How the $1.7T omnibus affects energy, from CCS to hydrogen

December 21, 2022

The year-end spending package released by Congress on Tuesday could deliver an influx of funding to several Department of Energy programs that may be pivotal for hitting the Biden administration’s climate targets.

The omnibus bill — which would fund the government at $1.7 trillion for fiscal 2023 — would provide $46.5 billion to DOE to “fund programs in its primary mission areas of science, energy, environment, and national security,” Senate appropriators said in an explanatory statement on the package. That’s an increase of roughly $1.7 billion from fiscal 2022 for the department.

(…) Several other technologies that are a priority for the Biden administration’s climate plans would benefit from increases in the measure.

DOE hydrogen programs, for instance, would get approximately $316 million in total, with $163 million and $113 million overseen by the renewable and fossil offices, respectively. For industrial decarbonization, DOE would receive $685 million under the plan.

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