News and reports from the Department of Energy.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced up to $10 million in funding to support small businesses working on energy technology that has the potential for large-scale impact, and could significantly reduce U.S. energy consumption.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Loan Programs Office (LPO) is a $40+ billion lending platform that finances next-generation U.S. energy infrastructure and advanced vehicle technology, serving as a bridge to bankability for breakthrough projects and technologies and de-risking them at early stages of commercialization so they can reach full market acceptance.

We recently sat down with new ARPA-E Program Director, Dr. Olga Spahn, to discuss her time at Sandia National Laboratories, her plans for the ENLITENED program, and her hopes for future R&D investment at the Agency.

News Release: One of the Office of Legacy Management’s (LM) core commitments is to protect human health and the environment. LM not only supports remediation missions across the United States but across the world. LM collaborates with professionals and international groups to support long-term stewardship, particularly of uranium mining and milling sites in places such as Eastern Europe, Central Asia, and closer to home, in Canada.

News Release: WASHINGTON D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today joined the Departments of Homeland Security (DHS) and Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to launch a new effort to accelerate work to strengthen the island’s grid resilience and advance new initiatives to...

News Release: Feedback from Diverse Stakeholders Will Inform Strategies to Improve Access to Federal Funding.

Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement today after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that Kimberlee Trzeciak, Chief Health Advisor for the Committee, will serve as Associate Commissioner for Legislative Affairs:

The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Jan. 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks as prepared for delivery today at a Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee legislative hearing titled, “Pandemic Profiteers: Legislation to Stop Corporate Price Gouging:”

Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) announced today that the Health Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Tuesday, February 8, at 10:30 a.m. (EST) in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building on the proposed Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) and accelerating biomedical research.

Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) spoke today before the House Committee on Rules in opposition to H.R. 4521, the America Concedes Act.

House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Subcommittee on Health Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Republican Leader Morgan Griffith (R-VA) sent a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra on his lack of leadership during a public health crisis.

Today, the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held a hearing to examine the state of the U.S. territories – American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Jan. 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

Today, U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) and Representative David McKinley (R-WV) announced West Virginia is eligible for $141,932,226 from the Department of the Interior to plug, remediate and reclaim orphaned oil and gas wells.