DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
The President’s 2009 Budget will:
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Support deployment and expand research into cost-effective
carbon capture and storage;
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Accelerate technological breakthroughs with the Advanced
Energy Initiative;
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Provide additional energy security with the Strategic
Petroleum Reserve;
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Foster scientific leadership with the American Competitiveness
Initiative;
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Advance environmental cleanup and nuclear waste management;
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Maintain the nuclear weapons stockpile and continue
to transform the weapons complex; and
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Support work with other countries to prevent the spread
of weapons of mass destruction.
Supporting Deployment and Expanding Research of Cost-Effective
Carbon Capture and Storage
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Demonstrates that America
can use its own abundant energy source—coal—while still
reducing carbon emissions. $400 million to research and
$241 million to demonstrate technologies for cost-effective carbon
capture and storage for coal-fired power plants through:
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A restructured carbon capture and storage program
that maximizes the role of private sector innovation and assures a
productive public-private partnership;
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New pilot-scale research on a range of advanced technologies
that could dramatically reduce the cost and energy consumption of
carbon capture; and
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Large-scale projects to demonstrate underground carbon
storage.
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Accelerates commercial deployment
of technologies that are central to carbon capture and storage. Implements $1.65 billion in investment tax credits and makes use
of loan guarantees.
Accelerating Technological Breakthroughs with the Advanced
Energy Initiative
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Promotes licensing of new
nuclear plants and researches an advanced nuclear fuel cycle. $242 million for Nuclear Power 2010, an industry cost-shared effort
to bring new nuclear plant technologies to market and demonstrate
streamlined regulatory processes. $302 million focuses the Advanced
Fuel Cycle Initiative on innovative transmutation and separations
research and development.
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Invests in making solar power
cost-competitive with conventional sources of electricity by 2015.
$156 million for the Solar America Initiative to advance
the availability of photovoltaics.
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Supports a robust vehicle
technology program. Develops lithium-ion batteries, plug-in
hybrids, and drive-train electrification to diversify and make the
Nation’s vehicle fleets more efficient and reduce petroleum
dependency.
Providing Additional Energy Security with the Strategic Petroleum
Reserve
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Protects the economy against
oil disruptions. Doubles capacity of the Strategic Petroleum
Reserve by expanding it to 1.5 billion barrels—first filling
the reserve to its existing capacity and then expanding capacity at
existing and new sites.
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Provides clean, renewable
hydropower. $209 million for the Power Marketing Administrations
(Southeastern, Southwestern, and Western) and estimated budget obligations
of $3.5 billion for the Bonneville Power Administration to improve
energy reliability and capacity while protecting fish and wildlife.
Fostering Scientific Leadership with the American Competitiveness
Initiative
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Supports basic research in
the physical sciences and over 25,000 researchers. $4.7
billion for the Office of Science to enable scientific breakthroughs
with broad impacts on future energy technologies and environmental
solutions. Integrates basic research on carbon dioxide capture and
storage, electrical energy storage, and high-level nuclear waste system
performance with applied technology programs to reduce risk and accelerate
achievement.
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Operates world-class facilities
and builds new tools for scientific discovery. Starts
construction of the National Synchrotron Light Source-II, a machine
that will enable the measurement of material properties with unprecedented
energy and spatial resolution, and continues a major upgrade at the
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility that will allow world-leading
studies of the structure of nuclear matter.
Advancing Environmental Cleanup and Nuclear Waste Management
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Cleans up the environmental
legacy of the Cold War. $5.5 billion to protect public
health and safety by cleaning up nuclear research and weapons production
sites. Finishes cleanup projects at Sandia National Laboratory and
Argonne National Laboratory in 2009.
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Continues essential engineering
design and planning for the Yucca Mountain Repository.
$495 million continues development of the nuclear waste repository
and supports defense of the license application while under Nuclear
Regulatory Commission review. The Administration will work with the
Congress to provide a stable source of funding for the repository
by establishing a budget-neutral mechanism for the Department to receive
appropriations equal to annual Nuclear Waste Fund receipts from utilities.
Maintaining the Nuclear Stockpile; Transforming the Weapons
Complex
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Extends the life of existing
warheads and accelerates dismantling of excess nuclear weapons. $6.6 billion for the National Nuclear Security Administration’s
Weapons Activities programs. Continues transformation of the weapons
complex to a smaller, safer, more secure, and less expensive enterprise.
