OE News
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Projects selected will receive more than $20 million for critical power equipment advancements.December 3, 2024 -
The 2024 Electricity Advisory Committee is named.October 1, 2024 -
Developments will address grid reliability, long duration energy storage, and storage manufacturingAugust 7, 2024 -
A future-ready grid requires infrastructure with the latest technology, including everything from complex devices compatible with digital technology to fundamental components. Grid-enhancing technologies (GETs) will help prepare the grid of the future.October 20, 2023 -
DOE issued a prohibition order designed to reduce the risks that entities associated with the People’s Republic of China pose to the Nation’s BPS.December 17, 2020
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The GRNS will provide guidance on anticipating intensifying threats and developing new approaches to risk management and threat mitigationNovember 30, 2020 -
The Office of Electricity announced a RFI to solicit views on safeguarding the bulk-power system (BPS) supply chain from threats and vulnerabilities.July 8, 2020 -
Mr. Walker highlighted the Department's commitment to a resilient and reliable power grid, OE priorities, the standup of CESER, and R&D efforts.June 7, 2018
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Report on addressing the mounting risk of cyber-attacks and threats to the U.S. electric grid.May 30, 2018
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Grid Security Exercise – known as GridEx – is designed to test the electricity sector’s ability to respond to grid security emergencies.November 21, 2017
OE Blog
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One year ago, the Office of Electricity’s Grid Storage Launchpad was a new building full of sparkling new laboratories with new, unused equipment. Today, the 93,000-square-foot facility is bustling with researchers who are working to develop robust, affordable energy storage solutions to help bolster the nation’s electricity grid.August 13, 2025 -
The Office of Electricity has announced $8 million in funding and technical assistance through its Community Microgrid Assistance Partnership (C-MAP) program. The new projects will reach 35 towns and villages.July 30, 2025 -
Like many university campuses around the country, the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) campus uses a microgrid to provide power to its facilities.January 13, 2025 -
The blog describes a new software tool developed by PNNL and funded by OE that streamlines the power plant evaluation process.December 17, 2024 -
DOE's 10th CyberForce Competition in 2024 in St. Charles showcased the ingenuity of cybersecurity professionals. With 100, 5-person teams, the competition brought college students and volunteers together to tackle electric grid cybersecurity challenges.December 17, 2024 -
Study will help inform industry and prepare for growing electricity demandDecember 5, 2024 -
Through the Lab Embedded Entrepreneurship Program (LEEP), the Office of Electricity (OE) is thrilled to sponsor two new promising entrepreneurs with game-changing energy storage and electric grid innovations.November 12, 2024 -
The Office of Electricity (OE) is launching a program, the Community Microgrid Assistance Partnership (C-MAP), to provide support to underserved and Indigenous communities in remote, rural, and islanded regions.October 4, 2024 -
As a national first, GSL brings together atoms-to-systems capabilities that will help the storage industry build safer, lower-cost, higher-performance, and longer duration energy storage systems.September 23, 2024 -
The Department of Energy’s (DOE’S) Office of Electricity (OE) partnered with the Indian government’s Department of Science and Technology to sponsor a joint US-India project on advanced electric distribution systems.August 28, 2024