Overview of the 2020 Department of Energy Budget Request
January 1, 2020
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The Frame
The proposed budget determines the funding levels for national energy research, grid security, and state-level energy assistance programs for the 2020 fiscal year.
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Alaska Native villages and tribes
The proposed elimination of the Tribal Energy Loan Guarantee Program would remove a source of energy project funding for these groups.
Private sector energy innovators
The proposed elimination of ARPA-E would remove a program designed to bridge the gap between research and commercial energy technology.
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Summary
Key Facts
- The President's 2020 budget request proposes increasing funding for electric infrastructure cybersecurity and grid resiliency.
- The budget maintains support for national laboratories, advanced nuclear research, exascale computing, and quantum information science.
- The budget proposes the elimination of the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E).
- The budget proposes the elimination of the Weatherization Assistance Program.
- The budget proposes the elimination of the State Energy Programs.
- The budget proposes the elimination of the Tribal Energy Loan Guarantee Program.
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Why It Matters
The proposed budget determines the funding levels for national energy research, grid security, and state-level energy assistance programs for the 2020 fiscal year.
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Repeated Budget Proposals
The Chairman noted that the 2020 budget request contains many of the same proposed cuts to innovation programs as the previous year's budget.
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