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House and Senate Reports (in millions of dollars)
|
Account
|
FY 2017 Enacted
|
FY 2018 President's Request
|
House Committee Report
|
Senate Committee Report
|
FY 2018
Omnibus* |
Percent Change (%) FY 2017 Enacted - FY 2018 Omnibus
|
|
Department of Energy
|
30,786
|
28,042
|
29,888.4
|
31,968
|
34,569
|
12%
|
|
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
|
2,090
|
636
|
1,203.9
|
1,937
|
2,322
|
11%
|
|
- Sustainable Transportation
|
613
|
-
|
-
|
553
|
674.0
|
10%
|
|
-- Bioenergy Technologies
|
205
|
56.6
|
-
|
190
|
221.5
|
8%
|
|
-- Hydrogen & Fuel Cell Technology
|
101
|
45
|
-
|
85
|
115
|
14%
|
|
- Renewable Energy
|
451.1
|
-
|
-
|
389.5
|
519.5
|
15%
|
|
-- Geothermal Technologies
|
69.5
|
12.5
|
-
|
67.5
|
80.9
|
16%
|
|
-- Water Power
|
84
|
20.4
|
-
|
82
|
105
|
25%
|
|
-- Solar Energy
|
207.6
|
69.7
|
-
|
167.5
|
241.6
|
16%
|
|
-- Wind Energy
|
90
|
31.7
|
-
|
72.5
|
92
|
2%
|
|
Fossil Energy Research and Development
|
668
|
280
|
634.6
|
572.7
|
726.8
|
9%
|
|
- Natural Gas Technologies
|
43
|
-
|
-
|
45
|
50
|
16%
|
|
- Unconventional Fossil Energy Technologies
|
21
|
15
|
-
|
26.3
|
40
|
90%
|
|
- Coal CCS and Power Systems
|
423.8
|
114.8
|
-
|
342
|
481
|
13%
|
|
Non-Defense Environmental Cleanup
|
247
|
218.4
|
222.4
|
266
|
298
|
21%
|
|
Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund
|
768
|
753
|
768
|
788
|
840
|
9%
|
|
Office of Science |
5,392 |
4,473 |
5,392 |
5,550 |
6,260 |
16% |
|
- ARPA-E |
306 |
20 |
0 |
330 |
353 |
15%
|
|
- Basic Energy Sciences
|
1,681.5
|
1,555
|
-
|
1,980.3
|
1,744.9
|
4%
|
|
-- Biological and Environmental Research (BER)
|
612
|
349
|
-
|
633
|
673
|
10%
|
|
- Workforce Development for Teachers and Scientists
|
19.5
|
14
|
-
|
19.5
|
19.5
|
0%
|
|
Environmental and Other Defense Activities
|
6,752
|
6,382
|
-
|
7,151
|
6,828
|
1%
|
|
- Defense Environmental Clean-up
|
5,405
|
5,537
|
5,405
|
5,580
|
5,988
|
11% |
* FY 2018 Omnibus passed by Congress.
Sources: FY 2018 Omnibus Spending Bill (Division D), Senate FY 2018 Committee Report on Energy and Water Development Appropriations, House FY 2018 Committee Report on Energy and Water Development Appropriations, DOE FY 2018 Budget in Brief, FY 2018 President's Budget Request: DOE Appendix, FY 2017 Omnibus Spending Bill (Division D), FY 2017 Department of Energy Budget Justification
President's Request (in millions of dollars)
|
Account
|
FY 2015 Enacted
|
FY 2016
Enacted |
FY 2017 Omnibus Bill
|
FY 2018 President's Request
|
Percent (%) Change
FY 17 Omnibus Bill - FY 18 President's Request |
| Deparment of Energy |
27916.8
|
29717.3
|
30786
|
28042
|
-8.9
|
|
- Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy
|
1914
|
2069
|
2090
|
636
|
-70.0
|
|
-- Geothermal
|
55
|
71
|
69.5
|
12.5
|
-82.0
|
|
-- Hydropower
|
61
|
70
|
84
|
20.4
|
-75.7
|
|
-- Hydrogen & Fuel Cell Technology
|
97
|
100.9
|
101
|
45
|
-55.4
|
|
-- Solar
|
233
|
241.6
|
207.6
|
69.7
|
-66.4
|
|
-- Wind
|
107
|
95.4
|
90
|
31.7
|
-64.8
|
|
-- Bioenergy Technologies
|
225
|
225
|
205
|
56.6
|
-72.4
|
|
- Fossil Energy R&D
|
560.6
|
632
|
668
|
280
|
-58.1
|
|
-- Fuel Supply Impact Mitigation*
|
25.1
|
43
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
-- Unconventional Fossil Energy Technologies
|
4.5
|
20.3
|
21
|
15
|
-28.6
|
|
-- CCS Power Systems
|
400
|
430
|
423.8
|
114.8
|
-73.0
|
|
-- Fossil Energy Environmental Restoration
|
5.9
|
8
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
- Office of Science
|
5067.7
|
5347
|
5392
|
4473 |
-17.0 |
|
-- ARPA-E
|
280
|
291
|
306
|
20
|
-93.5
|
|
-- Basic Energy Sciences
|
1733.2
|
1849
|
1871
|
1555
|
-16.9
|
|
--- Chemical Sciences, Geosciences & Energy Biosciences
|
314.2
|
312.1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
-- Biological & Environmental Research
|
592
|
609
|
612
|
349
|
-43.0
|
|
-- Workforce Development for Teachers & Scientists
|
19.5
|
19.5
|
19.5
|
14.0
|
-28.2
|
|
- Environmental and Other Defense Activities
|
6206.5
|
6066.2
|
6752
|
6382
|
-5.5
|
|
-- Defense Environmental Clean-up
|
5453
|
5289.7
|
5405
|
5537
|
2.4
|
|
-- Non-defense Environmental Clean-up
|
246
|
255
|
247
|
218
|
-11.7
|
|
--- Uranium Enrichment D&D Funding
|
625
|
673.7
|
768
|
725.7
|
-2.0
|
*Formerly Natural Gas Technologies
**First number contains mandatory spending requests, second number is discretionary spending only.
Sources: DOE FY 2018 Budget in Brief, FY 2018 President's Budget Request: DOE Appendix, FY 2017 Omnibus Spending Bill (Division D), FY 2017 Department of Energy Budget Justification, FY 2016 Omnibus Spending Bill (Division D), FY 2016 DOE Budget Justification, FY 2015 Omnibus Spending Bill (Division D), DOE FY 2015 Budget Request
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Contributed by Michelle Barreto, Danielle Woodring, and Anna Normand, Geoscience Policy Associates, and Abby Ackerman, Geoscience Policy Intern.
Last updated March 22, 2018.