
Projects selected will receive more than $20 million for critical power equipment advancements.
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Electricity (OE) today released a new report focusing on distribution transformers in the electrical power grid. The report, prepared for OE by researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), looks at the number of U.S. distribution transformer units, the number and capacity of the assets, their units’ current age profile, and how demand for distribution transformers might increase in the coming years.

Submissions open for innovative solutions for less conventional use cases for the Energy Storage Innovations Prize Round 2.
Prize will help utilities advance electric grid reliability and resiliency through digital data.

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.
Selected projects will help integrate renewable energy onto the grid and reach remote communities.

Selectees will focus on storage technology acceleration and community development.

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.

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Electricity announced the launch of the Community Microgrid Assistance Partnership (C-MAP). This initiative assists remote, rural, and electrically isolated communities in developing resilient microgrid systems.
Electricity Advisory Committee (EAC) 2024 Members Updated in January 2025.