12 Department of Energy and Related Commissions

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1. 365 Repeal the IIJA and IRA and rescind their unspent funds Needs Congress Not started
2. 366 Rename DOE the Department of Energy Security and Advanced Science Needs Congress Not started
3. 368 Elevate CESER to an Assistant Secretary under an Undersecretary of Energy Security Not started
4. 368 Rename FECM the Office of Fossil Energy with its original mission Not started
5. 369 Eliminate DOE special-interest funding programs including OCED, ARPA-E, and OGD Needs Congress Not started
6. 369 End climate-change interference in DOE approvals of LNG exports Not started
7. 369 Reform the Natural Gas Act to extend LNG export approvals to all allies Needs Congress Not started
8. 369 Refocus the Federal Energy Management Program on reliable, cost-effective energy Not started
9. 369 Ensure EIA information is data-neutral Not started
10. 369 Refocus FERC as an economic regulator, not a climate regulator Not started
11. 369 Streamline nuclear regulatory requirements and the licensing process Not started
12. 370 End DOE 'energy justice', Justice40, and DEI programs Not started
13. 370 Develop a National Energy Security Strategy Not started
14. 370 Make the Assistant Secretary for International Affairs DOE's principal NSC support Not started
15. 371 Refocus the 14 non-NNSA National Labs on basic research Not started
16. 371 Conduct a whole-of-government review and consolidation of federal science agencies Not started
17. 371 Continue and accelerate DOE remediation of Manhattan Project and Cold War waste Not started
18. 371 Increase private-sector responsibility for nuclear waste disposal Not started
19. 372 Fund new nuclear warheads and plutonium pit production Needs Congress Not started
20. 372 Expand the Navy and develop new nuclear naval reactors Needs Congress Not started
21. 372 End nonproliferation activities involving Iran and the United Nations Not started
22. 372 Amend the DOE Organization Act, IIJA, IRA, and CHIPS and Science Act Needs Congress Not started
23. 373 Reinstate Executive Order 13920 on securing the bulk-power system Not started
24. 373 Keep the SPR and Federal Power Act 202(c) authority under CESER Not started
25. 374 Combine the Office of Electricity with CESER Not started
26. 374 Eliminate all DOE applied energy programs, including the Office of Electricity's Needs Congress Not started
27. 374 Restore the bulk-power system security approach of EO 13920 and the 2020 Prohibition Order Not started
28. 374 End DOE funding of commercial technology and deployment programs Needs Congress Not started
29. 375 Substantially limit the Office of Nuclear Energy's size and scope Not started
30. 375 Start no new civilian reactor demonstration or commercialization projects Not started
31. 376 Reorganize the Office of Nuclear Energy into three lines of responsibility Not started
32. 376 Move IIJA reactor demonstration funds into the Office of Nuclear Energy Needs Congress Not started
33. 376 Eliminate carbon capture utilization and storage (CCUS) programs Not started
34. 377 Pursue processing of critical minerals from coal and fossil fuel waste Not started
35. 377 Eliminate the Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) Needs Congress Not started
36. 377 Direct FECM appropriations toward energy security and supply Needs Congress Not started
37. 377 Review and approve LNG export applications expeditiously Not started
38. 377 Maintain or reinstate the NEPA categorical exclusion for LNG exports Not started
39. 377 Maintain the Strategic Petroleum Reserve for strategic, not political, purposes Not started
40. 378 End EERE's focus on climate change and green subsidies Not started
41. 379 Eliminate the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) Needs Congress Not started
42. 379 Rescind EERE's excess appropriations Needs Congress Not started
43. 379 Repeal the law mandating appliance energy efficiency standards Needs Congress Not started
44. 380 Eliminate the Grid Deployment Office and move its work to CESER Not started
45. 380 Consider defunding the IIJA civil nuclear credit and hydroelectric incentive programs Needs Congress Not started
46. 381 End DOE and GDO grid planning that benefits renewable developers Not started
47. 381 Rescind unspent Grid Deployment Office appropriations Needs Congress Not started
48. 382 Eliminate the Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations (OCED) Needs Congress Not started
49. 382 Redirect the Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program toward commercializing SMRs Not started
50. 383 Eliminate OCED positions and personnel Not started
51. 383 Back no new DOE loans or loan guarantees Not started
52. 383 Sunset DOE loan authority and eliminate the Loan Programs Office Needs Congress Not started
53. 384 Strengthen due diligence and transparency in DOE loan programs Not started
54. 384 Limit new DOE loan authority to grid reliability and national security projects Not started
55. 384 Require loan applicants to comply with the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act Not started
56. 385 Eliminate ARPA-E Needs Congress Not started
57. 386 Restore Executive Order 13834 as federal agency energy policy Not started
58. 386 Eliminate the Clean Energy Corps and all positions hired under it Needs Congress Not started
59. 387 Include backup power costs in EIA's levelized cost of electricity reporting Not started
60. 388 Publish the EIA federal energy subsidies report at least every other year Not started