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Provides nuclear propulsion
plants for the U.S. Navy. $828 million for Naval Reactors
to deliver safe and reliable nuclear propulsion plants for submarines
and aircraft carriers.
Working with Other Countries to Prevent the Spread of Weapons
of Mass Destruction
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Detects, secures, eliminates,
and disposes of dangerous nuclear materials around the world. $1.8 billion for Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation including $487
million funded in the Office of Nuclear Energy, and $119 million funded
in Weapons Activities, to deny terrorists and rogue states the weapons-usable
materials and expertise needed to acquire or use nuclear weapons and
radiological dispersal devices.
Major Savings and Reforms
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The Department estimates savings of $538 million over
seven years through competitive sourcing actions taken in 2003–2007.
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Increased energy efficiency of Federal buildings since
2003 has saved $400 million each year, for a total of 19.5 trillion
Btu, according to the Federal Energy Management Program. Energy investments
made since 1985 saved $1 billion in 2006, and $6.9 billion in total.
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Source: Federal Management Program
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Since 2001, the Department of Energy has:
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Fulfilled the President’s $2 billion commitment
to the Coal Research Initiative three years early. Developed mercury
control technologies that helped show how coal power plants could
affordably meet emissions limits in the Clean Air Mercury Rule.
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Met the President’s commitment to provide $1.2
billion over five years to support the development of commercially
viable hydrogen-powered fuel cells. In cooperation with auto and
energy companies, tested hydrogen and fuel cell technologies in 77
vehicles and 14 fueling stations. Worked with industry to develop
a fuel cell membrane durable for nearly 5,000 hours.
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Accelerated international cooperation on clean energy
technologies through the International Partnership for the Hydrogen
Economy; FutureGen; the Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum; the
Generation IV International Forum; the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership;
the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) fusion
energy project; and the Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development
and Climate.
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Strengthened the Nation’s capabilities in materials
science by building five new Nanoscale Science Research Centers and a major new Spallation Neutron
Source—all within budget and on schedule.
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Completed cleanup of 14 sites—including Rocky
Flats, Colorado, and Fernald, Ohio—and advanced the cleanup
of the 22 remaining sites for which the Department is responsible.
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Accelerated by two years the completion of upgrades
at Russian sites that hold weapons-usable materials and Russian nuclear
warheads.
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Expanded the Second Line of Defense program that installs
nuclear detection equipment at border crossings and megaports around
the world to protect against terrorism.
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Down-blended a cumulative total of more than 100 metric
tons of surplus U.S. highly-enriched uranium for peaceful use as reactor
fuel.
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Extended the “safe steaming” record for
the Navy’s nuclear propulsion plants to 138 million miles.
Department of Energy
(Dollar amounts in millions)
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2007 Actual |
Estimate |
2008 |
2009 |
Spending |
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Discretionary
Budget Authority: |
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National Defense: |
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National Nuclear
Security Administration |
9,076 |
8,811 |
9,097 |
Other Defense
activities |
636 |
754 |
1,313 |
Energy Resources |
3,237 |
4,066 |
3,652 |
Science |
3,837 |
3,973 |
4,722 |
Environmental
Management |
6,186 |
5,695 |
5,528 |
Radioactive Waste
Management |
446 |
386 |
495 |
Corporate Management |
191 |
194 |
207 |
Title 17 Innovative
Technology Loan Guarantee Program |
— |
5 |
— |
Total, Discretionary
budget authority |
23,609 |
23,884 |
25,012 |
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Memorandum: Budget authority from enacted supplementals |
135 |
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— |
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Total, Discretionary
outlays |
22,989 |
25,193 |
26,005 |
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Mandatory Outlays: |
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Existing law |
−1,881 |
−692 |
−1,310 |
Legislative proposal,
Ultradeep Water, Oil, and Gas Research
and Development |
— |
— |
30 |
Total, Mandatory
outlays |
−1,881 |
−692 |
−1,280 |
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Total, Outlays |
21,108 |
24,501 |
24,725 |
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Credit activity |
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Guaranteed Loan
Disbursements: |
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Title 17 Innovative
Technology Loan Guarantee Program |
— |
300 |
943 |
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Number of Programs |
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2009 Savings |
Major Savings, Discretionary |
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Terminations |
3 |
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−283 |
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