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The Books · Agencies · DOE

Department of Energy

Award obligations from USAspending, with detail archived for FFY 2024 · 9 sub-agencies.

DOE’s financial activity includes national labs, nuclear security, and energy programs, with a large contracting footprint. Award figures on The Ledger come from archived USAspending awarding-agency rollups (obligations). That is not the same as every dollar the agency outlays.

Obligations · FFY 2024

$64.5B

Awarding agency DOE

Transactions

24,101

Award transactions in FFY 2024

Share of awards

1.30%

Of archived awarding-agency obligations in FFY 2024

MTS outlays · FFY 2025

$52.3B

Matched Monthly Treasury Statement line

Obligations by year

Award obligations by fiscal year for Department of Energy
Fiscal yearObligations
FFY 2024$64.5B
FFY 2023$56.0B
FFY 2022$47.5B
FFY 2021$42.4B
FFY 2018$38.5B
FFY 2017$32.0B
FFY 2016$30.8B

Award categoriesFFY 2024

Obligations by award category for Department of Energy
CategoryAmount
Contracts$46.0B
Grants$14.6B
IDVs$1.6B
Direct payments$1.1B
Loans$879.8M
Other$262.5M

Top sub-agenciesFFY 2024

Top sub-agencies by obligations for Department of Energy
Sub-agencyCodeObligationsTransactions
Department of EnergyDOE$64.3B23,283
Federal Energy Regulatory CommissionFERC$150.1M467
Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy—$49.3M343
Assistant Secretary for Defense Programs—$6.6M4
Assistant Secretary for Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs—$543.7K4

Matched Treasury outlays

Monthly Treasury Statement net outlays for Department of Energy
Fiscal yearNet outlays
FFY 2025$52.3B
FFY 2024$49.3B
FFY 2018$26.5B
FFY 2017$25.8B
FFY 2016$25.9B

Sources

  • Obligations are legal commitments, not the same as Treasury outlays. See award obligations and outlays.
  • Official websiteUSAspending agency pageBudget justificationMethodologyAll awarding agencies