61. 388 Base International Energy Outlook forecasts on current law, not favored policies Not started
62. 388 Assess the case for privatizing the EIA Not started
63. 388 Consolidate international energy work in DOE and end State's Bureau of Energy Resources Not started
64. 389 Develop a strategy for accessing critical energy resources and materials Not started
65. 389 Guarantee DOE seats at NSC Deputies and Policy Coordination Committee meetings Not started
66. 390 Refuse to pay climate reparations under an unratified treaty Not started
67. 390 Define American strategic and economic interests in the Arctic Circle Not started
68. 390 Expand the Arctic Energy Office in Alaska and give it DOE Antarctic operations Not started
69. 391 Place a senior Arctic Energy official on the U.S. Arctic Council delegation Not started
70. 391 Have the Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence report directly to the Secretary Not started
71. 393 Transfer DOE technologies swiftly to American private-sector interests Not started
72. 393 Increase OTT oversight of technology transfer offices at each National Lab Not started
73. 393 Return the Office of Science to nonpartisan basic science Not started
74. 394 Make the National Labs more accountable to the Secretary and Congress Not started
75. 394 Rationalize the National Lab network and eliminate duplicative activities Needs Congress Not started
76. 394 Improve private-sector access to National Labs and return benefits to taxpayers Not started
77. 395 Complete all nuclear site cleanups by 2035, and Hanford by 2060 Needs Congress Not started
78. 395 Divert IIJA and IRA funds to Environmental Management cleanup Needs Congress Not started
79. 395 Fully implement the High-Level Waste determination across the DOE complex Not started
80. 396 Increase use of commercial nuclear waste disposal Not started
81. 396 Revisit the Hanford Tri-Party Agreement regulatory framework Needs Congress Not started
82. 396 Give Environmental Management direct accountability to the Deputy Secretary Not started
83. 397 Restart the Yucca Mountain licensing process Not started
84. 397 Use consent-based siting to build temporary or permanent waste repositories Not started
85. 397 Find a second nuclear waste repository site Not started
86. 398 Develop new Nuclear Waste Fund funding and accounting mechanisms Not started
87. 398 Reconstitute the Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management Not started
88. 398 Amend the Nuclear Waste Policy Act to allow market pricing for waste services Needs Congress Not started
89. 398 Reestablish the Director of the Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management Not started
90. 398 Transfer nuclear waste funds and the Nuclear Waste Fund to a restored OCRWM Needs Congress Not started
91. 399 Develop new warheads for each leg of the nuclear triad Needs Congress Not started
92. 399 Reverse the retirement of the B83 bomb and cancellation of the SLCM Not started
93. 399 Maintain two plutonium pit production sites at Los Alamos and Savannah River Needs Congress Not started
94. 399 Reject ratification of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Needs Congress Not started
95. 399 Have the Director of Naval Reactors review Navy, DHS, and MARAD construction programs Not started
96. 399 Divest non-national-security work at Los Alamos, Livermore, and Sandia Not started
97. 400 Review and refocus the Nuclear Weapons Council Not started
98. 400 Make DOE non-nuclear programs the first source of funds for NNSA Needs Congress Not started
99. 402 Direct RTOs to establish reliability pricing for dispatchable generation Not started
100. 402 Repeal subsidies for electric generation resources Needs Congress Not started
101. 402 Revise the definition and calculation of electric reserve margins Not started
102. 402 Weigh natural gas's reliability role in FERC pipeline application reviews Not started
103. 402 Reform FERC market rules that discriminate against dispatchable resources Not started
104. 402 Ban Chinese-made components from the bulk power system Not started
105. 404 Reexamine the premise of RTOs under FERC jurisdiction Not started
106. 404 Require RTOs to properly value reliable dispatchable resources Not started
107. 404 Direct RTOs to pass the economic benefits of renewables to customers Not started
108. 405 End RTO price distortion by subsidized resources Not started
109. 405 Affirm that states, not FERC, decide whether to join an RTO Not started
110. 405 Issue a FERC rulemaking making transmission planning resource neutral Not started
111. 406 Prevent socializing transmission costs onto customers who do not benefit Not started
112. 406 Stop transmission cost allocation from subsidizing renewable generators Not started
113. 406 Respect state interests in National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors Not started
114. 407 Limit FERC pipeline certificate decisions to whether gas is needed Not started
115. 407 Limit FERC's NEPA analysis to the pipeline itself, not upstream or downstream Not started
116. 408 Bar FERC from using climate change to block LNG projects Not started
117. 409 Complete light-water reactor licensing reviews within two years Not started
118. 409 Expedite NRC review of license extensions for existing reactors Not started
119. 409 Eliminate ALARA as an NRC regulatory principle Not started
120. 409 Reform NRC funding so licensee fees cover only entity-specific activities Needs Congress Not started

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