Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability
The mission of the Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability is to lead national efforts to modernize the electric grid; enhance security and reliability of the energy infrastructure; and facilitate recovery from disruptions to energy supply.
View the OE 2010 Strategic Plan Go >
American Recovery & Reinvestment Act 2009
Learn more about what the Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability and the Department of Energy are doing relating to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The Recovery Act includes $4.5 billion for the Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability.
Smart Grid Investment Grant Funding Opportunity Announcement Amendment More>
Press Releases
- NINE FEDERAL AGENCIES AGREE TO EXPEDITE PERMITTING OF POWER TRANSMISSION CONSTRUCTION ON FEDERAL LANDS
October 28, 2009 – Obama Administration officials today released a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed by nine Federal Departments and Agencies to make it faster and simpler to build transmission lines on Federal lands. The goal of the agreement is to speed approval of new transmission lines, reduce expense and uncertainty in the process, generate cost savings, increase accessibility to renewable energy and jumpstart job creation. Go>
- PRESIDENT OBAMA ANNOUNCES $3.4 BILLION INVESTMENT TO SPUR TRANSITION TO SMART ENERGY GRID
October 27, 2009 - President Barack Obama today announced the largest single energy grid modernization investment in U.S. history, funding a broad range of technologies that will spur the nation’s transition to a smarter, stronger, more efficient and reliable electric system. More >
- SECRETARY CHU PRESENTS SMART GRID VISION AND ANNOUNCES $144 MILLION IN RECOVERY ACT FUNDING TO TRANSITION TO THE SMART GRID
September 21, 2009 - Secretary Chu also announced more than $144 million in funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for the electric power sector, including $44 million in awards to state public utility commissions and $100 million in available funding for smart grid workforce training programs. More >
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What’s New
November 2009 -- Testimony of Acting Assistant Secretary Pat Hoffman before the House Committee on Natural Resources; subcommittees on Energy and Mineral Resources and on Water and Power. Go>
November 2009 -- New TCIPG Research Program Builds on Past Successes with Nearly $18.8 Million DOE Award Go>
October 2009 -- Memo on Coordination in Federal Agency Review of Electric Transmission Facilities on Federal Land Go>
October 2009 -- Testimony of Acting Assistant Secretary Pat Hoffman before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on emergency security directives and electric system reliability Go >
October 2009 -- Report posted "The Shifting Landscape of Ratepayer-Funded Energy Efficiency in the U.S Go >
OE plays a major role in addressing immediate challenges to America's energy security, while sustaining applied research into new technologies and policies to answer the challenges we face in the future. More >
Career Opportunities in the Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability
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