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Energy Department Accelerates Energy Efficiency and Operational Resilience Advancements at Federal Facilities via Performance Contracts

News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $11 million in funding for 16 federal agency projects to catalyze the adoption of energy efficiency, renewable energy, and operational resilience technologies at critical facilities across the federal government.


Energy Department Awards $2 Million to American-Made Solar Prize Competitors

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the winners of the American-Made Solar Prize Round 3 and the 20 semifinalist teams selected to advance to the next phase of Round 4. Through the Solar Prize, DOE works to bring hardware technology innovations to market faster and to bolster American competitiveness in solar hardware manufacturing.


Energy Department Awards $2 Million to American-Made Solar Prize Competitors

Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the winners of the American-Made Solar Prize Round 3 and the 20 semifinalist teams selected to advance to the next phase of Round 4. Through the Solar Prize, DOE works to bring hardware technology innovations to market faster and to bolster American competitiveness in solar hardware manufacturing.


LM Investigates Cell Cover Conversion from Rock to Vegetation

News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Legacy Management (LM) is in the preliminary stages of a pilot study on the feasibility of converting select disposal cell covers from rock riprap to an alternative type of cover referred to as an evapotranspiration cover.


Delegation Welcomes Announcement of First Coastal Plain Lease Sale

News Release: U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski, Dan Sullivan, and Rep. Don Young, all R-Alaska, today issued the following statements after the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced that a Notice of Sale for the first lease sale in the non-wilderness Coastal Plain (1002 Area) of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) will be published on December 7, 2020.


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response (CESER) is partnering with the North American Electric Reliability Corporation's Electricity Information Sharing and Analysis Center (E-ISAC) to pilot enhancements to the energy sector’s information sharing capabilities and rapidly identify security threats to utilities across the nation.


Department of Energy Announces Partnership to Expand Cybersecurity Information Sharing Program

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response (CESER) is partnering with the North American Electric Reliability Corporation's Electricity Information Sharing and Analysis Center (E-ISAC) to pilot enhancements to the energy sector’s information sharing capabilities and rapidly identify security threats to utilities across the nation.


DOE Awards Basic Ordering Agreements for Nationwide Low-Level Mixed Low-Level Waste Treatment Services

News Release: Cincinnati -- Today, the Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EM) awarded five Basic Ordering Agreements to conduct nationwide low-level and mixed-low level waste receiving, handling, and treatment services at EM cleanup sites. The BOAs will utilize Firm-Fixed Price (FFP), Time and Materials (T&M), and Fixed Unit Rate task orders.


Pallone Elected Chairman of Energy and Commerce Committee

News Release: Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today issued the following statement after the House Democratic Caucus unanimously elected him Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee for the 117th Congress...


News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recognized the State of Maryland for energy efficiency advances made through DOE’s Better Buildings Challenge. As a partner in the program, Maryland reduced its energy intensity by 20% over its 9-million-square-foot buildings portfolio, and has now committed to another goal of 15% energy reduction across a broader portfolio of over 90 million square feet.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) congratulated Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) after being selected by the Republican Steering Committee to serve as the next E&C Republican Leader, beginning in the 117th Congress.


News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), Energy Subcommittee Republican Leader Fred Upton (R-MI), and Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Republican Leader John Shimkus (R-IL) released the following statement on the Department of Energy (DOE)’s notice on guidance for applications for loan proposals on critical mineral projects.


News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today issued the following statement after the Senate unanimously confirmed Mark Christie and Allison Clements to be Members of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).


Department of Energy Announces 2020 U.S. Clean Energy Education & Empowerment Awardees

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recognizes nine accomplished women for their achievements and leadership in clean energy as part of the U.S Clean Energy Education & Empowerment (C3E) Initiative.


DOE Issues Notice of Guidance for Potential Loan Applicants Involving Critical Minerals

Release: Advances President Trump’s strategy to ensure reliable supplies of domestic critical minerals


News Release: Today, House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA), House Education and Labor Committee Chairman Robert C. “Bobby" Scott (D-VA), Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Ranking Member Patty Murray...


Murkowski Welcomes DOE Effort to Strengthen Domestic Mineral Supply Chains

News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today issued the following statement after the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Loan Programs Office issued new guidance encouraging applications for projects that support secure supply chains of critical minerals.


Department of Energy Announces 2020 U.S. Clean Energy Education & Empowerment Awardees

Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recognizes nine accomplished women for their achievements and leadership in clean energy as part of the U.S Clean Energy Education & Empowerment (C3E) Initiative.


News Release: As a young child, Bill Frazier didn’t know what he wanted to be when he grew up, but he knew it would involve working with Mother Earth. Feeling the cool moist soil run through his fingers felt like the most natural thing in the world.


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the creation of the Grid Resilience for National Security (GRNS) subcommittee as part of the Electricity Advisory Committee (EAC). Enhancing the EAC’s mission of advising DOE’s strategy to modernize the nation's electricity delivery infrastructure, the GRNS will provide guidance on anticipating intensifying threats and developing new approaches to risk management and threat mitigation.