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Energy Department
The Department of Energy's mission is to foster a secure and reliable energy system that is environmentally and economically sustainable; to be a responsible steward of the Nation's nuclear weapons; to clean up the Department's facilities; to lead in the physical sciences and advance the biological, environmental, and computational sciences; and to provide premier scientific instruments for the Nation's research enterprise.
The Department of Energy (DOE) was established by the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7131), effective October 1, 1977, pursuant to Executive Order 12009 of September 13, 1977. The act consolidated the major Federal energy functions into one Cabinet-level Department.
- Agency URL:
- http://www.doe.gov/
- Sub-agencies:
- Alaska Power Administration
- Bonneville Power Administration
- Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Office
- Energy Information Administration
- Energy Research Office
- Environment Office, Energy Department
- Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
- Hearings and Appeals Office, Energy Department
- Minority Economic Impact Office
- National Nuclear Security Administration
- Nuclear Energy Office
- Southeastern Power Administration
- Southwestern Power Administration
- Western Area Power Administration
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Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Consumer Conventional Cooking Products
The Energy Policy and Conservation Act, as amended (``EPCA''), prescribes energy conservation standards for various consumer products and certain commercial and industrial equipment, including consumer conventional cooking products. EPCA also requires the U.S. Department of Energy (``DOE'') to periodically determine whether more-stringent...
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Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Portable Air Conditioners
The Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975 (EPCA or the Act), as amended, prescribes energy conservation standards for various consumer products and certain commercial and industrial equipment. In addition to specifying a list of covered consumer products and commercial equipment, EPCA contains provisions that enable the Secretary of Energy...
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Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Uninterruptible Power Supplies
The Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975 (EPCA), as amended, prescribes energy conservation standards for various consumer products and certain commercial and industrial equipment, including battery chargers. EPCA also requires the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to periodically determine whether more-stringent standards would be...
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Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Commercial Packaged Boilers
The Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975 (EPCA), as amended, prescribes energy conservation standards for various consumer equipment and certain commercial and industrial equipment, including commercial packaged boilers (CPBs). EPCA also requires the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to periodically review standards. In this final rule, DOE...
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Energy Conservation Program: Test Procedures for Small Electric Motors and Electric Motors; Correction
The U.S. Department of Energy (``DOE'') recently published a final rule amending the test procedures for small electric motors and electric motors. This correction republishes an amendment from that final rule that could not be incorporated into the Code of Federal Regulations (``CFR'') due to an inaccurate amendatory instruction. Neither the...
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Policies and Procedures for Loan Guarantees for Projects That Employ Innovative Technologies and for Direct Loans Under the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Program
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Loan Programs Office (LPO) establishes amended policies and procedures for the issuance of DOE loan guarantees pursuant to the Title XVII Program and funding awards and loans pursuant to the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Program in accordance with the Executive order of September 30, 2020,...
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Energy Conservation Program for Appliance Standards: Energy Conservation Standards for Residential Furnaces and Commercial Water Heaters; Withdrawal
In response to a petition for rulemaking submitted on October 18, 2018 (Gas Industry Petition), the Department of Energy (DOE or the Department) has published elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register a final interpretive rule determining that, in the context of residential furnaces, commercial water heaters, and similarly-situated...
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Development of Nuclear Energy Technologies and Collaboration With States on Nuclear Development, Notice of Petition for Rulemaking
On October 23, 2019, the Department of Energy (DOE) received a petition from Mr. Ken Kay asking DOE to promulgate rules and establish programs that will allow States and their agents to collaboratively develop new nuclear technologies with DOE, and under the authority of DOE, including but not limited to the development of small nuclear...