House Appropriators Advance FY 2023 Energy and Water Funding

The House Appropriations Committee recently completed markups on each of the Fiscal Year 2023 appropriations bills, with party-line votes in the House increasing the likelihood of a continuing resolution to keep the federal government open when the FY 2022 appropriations expire on September 30th.

For the Department of Energy, the bill provides a total of $48.2 billion, an increase of $3.3 billion above the fiscal year 2022 level. Highlights from the Appropriations Committee’s markup include: 
 

• Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy – $4 billion, an increase of $800 million above the fiscal year 2022 level. This funding provides for clean, affordable, and secure energy and ensures American leadership in the transition to a global clean energy economy.
• Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response – $205 million, an increase of $19 million above the fiscal year 2022 level. This funding provides for efforts to secure the nation’s energy infrastructure against all hazards, reduce the risks of and impacts from cybersecurity events, and assist with restoration activities.
• Office of Electricity – $350 million, an increase of $73 million above the fiscal year 2022 level. This funding will advance technologies to increase the resiliency and efficiency of the nation’s electricity delivery system with capabilities to incorporate growing amounts of clean energy technologies.
• Office of Nuclear Energy – $1.78 billion, an increase of $125 million above the fiscal year 2022 level and $105 million above the request. The funding invests in research, development, and demonstration activities that develop the next generation of clean and safe reactors, further improve the safety and economic viability of our current reactor fleet, and contribute to the nation’s long-term leadership in the global nuclear power industry.
• Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management – $880 million, an increase of $55 million above the fiscal year 2022 level. This funding advances carbon reduction and mitigation in sectors and applications that are difficult to decarbonize, including the industrial sector, with technologies and methods such as carbon capture and storage, hydrogen, and direct air capture, while assisting in facilitating the transition toward a net-zero carbon economy and rebuilding a U.S. critical minerals supply chain.
• Office of Science – $8 billion, an increase of $525 million above the fiscal year 2022 level and $201 million above the request. The Office of Science funds basic science research in physics, biology, chemistry, and other science disciplines to expand scientific understanding and secure the nation’s global leadership in energy innovation. The research supports nearly 29,000 researchers located at over 300 institutions, spanning all 50 states. The supported scientific user facilities serve nearly 34,000 users.
• Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy – $550 million, an increase of $100 million above the fiscal year 2022 level. This funding supports research aimed at rapidly developing energy technologies that are capable of significantly changing the energy sector to address the nation’s critical economic, environmental, and energy security challenges.

A full summary of the FY 2023 Energy & Water Appropriations Act and additional information is available at: https://appropriations.house.gov/news/press-releases/appropriations-committee-releases-fiscal-year-2023-energy-and-water-development