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handle is hein.crs/govepid0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Congressional Research Service Informing the IegisI9tive debate since 1914 June 28, 2024 DOE Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) Appropriations, FY2025 The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) is responsible for enabling renewable energy and end-use energy efficiency technology development and implementation. Other activities include issuing grants for home energy efficiency and state energy planning, establishing minimum energy conservation standards for appliances and equipment, and providing technical support. EERE collaborates with industry, academia, national laboratories, and others to conduct and support research, development, demonstration, and deployment activities. EERE also manages programs that support state and local governments, tribes, and schools. Further, EERE oversees and supports the research and infrastructure of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, including its research and development on technologies for renewable energy and energy efficiency. EEEAppropr at onS EERE generally receives funding through the annual Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies (EWD) appropriations bill. EWD funding was enacted as Division D of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 (P.L. 118-42). Division D included $3.460 billion for EERE, the same as in FY2023 in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (P.L. 117-328). In addition, EERE receives funding through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA; P.L. 117-58). IIJA provided a total of $16.264 billion in additional emergency appropriations for EERE, of which $1.945 billion is directed to FY2025 (see Table 2). EERE also received $17.962 billion in additional funding through P.L. 117-169 (often referred to as the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, or IRA). The IRA funding is available from FY2022 through either FY2026, FY2027, FY2029, or FY2031, depending on the provision. Executive Branch Actons For FY2025, the Biden Administration requested $3.118 billion for EERE, a 9.9% decrease versus FY2024 enacted of $3.460 billion. The FY2025 request also proposes the creation of three new accounts totaling $751.4 million, additional to the EERE money and corresponding to activities managed by the Under Secretary for Infrastructure (designated as S3 in the DOE organization)-a position DOE created in FY2023. These new accounts are the Office of State and Community Energy Programs (SCEP); the Office of Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains (MESC); and the Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP), which were previously funded within the EERE account. The total request for FY2025, including the newly proposed accounts, is $3.869 billion-a 11.8% increase over the FY2024 enacted level. Program direction for all four accounts in the FY2025 budget request comprises 7.0% of the total request. Overall, DOE's stated goal for EERE funding is to invest in programmatic priority areas for lowering the U.S. greenhouse gas (GHG) profile. Specific proposed funding increases were aimed at decarbonization activities in the electricity sector, the transportation industry, and energy- intensive industries; reducing the carbon footprint of buildings; and energy-related aspects of the agriculture sector, especially the energy-water nexus. Other priorities include ensuring economic benefits go to communities that might be impacted by DOE's envisaged transition of the energy system or that might be disproportionately affected by pollution. Table 1 lists the new accounts proposed by DOE, broken out by funding for program activities and program direction, a type of corporate support. Funding for program direction would increase by $2.8 million over the FY2024 request for the three accounts, despite a proposed decrease in program activities funding. For the EERE account, DOE is requesting $194.8 million for program direction. Table I. DOE's Proposed New Accounts for FY2025 (in millions of dollars) Program Program Total Name Activities Direction SCEP 534.0 40.0 574.0 MESC 93.4 20.0 113.4 FEMP 46.8 17.2 64.0 Source: DOE FY2025 Congressional justification, DOE/CF-0204, Volume 3. Leg ative Actions House Appropriations Committee Chairman Tom Cole announced a top-line amount of $1.960 billion for EERE in the draft Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025, that was released June 27, 2024. The draft bill, Title III, continues funding MESC, SCEP, and FEMP within the EERE appropriations account.

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