REVIEW DOE BUDGET WITH ECA'S FEDERAL BUDGET TRACKER; HEARINGS ON DOE BUDGET UPCOMING

Last month, the Department of Energy (DOE) Appendix for the President’s Discretionary Budget Request was released, as a part of Technical Supplement to the 2026 Budget (Request) Appendix. In conjunction, DOE released a summary of its funding, the Budget in Brief. ECA has prepared graphs to help compare topline funding for DOE, its Offices, and EM sites over the past two fiscal years. Please see below:

*FY2025 Enacted topline not available for all Offices

**NNSA & DOE Discretionary total does not include $4.782 billion in Reconciliation resources for NNSA.

Note that one the largest cuts in the EM program is to the WIPP site, which is relied on heavily by every other EM site and by NNSA for disposal for national defense TRU waste – a critical national defense mission.  

As noted, this is the President’s REQUEST for a budget.  Congress will be holding budget hearings over the next couple of weeks to “mark-up” the President’s request and develop the actual budget for all federal agencies.   

The House Committee on Energy and Commerce Energy Subcommittee will hold a hearing today (June 10 at 10:00am ET) to review the FY2026 budget for the Department of Energy. To view the hearing, and review the hearing mmo, click here. The Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources will also be holding a "Full Committee Hearing to Examine the President's Budget Request for the U.S. Department of the Interior for Fiscal Year 2026". The hearing will be held tomorrow,  Wednesday,  June 11 at 10:00am. To view the hearing live, click here!

Congress typically amends President budget requests. The House and Senate Energy and Water Development Subcommittees on Appropriations is responsible for appropriations pertaining to DOE and NNSA programs.  

Click here to review the Appendix document published by the OMB, and click here to review the DOE Budget in Brief. The Department of Energy Appendix can be found in the Appendix document beginning on Page 281. 

To learn more about how the budget and appropriations process impacts DOE programs, visit ECA’s website. ECA looks forward to providing updates on the budget as they develop, so be sure to subscribe to the ECA Bulletin for future updates!