consumer The term gas consumer has the meaning given the term in section 302 of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 ( 15 U.S.C. 3202 ). (5) Gas utility The term gas utility has the meaning given the term in section 302 of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 ( 15 U.S.C. 3202 ). (6) Grid edge computer The term grid edge computer means a device, whether part of, or separate from, a meter, that— (A) measures power, voltage, current, or other aspects of electric energy at or near the premises of an electric consumer; and (B) is capable of running 1 or more software applications to analyze, in real time, any measurement described in subparagraph (A) in order to derive grid edge consumer insights or information about the status or operation of the electric grid. (7) Grid edge consumer insight The term grid edge consumer insight means— (A) the power, voltage, current, or other aspects of electric energy measured and analyzable by a grid edge computer