Administration Agencies
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
The DOE is a Cabinet agency with the expressed goal of advancing the national, economic, and energy security of the United States; to promote scientific and technological innovation in support of that mission; and to ensure the environmental cleanup of the national nuclear weapons complex.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
The EPA is a Cabinet Agency with a mission to protect human health
and the environment.
Energy Information Administration (EIA)
The EIA is a statistical agency of the U.S. Department of Energy that provides policy-independent data, forecasts, and analyses.
Bonneville Power Administration (BPA)
The BPA is a federal agency under the U.S. Department of Energy that serves the Pacific Northwest through operating an extensive electricity transmission system and marketing wholesale electrical power at cost from federal dams, one non-federal nuclear plant and other nonfederal hydroelectric and wind energy generation facilities.
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
The FERC is an independent agency that regulates and oversees energy industries in the economic, environmental, and safety interests of the American public.
Congressional Committees
The following committees are formed with Congress to hold hearings that meetings on topics related to energy, the environment, and natural resources.
U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce
U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Resources
U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works
Federal Energy Laboratories
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
NREL is the nation's primary laboratory for renewable energy and energy efficiency R&D.
National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL)
NETL is devoted to fossil energy research; NETL implements a broad spectrum of energy and environmental R&D programs.
**All descriptions are adapted from text on each organization's website
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