The Office of Electricity provides leadership to ensure that the Nation’s energy delivery system is secure, resilient and reliable. The office includes three divisions – Advanced Grid Research and Development, Energy Resilience and Grid Operations Technology – that work closely with the private and public sectors to make sure the nation’s critical energy infrastructure is able to recover rapidly from disruptions.
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The U.S. Department of Energy announced $17.9 million in funding for four research and development projects to scale up American manufacturing of flow battery and long-duration storage systems.
September 23, 2021
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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) launched the Local Energy Action Program (Communities LEAP).
September 15, 2021
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U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm issued the following statement today announcing Tracey A. LeBeau as Administrator and CEO of Western Area Power Administration (WAPA) at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).
August 26, 2021
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Four Projects Will Develop and Deploy Technologies to Address the Growing and Severe Threat of Wildfires to the Electric Grid
August 6, 2021
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America is facing an era of rapid change along the entire energy system as we Integrate more renewables and work to move affordable, reliable, and secure electricity to where It Is needed most.
August 18, 2021
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Learn about the machines and tools that can collect, analyze, and decode enormous amounts of data.
July 23, 2021
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When it comes to solar and wind power, a common question that people ask is, what happens when the wind isn’t blowing and the sun isn’t shining?
The answer is in batteries, and other forms of energy storage.
July 8, 2021
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A collaboration among 5 research institutions has been established through the U.S. Department of Energy Grid Modernization Lab Consortium to provide technical assistance to the 7 U.S. Independent System Operators and Regional Transmission Organizations.
July 7, 2021
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Advanced Grid Research and Development activities accelerate discovery and innovation in electric transmission and distribution technologies and ...
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Energy Resilience Division activities execute energy assurance technical assistance by partnering with key Federal, state, and industry stakeholders
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Grid Operations Technology engineers end-to-end systems for grid modeling, operations, security, measurement, and synchronization at scale
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The mission and goal of the Electricity Advisory Committee
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Microgrids, which are localized grids that can disconnect from the traditional grid to operate autonomously and help mitigate grid disturbances to ...
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The Grid Modernization Initiative (GMI) works across the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to create the modern grid of the future. Our extensive, reliable power grid has fueled the nation’s growth since the early 1900s.
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Transformer Resilience and Advanced Components (TRAC) Program
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OE's Energy Storage Program performs research and development on a wide variety of storage technologies, including batteries (both conventional and...
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Frequently asked questions and information about systems, entities, and policy related to electricity in the U.S.
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Brief overview of the Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability
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