Today, the House Appropriations Committee released its FY12 Energy and Water and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill, legislation that if passed would set FY12 funding levels for the Department of Energy and various other federal agencies. While the exact language of the bill has yet to be released, its high level summary suggests that the legislation would fund the DOE at $850 million below last year's levels and $5.9 billion below President Obama's FY12 request.

Within the DOE, the bill would:

  • fund the Office of Science at $4.8 billion, cutting $43 million from its FY11 enacted budget, $616 million below the President's FY12 request.
  • cut $491 million from the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)'s FY11 levels, funding the office at $1.3 billion, $1.9 billion below President Obama's FY12 budget request.
  • fund the Advanced Research Projects Agency- Energy at $100 million, a cut of $100 million from the agency's FY11 enacted levels, and $450 million below Obama's FY12 request for the agency.

Stay tuned for continued coverage of the budget battle and implications for federal energy innovation investments.