Author : National Performance Review (U.S.)
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 20,53 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Administrative agencies
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Book Description
DOE was established by the Department of Energy Organization Act on October 1, 1977. The act consolidated the major federal energy functions into one cabinet-level department. The agencies incorporated into the new department were the Federal Energy Administration (FEA), the Energy Research and Development Administration (ERDA), the Federal Power Commission (FPC), and units of several other agencies. Today, the department provides the framework for a comprehensive national energy plan by coordinating and administering the energy functions of the federal government. DOE also is responsible for long-term, high-risk research and development of energy technologies, marketing federal power, promoting energy conservation, a greatly reduced nuclear weapons program and an increased nuclear clean-up program, energy regulatory programs, and a central energy data collection and analysis program.