To stabilize, optimize, and grow the electricity system to ensure the grid delivers affordable, reliable, and secure energy to the American people.
A seamless electricity system, capable of meeting all energy demands, powering the U.S. on a pathway of prosperity, national security, and energy dominance.
The Office of Electricity has released its Strategic Plan, outlining its focus on supporting President Trump’s and Secretary Wright’s administration priorities.
Areas of Focus
Grid Systems and Components
Modernizing the U.S. electricity delivery system's hardware components, such as distribution and large power transformers, and grid systems, including microgrids.
Grid Enhancing Technologies
Microgrids
Transformer Resilience and Advanced Components (TRAC)
Grid Controls and Communications
Enabling next-generation grid operations and planning through advanced controls, information and communication technologies, and analytics.
Controls and Data Science
Distribution Grid Transformation
Grid Cybersecurity and Communications
Grid Modeling
NAERM
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Improving the safety, reliability, and performance of energy storage, while making it as cost-effective as possible.
Energy Storage R&DD
Energy Storage Grand Challenge
Grid Storage Launchpad
Rapid Operational Validation InitiativeRead OE's Research Reports and other documents.
OE's Territory and Recovery Assistance Program helps the U.S. territories transition to a more reliable power grid by coordinating federal investments, providing technical assistance, and deploying resilience solutions in partnership with local, community and government stakeholders. This program includes:
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Resources
See OE's Budget Request.
NRELLearn how the Community Microgrid Assistance Partnership (C-MAP) supports microgrid development in electrically isolated communities.
Learn about the Electricity Advisory Committee.
Get informed about grid modernization through GridTalk podcasts with leading electricity industry innovators.
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.
Read about OE's history as a program office.
SandiaLearn how OE uses expert feedback to improve program quality, and the peer reviews to improve project efforts.
Leadership
Powering Communities
Powering Communities: Building Resilience in Estes Park, CO
Powering Communities: Upgrading the Grid in Horry County
Powering Communities: Making Connections with Southline
The Southline project originated with the Grid Deployment Office (GDO) in 2023. The Department’s realignment in 2025 transferred most of the GDO to the Office of Electricity and shifted the Transmission Facilitation Program to the Office of Energy Dominance Financing where this project is now managed.
Electricity 101
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grid reliable, secure and affordable.
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Office of Electricity
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U.S. Department of Energy
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Washington, DC 20585