United States Department of Energy
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Dept. of Energy\n|-\n|style="background:#efefef;" align="center" colspan="2"|\n
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Established:||
August 4,
1977\n|-\n|
Activated:||
October 1,
1977\n|-\n|
Secretary:||
Spencer Abraham\n|-\n|
Deputy Secretary:||
Kyle E. McSlarrow\n|-\n|
Budget:||$21.5 billion (2004)\n|-\n|
Employees:||16,100 federal
100,000 contract (2004)\n|}
The
United States Department of Energy (
DOE) is a
Cabinet-level department of the
United States government responsible for
energy policy and nuclear safety. Its purview includes the nation's
nuclear weapons program,
nuclear reactor production for the
United States Navy, energy conservation, energy-related research, radioactive waste disposal, and domestic energy production.
Many federal agencies have been established to handle various aspects of U.S. energy policy, dating back to the creation of the
Manhattan Project and the subsequent Atomic Energy Commission. The impetus for putting them all under the auspices of a single department was the
1973 energy crisis, in response to which President
Jimmy Carter proposed creation of the department. The enabling legislation was passed by
Congress and signed into law by President Carter on
August 4,
1977. The department began operations on
October 1,
1977. The agency is administered by the
United States Secretary of Energy.
Operating units
\nThe Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is an independent regulatory agency within the U.S. Department of Energy. The Department also manages the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
Laboratories administered by the Department include:\n* Albany Research Center \n* Ames National Laboratory \n* Argonne National Laboratory \n* Argonne National Laboratory (West) \n* Brookhaven National Laboratory \n* Center for Functional Nanomaterials (under design or construction) \n* Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies (under design or construction)\n* Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences (under design or construction)\n* Center for Nanoscale Materials (under design or construction)\n* Environmental Measurements Laboratory \n* Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory \n* Idaho National Engineering Laboratory \n* Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory \n* Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory \n* Los Alamos National Laboratory \n* Molecular Foundry (under design or construction)\n* National Energy Technology Laboratory \n* National Petroleum Technology Office \n* National Renewable Energy Laboratory \n* New Brunswick Laboratory \n* Oak Ridge National Laboratory \n* Pacific Northwest National Laboratory \n* Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory \n* Radiological & Environmental Sciences Laboratory \n* Sandia National Laboratories \n* Savannah River Ecology Laboratory \n* Stanford Linear Accelerator Center \n* Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator \n* Yucca Mountain
Power marketing organizations controlled by the Department include:\n* Bonneville Power Administration\n* Southeastern Power Administration\n* Southwestern Power Administration\n* Western Area Power Administration
Related legislation
\n* 1946 - Atomic Energy Act PL 79-585\n* 1954 - Atomic Energy Act Amendments PL 83-703\n* 1956 - Colorado River Storage Project PL 84-485\n* 1957 - Atomic Energy Commission Acquisition of Property PL 85-162\n* 1957 - Price-Anderson Nuclear Industries Indemnity Act PL 85-256\n* 1968 - Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act PL 90-481\n* 1973 - Mineral Leasing Act Amendments (Trans-Alaska Oil Pipeline Authorization) PL 93-153\n* 1974 - Energy Reorganization Act PL 93-438\n* 1975 - Energy Policy and Conservation Act PL 94-163\n* 1977 - Department of Energy Organization Act PL 95-91\n* 1978 - Comprehensive energy package PL 95-617, 618, 619, 620\n* 1980 - Energy Security Act PL 96-294\n* 1989 - Natural Gas Wellhead Decontrol Act PL 101-60\n* 1992 - Energy Policy Act PL 102-486
External links
\n* United States Department of Energy Official Website
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