Portal:Department of Energy

Department of Energy

The Department of Energy (DOE) is an executive department of the U.S. federal government that oversees U.S. national energy policy and energy production, the research and development of nuclear power, the military's nuclear weapons program, nuclear reactor production for the United States Navy, energy-related research, and energy conservation.

The DOE was created in 1977 in the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis. It sponsors more physical science research than any other U.S. federal agency, the majority of which is conducted through its system of National Laboratories. The DOE also directs research in genomics, with the Human Genome Project originating from a DOE initiative.

The department is headed by the secretary of energy, who reports directly to the president of the United States and is a member of the Cabinet. The department's headquarters are in southwestern Washington, D.C., in the James V. Forrestal Building, with additional offices in Germantown, Maryland.

See Portal:2020 DOE Transition Book for more details.

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Organization

The department announced a reorganization with new names of under secretaries in 2022.^[1]

Report to Secretary of Energy
Deputy Secretary of Energy
Office of International Affairs
Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs
Office of the General Counsel
Office of the Chief Financial Officer
Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy
Energy Information Administration
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Office of Enterprise Assessments
Office of Energy Policy and System Analysis
Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence
Office of Public Affairs
Office of Management
Office of Project Management
Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer
Office of Chief Information Officer
Office of Hearings and Appeals (Department of Energy)
Office of Environmental Management
Office of Legacy Management
Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization
Under Secretary for Science and Innovation
Arctic Energy Office
Office of Critical and Emerging Technologies (CET)
Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
Office of Electricity
Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management
Office of Nuclear Energy
Office of Science
Under Secretary of Energy for Nuclear Security
National Nuclear Security Administration
Under Secretary for Infrastructure
National Laboratory Operations Board
Office of Environment, Health, Safety and Security
Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations
Office of Federal Energy Management Programs
Grid Deployment Office
Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, & Energy Response^[2]
Indian Energy Policy and Programs
Loan Programs Office
Office of State and Community Energy Programs
Bonneville Power Administration
Southeastern Power Administration
Southwestern Power Administration
Western Area Power Administration

Facilities

Albany Research Center
Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory – under NNSA designs/develops nuclear-powered propulsion for the U.S. Navy
Kansas City National Security Campus
Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory – under NNSA designs/develops nuclear-powered propulsion for the U.S. Navy
National Petroleum Technology Office
Nevada National Security Site
New Brunswick Laboratory
Office of Fossil Energy^[3]
Office of River Protection^[4]
Pantex Plant
Radiological and Environmental Sciences Laboratory
Savannah River Site—separate from Savannah River National Laboratory
Y-12 National Security Complex
Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository

Other major DOE facilities include:^[5]^[6]

Airstrip:

Pahute Mesa Airstrip – Nye County, Nevada, part of Nevada National Security Site^[7]

Nuclear weapons sites

The DOE/NNSA has federal responsibility for the design, testing and production of all nuclear weapons. NNSA in turn uses contractors to carry out its responsibilities at the following government owned sites:^[8]

Research, development, and manufacturing guidance: Los Alamos National Laboratory^[9] and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory^[10]
Engineering of the non-nuclear components and system integration: Sandia National Laboratories^[11]
Manufacturing of key components: The Kansas City Plant, Savannah River Site and Y-12 National Security Complex.^[8]
Testing: Nevada Test Site^[8]
Final weapon and warhead assembling and dismantling: Pantex^[12]

References

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Partnerships

Portal:Department of Energy/Section 2

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Organization chart

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Political appointees

Portal:Department of Energy/Section 21

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Programs and initiatives

https://www.energy.gov/eere/water/national-marine-energy-centers

Atlantic Marine Energy Center, established in 2021 by the University of New Hampshire, Lehigh University, Stony Brook University, and the Coastal Studies Institute (New video added highlighting the new wave-powered water pump developed in AMEC's BP1)
Hawai’i Marine Energy Center, established in 2008 by Hawai’i Natural Energy Institute
Pacific Marine Energy Center (formerly Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center), established in 2008 by Oregon State University, the University of Washington, and the University of Alaska Fairbanks
Southeast National Marine Renewable Energy Center, established in 2010 by Florida Atlantic University

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