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.
Organization
Organization
The department announced a reorganization with new names of under secretaries in 2022.[1]
| Program | |
|---|---|
| Secretary of Energy | Deputy Secretary of Energy*Associate Deputy Secretary of Energy |
| Assistant Secretary of Energy (International Affairs) | |
| Assistant Secretary of Energy (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 | |
| Enterprise Assessments | |
| Energy Policy and System Analysis | |
| Intelligence and Counterintelligence | |
| Public Affairs | |
| Office of Management | |
| Office of Project Management | |
| Chief Human Capital Officer | |
| Chief Information Officer (Department of Energy) | |
| Economic Impact and Diversity | |
| Hearings and Appeals | |
| Assistant Secretary of Energy (Environmental Management)
*Legacy Management | |
| Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization | |
| Under Secretary for Science and Innovation | Arctic Energy Office |
| Office of Critical and Emerging Technologies (CET) | |
| Assistant Secretary of Energy (Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy) | |
| Assistant Secretary of Energy (Electricity) | |
| Assistant Secretary of Energy (Fossil Energy and Carbon Management) | |
| Assistant Secretary of Energy (Nuclear Energy) | |
| Office of Science | |
| Under Secretary of Energy for Nuclear Security | National Nuclear Security Administration |
| Under Secretary for Infrastructure | National Laboratory Operations Board |
| Associate Under Secretary of Energy (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
- Ames National Laboratory
- Argonne National Laboratory
- Brookhaven National Laboratory
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
- Idaho National Laboratory
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
- Los Alamos National Laboratory
- National Energy Technology Laboratory
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
- Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
- Sandia National Laboratories (SNL)
- Savannah River National Laboratory
- DOE/SNL Scaled Wind Farm Technology (SWiFT) Facility
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
- 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
Airstrip:
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]
Partnerships
Organization chart
Political appointees
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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- ↑ "DOE Optimizes Structure to Implement $62 Billion in Clean Energy Investments From Bipartisan Infrastructure Law" (in en). https://www.energy.gov/articles/doe-optimizes-structure-implement-62-billion-clean-energy-investments-bipartisan.
- ↑ "Secretary of Energy Rick Perry Forms New Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response". February 14, 2018. https://www.energy.gov/articles/secretary-energy-rick-perry-forms-new-office-cybersecurity-energy-security-and-emergency.
- ↑ "Office of Fossil Energy". http://fossil.energy.gov/.
- ↑ "Office of River Protection". http://www.hanford.gov/orp/.
- ↑ "Locations". https://www.energy.gov/nnsa/locations.
- ↑ "Naval Nuclear Laboratory contract". 2018-07-01. https://www.energy.gov/nnsa/naval-nuclear-laboratory-contract.
- ↑ Template:FAA-airport, effective 2007-10-25
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 "NMHB 2020 [Revised"]. https://www.acq.osd.mil/ncbdp/nm//NMHB2020rev/chapters/chapter5.html.
- ↑ Energy, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Operated by Los Alamos National Security, LLC, for the U. S. Department of. "Our Customers" (in en). https://www.lanl.gov/about/leadership-governance/our-customers.php.
- ↑ "Weapons" (in en). https://www.llnl.gov/missions/weapons.
- ↑ "Sandia National Laboratories: National Security Missions: Nuclear Weapons". https://www.sandia.gov/missions/nuclear_weapons/index.html.
- ↑ "About Pantex Plant". http://www.pantex.com/about.