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March 24, 2023 A future economy using hydrogen as an energy carrier and fuel has been a topic among policymakers evaluating whether hydrogen could offer an alternative to the current [...]

March 9, 2023 Distillate fuel oil, a fuel category that includes diesel and heating oil, is a middle distillate produced by separating crude oil in a refinery. Distillate fuel oil [...]

Updated August 9, 2021 Energy is crucial to operating a modern industrial and services economy. Concerns about the availability and cost of energy and about environmental impacts of fossil energy [...]

Updated June 28, 2021 In HollyFrontier Cheyenne Refining v. Renewable Fuels Association, the Supreme Court held that small refineries may receive small refinery exemptions (SREs) from the renewable fuel standard [...]

Updated May 6, 2021 The policy debate over the role of nuclear power in the nation's energy mix is rooted in the technology's fundamental characteristics. Nuclear reactors can produce potentially [...]

March 16, 2021 Contents Introduction: Continued Growth Issues for Congress Policy Goals COVID-19 Legislation U.S. Energy Profile Crude Oil and Petroleum Products: Increased Production and Exports Crude Oil and Natural [...]

The Annual Energy Outlook (AEO) provides an annual projection of U.S. energy supply, demand, prices, certain energy-related air emissions, and other factors over a 25-30 year period. Congress has an [...]

June 16, 2020 The Department of Energy's (DOE's) Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) enables low-income families to reduce their energy consumption by making their dwellings more energy efficient. The WAP was [...]

Introduction In February 2020, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) submitted to Congress its FY2021 Budget Request, including appropriations for the Fossil Energy Petroleum Accounts. These accounts (Figure 1) consist [...]

Updated July 3, 2019 Since the beginning of the oil industry, there have been multiple periods when a supply manager has influenced production and price levels. Generally, a supply manager [...]

September 20, 2017 This Insight discusses the measures undertaken by electric utilities to prevent or mitigate power outages resulting from severe weather events. Power lines and transformers used to provide [...]

August 24, 2017 Small modular reactors (SMRs) are nuclear reactors that are sized to be suitable for modular construction. SMRs are generally defined as having electric generating capacity of 300 [...]

Updated January 7, 2016 Contents Introduction Evolving Fundamentals Decoupling of Electricity Demand Growth from Economic Growth Environmental Regulations Aging of Power Plants and Electricity Infrastructure Cost Structure Increasing Defining the [...]

Updated November 25, 2015 Contents Introduction Acknowledgements Tables Table 1. S. 2012 EERE Program Authorizations and Reauthorizations Contacts Author Information Introduction This report describes provisions in S. 2012, the Energy [...]

Updated July 7, 2015 Contents Introduction Background Federal Hydropower U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Projects Nonfederal Development at Corps Facilities Bureau of Reclamation Projects Nonfederal Development at Reclamation Facilities Federal [...]

Contents Introduction Policy Goals Conservation and Energy Efficiency Increasing Domestic Supply Production of Oil The Price of Oil and Gasoline Natural Gas Electric Power Production Replacing Conventional Energy Sources Energy [...]