Sponsors (10)
The bill reduces federal costs and eliminates a program seen as duplicative, but does so by dismantling the Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations — which risks slowing clean energy deployment, disrupting projects and jobs, and weakening coordination for large-scale demonstrations and grid modernization.
Taxpayers and state governments: removing OCED cuts DOE administrative budget authority and eliminates a program viewed as duplicative, potentially reducing federal costs and simplifying DOE's program portfolio and oversight.
DOE/federal workforce: eliminating statutory hiring authorities tied to OCED could let DOE reallocate hiring and salary flexibilities to other priorities.
State governments and utilities: removing a program some view as duplicative may simplify interactions with DOE and reduce overlapping federal programs.
States, communities, utilities, companies, and consumers: eliminating OCED will reduce or halt large clean energy demonstration projects, slowing deployment of renewable and low‑emission technologies and delaying consumer and climate benefits.
Workers, contractors, local economies, and project developers: loss of OCED funding and expected DOE grants/contracts will create economic uncertainty, threaten jobs and contracts, and could reduce investment in demonstration projects.
Taxpayers, utilities, and state governments: abolishing OCED reduces federal coordination and oversight for large-scale demonstrations and grid modernization, risking fragmented funding and slower infrastructure improvements.
Based on analysis of 3 sections of legislative text.
Eliminates the Department of Energy’s Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations and repeals its statutory authority (42 U.S.C. § 18861).
Official title: To abolish the Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations within the Department of Energy, and for other purposes.
Introduced June 26, 2025 by Brandon Gill · Last progress June 26, 2025
Abolishes the Department of Energy’s Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations (OCED) by removing the office from the Department structure and repealing its statutory authorization in 42 U.S.C. § 18861. The bill provides no transition rules, reassignments, or effective date; it simply eliminates the OCED and the statutory authorities and duties that established the program.