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Mission

The Office of Electricity leads the Department of Energy’s research, development, and demonstration programs to strengthen and modernize our nation’s power grid so that our nation maintains a reliable, resilient, and secure electricity delivery infrastructure.

Vision

Working closely with industry and other stakeholders, we drive technological and operational advancements that ensure that every American home and business has reliable access to affordable energy, and that the U.S. sustains its global leadership in the clean energy transformation.

OE drives innovation to strengthen, improve, and transform our electricity delivery system to reliably power homes, industry, and communities. OE leverages its expertise in cutting-edge research, system-level analyses, and partnerships with energy transition stakeholders to develop advanced systems and technologies that meet today's needs and are ready for tomorrow's challenges.

OE Budget

OE History

Electricity Advisory Committee

Areas of Focus

Grid Systems and Components

From Our Blogs

January 13, 2025

Latest News

- Energy Storage
- Clean Energy
- Energy Policy
- Next-Generation Energy Technologies
- Deployment
December 20, 2024
- Grid Deployment and Transmission
- Clean Energy
- Renewable Energy
- Energy Storage
- Grid Modernization Initiative
November 4, 2024
- Energy Storage
- Clean Energy
- Technical Assistance
- Commercial Implementation
- Deployment
October 31, 2024

Leadership

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Electricity
Chief Operating Officer, Corporate Business Operations

Deputy Assistant Secretary, Grid Systems and Components
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Grid Controls and Communications
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Energy Storage

Resources

DOE is helping policymakers, regulators, utilities, and stakeholders address challenges by coordinating best practices to enable the use of distributed energy resources. All of this effort is to ensure a reliable, resilient, secure and affordable power grid.
Get informed about grid modernization through GridTalk podcasts with leading electricity industry innovators, Voices of Experiences presentations on new utility programs, and a a library of resources.
Learn how OE uses expert feedback to improve program quality, and the peer reviews to improve project efforts.
The U.S. electric grid test bed inventory aims to capture and summarize information and capabilities available at domestic, publicly accessible facilities (“test beds”) that perform testing, evaluation, validation, and certification of transmission and distribution (T&D) grid technologies.

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