Government funding

• Explainer
• Gov funding

A bureaucratic limbo is holding up Puerto Rico’s grid reconstruction

Nearly a decade after Hurricane Maria devastated the island, several billion in FEMA-funded projects remain unbuilt.

• News
• Gov funding

Scoop: DOE sends a list of ‘retained’ projects to Congress

The agency appears to be reinstating a small number of previously terminated awards ahead of Wright’s appearance on Capitol Hill.

• News
• Gov funding
• Nuclear

ARPA-E awards record $135 million to speed commercial fusion energy

This marks the agency's largest-ever investment in the moonshot technology.

• Analysis
• Gov funding
• Research

Exclusive: Most of the projects DOE canceled are still in limbo

A look at the scale of the Trump administration's impact on canceled, threatened, and stalled projects at the Department of Energy.

• Analysis
• Gov funding
• Policy

Does new SPARK grid funding mean that the dust is settling at DOE?

The Trumpification of the Biden-era grid funding program may be a sign of life, even as previously awarded projects sit in limbo.

• Analysis
• Gov funding

Sublime Systems doesn’t have to be the bellwether for canceled DOE grants

Two tracks have emerged for the recipients of canceled awards: a lawsuit, or a long wait.

• Analysis
• Gov funding
• Project finance

DOE’s behemoth loan deal shields ratepayers from data center costs

After Trump won, Southern Company put its loan on ice. Now, newly restructured, the $26.5 billion deal is DOE’s largest ever.

• Analysis
• Gov funding
• Policy

The risks of DOE sidestepping NEPA

Is walking back enforcement of the landmark environmental law actually going to speed project development?