United States Department of Energy

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 of which are funded through its system of national laboratories.

Operating units

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is an independent regulatory agency within the U.S. Department of Energy. The Department also manages the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.

Related Topics:
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission - Strategic Petroleum Reserve

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National laboratories administered by the Department include:

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• Albany Research Center
• Ames Laboratory
• Argonne National Laboratory
• Argonne National Laboratory (West) (now part of Idaho National Laboratory)
• Brookhaven National Laboratory
• Center for Functional Nanomaterials (under design or construction)
• Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies (under design or construction)
• Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences (under design or construction)
• Center for Nanoscale Materials (under design or construction)
• Environmental Measurements Laboratory (now affiliated with the Department of Homeland Security)
• Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
• Idaho National Engineering Laboratory
• Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
• Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
• Los Alamos National Laboratory
• Molecular Foundry (under design or construction)
• National Energy Technology Laboratory
• National Petroleum Technology Office
• National Renewable Energy Laboratory
• New Brunswick Laboratory
• Oak Ridge National Laboratory
• Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
• Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
• Radiological & Environmental Sciences Laboratory
• Sandia National Laboratories
• Savannah River Ecology Laboratory http://www.uga.edu/srel/ on the Savannah River Site
• Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
• Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator
• Yucca Mountain

There are four Power Marketing Administrations within the Department:

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• Bonneville Power Administration
• Southeastern Power Administration
• Southwestern Power Administration
• Western Area Power Administration