Timothy Gardner, Scott DiSavino

(Reuters] – The President Joe Biden plans to sign a $1 billion bipartisan infrastructure bill that the U.S. House of Representatives passed on Friday.

Experts estimate that the bill contains $73 billion for modernizing the U.S. electricity grid. This money can be used in several ways. Here are some of the budget items in the bill for spending on the power grid and clean energy: * The bill will spend about $5 billion for large-scaleelectric transmission, including about $2.5 billion for aDepartment of Energy program to support construction oftransmission lines and other facilities. * About $5 billion is earmarked for resilience grants,including those related to electric transmission. Resilience spending is the replacement of old transmission lines with new ones and equipment that can withstand floods, fires, and other severe weather conditions. * About $3 billion is budgeted for a smart grid program.Smart grids use advanced technologies, like automatic controlsand other communications equipment to detect power outages orproblems more quickly than current instruments. * About $10 billion for the federal government’s BonnevillePower Administration to use for many purposes, includingelectric transmission. In the PacificNorthwest, the BPA is in operation. * The bill will allocate about $6 billion in tax creditsover 10 years to help keep certain existing nuclear plants inservice and other incentives for two advanced nuclear powerplant demonstration projects. Although nuclear power doesn’t produce carbon emissions, some people believe that it is essential for reliable power generation when coal-fired plants retire. * About $16 billion is budgeted for energy efficiency andrenewables through the Department of Energy. * About $7.5 billion is earmarked for fossil energy andcarbon management, which includes carbon capture and storage(CCS) technologies. CCS, which is an alternative to the production of fossil-fuels, is necessary in order to decrease emissions. * The bill provides about $2 billion for shipping carbondioxide captured from industrial plants and from plants thatsuck the greenhouse gas from the air. * About $21.5 billion for Energy Department clean energydemonstration projects, including about $8 billion for at leastfour regional hubs to make hydrogen, a cleaner-burning gas thatcan be derived from water. * A least $3 billion will be offered in grants for batterymanufacturing and recycling.