DOE FY 2010 Budget Request Increases Funding for EE/RE Programs

May 11, 2009

DOE Energy and Renewable Energy FY 2010 Budget Increases by 6.4%;
Supplemented with $16.8 billion from 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

For Immediate Release: May 13, 2009
For more information contact EESI at (202) 662-1892 or eesi [at] eesi.org

The President’s FY 10 budget request for DOE’s Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EE/RE) programs is $2.3 billion (approximately 8 percent of the DOE budget)—an increase of $140 million (6.4 percent from FY 09 appropriations). The Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability programs received an increase of $71 million, 52 percent above FY 09 appropriations. At the same time, the budget request for nuclear energy decreased by $513 million (38 percent below FY 09 appropriations) and fossil energy decreased by $229 million (21 percent below FY 09 appropriations). The FY 10 budget is supplemented this year with funds appropriated through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (P.L. 111-5), which provided an additional $38.7 billion for DOE, $16.8 billion of which are specifically budgeted for EE/RE programs.

The President’s FY 10 budget request for DOE includes:
• $145 million increase in the Solar Energy Program (83% increase from FY 09 appropriations)
• $97.7 million increase in the Building Technologies Program (70% increase from FY 09 appropriations)
• $20.0 million increase in the Wind Energy Program (36% increase from FY 09 appropriations)
• $60.1 million increase in the Vehicle Technologies Program (22% increase from FY 09 appropriations)
• $18.0 million increase in the Biomass and Biorefinery Systems R&D (8.3% increase from FY 09 appropriations)
• $6.0 million increase in the Geothermal Energy Program (13.6% increase from FY 09 appropriations)
• $101 million cut in the Fuel Cell Technologies Program (formerly Hydrogen Technology) (60% decrease from FY 09 appropriations)
• $10.0 million cut in the Water Power Program (25% decrease from FY 09 appropriations)
• $115 million in new funding for RE-ENERGYSE, a new program undertaken by the DOE to “build the foundation of a vibrant American workforce to participate in the green economy.”