ENB Pub Note: This is from the Department of Energy, and Stu Turley will be writing a follow up Article for the Energy News Beat Substack tonight. As Stu Turley often says, “Energy Security Starts at Home, but your Energy Dominance comes through your exports”.
With President Trump and Secretary Wright’s leadership, the Energy Department has ushered in an unprecedented era of energy dominance, resulting in record energy production and more affordable prices.
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Thanks to President Trump, gas prices are at their lowest level in nearly five years and are trending lower. American drivers are on pace to spend
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American drivers are expected to spend
in 2026, translating to an average household spending of $2,083 on gas—down from $2,716 in 2022.
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Never before in America’s history has our Nation been more energy dominant: Thanks to President Trump’s policies, America leads the world in oil and natural gas production, producing at all-time records.
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U.S. crude oil production reached
levels of output in 2025 at over 13.6 million barrels per day.
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The U.S. is currently producing
in oil and liquid fuels production—more than Russia and Saudi Arabia combined.
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The U.S. is producing nearly as much natural gas as Russia, Iran and China combined at
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On Day One, President Trump directed the Energy Department to end the Biden LNG export ban, delivering prosperity at home and peace abroad. Since January, The Energy Department has approved more LNG export capacity than the volume exported today by the world’s second-largest LNG exporter.
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Since President Trump took office, prices for propane, kerosene, firewood and fuel oil are all down.
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Thanks to President Trump and the passage of the Working Families Tax Cut, the Energy Department is
and repairing the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) after the Biden administration recklessly drained and damaged it for political purposes.
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In May 2025, the Energy Department announced the largest
, proposing the elimination of 47 regulations driving up costs for consumers, estimated to save Americans $11 billion in costs.
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In March 2025, the Energy Department
, including standards on electric motors, ceiling fans, dehumidifiers and external power supplies, cutting red tape, restoring consumer choice and lowering costs for the American people.
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Since January 2025, the Energy Department has completed 27 deregulatory actions related to appliance and equipment standards that represent approximately $254 million annually in avoided future first costs to consumers and businesses.
The previous administration’s energy subtraction agenda threatened the reliability of the U.S. energy grid, which is why on Day One, President Trumpand made it a central mission of his administration to lower costs and stabilize the grid.
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Under the Biden administration, there were plans to shutter coal, natural gas and hydro-powered electricity plants. An Energy Department
released in 2025 showed that before President Trump’s election, America was on track to experience a massive shortfall of reliable electricity generation and 100 times more blackouts by 2030.
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Thanks to President Trump, the Energy Department is reversing those dangerous and costly energy subtraction policies. The Energy Department has issued 41 emergency orders, to maximize grid reliability, affordability and to keep power online and available that would have otherwise been shuttered. These emergency orders have been essential in keeping the lights on during periods of extreme weather and periods of peak demand.
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Thanks to President Trump, the Energy Department
the Biden administration’s radical anti-hydroelectricity policy in the Columbia River Basin, which could have led to the shutdown of more than 3,000 megawatts of affordable, reliable and secure hydroelectric power – enough generation to power about 2.5 million homes.
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The Energy Department has provided overdue support to addressing Puerto Rico’s grid crisis and delivering affordable, reliable, and secure energy to 3.2 million Puerto Ricans. In October 2025, the Energy Department
in funding to help fix grid crisis and support commonsense repairs, helping more Puerto Ricans on a faster timeline.
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In September 2025, the Energy Department
more than $13 billion in unobligated funds that were appropriated to advance the previous administration’s wasteful Green New Scam agenda and returned these funds to the U.S. Treasury.
The Energy Department’s proactive actions—combined with emergency measures taken during Winter Storm Fern and the prolonged cold snap across the country—likely saved American lives, mitigated blackouts, and ensured reliable electricity access when Americans needed it most.
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The Energy Department issued 20 emergency orders and extensions to secure the U.S. energy grid and keep reliable power online during the winter energy emergency. The department’s action’s included identifying more than
of unused backup generation across the country to be made available as needed from data centers and other major facilities.
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The winter storms demonstrated the value of reliable energy sources for American families. During the peak of Winter Storm Fern, hydrocarbons and nuclear collectively provided 86% of power across impacted regions. Intermittent sources underperformed— solar provided only 2% of power and wind 8% of power during the peak of the storm.
While the last administration declared war on American coal, President Trump and the Energy Department are fully committed to strengthening American coal-workers and coal’s critical role in powering America.
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Thanks to President Trump, wages for coal workers are up and coal plants across the country are reversing plans to shut down. At the end of 2025, more than 17 gigawatts of coal-powered electricity generation will have been saved, strengthening grid reliability and affordability. To date, the Energy Department has prevented the closure of five reliable coal plants.
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Following the President’s
to “Reinvigorate America’s Beautiful Clean Coal Industry,” Secretary Wright
to expand and modernize the coal industry and support emerging technologies.
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The Energy Department
to provide expert guidance on the future of coal technologies and markets.
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On January 15, 2026, the NCC held its inaugural meeting and appointed council leadership, including Jim Grech of Peabody Energy Corp. who was named as Committee Chair and Jimmy Brock of Core Natural Resources, as Vice Chair.
For decades, the American nuclear industry has been smothered by bureaucratic red tape. Thanks to President Trump, the next American Nuclear Renaissance has arrived.
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The Energy Department has taken numerous
to accelerate the development of next generation nuclear technology and restore domestic supply chains to accomplish President Trump’s goal of expanding American nuclear energy capacity from approximately 100 GW in 2024 to 400 GW by 2050.
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In February 2026, the Energy Department
over $19 million to five U.S. companies to research and develop recycling technologies for used nuclear fuel. These projects will maximize reliable power production, end U.S. reliance on foreign sources of enriched uranium, and drastically reduce the volume of used fuel stored across the country.
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In January 2026, the Energy Department
a $2.7 billion investment to strengthen domestic enrichment, in support of President Trump’s commitment to expand U.S. capacity for low-enriched uranium (LEU) and jumpstart new supply chains and innovations for high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU). The Energy Department also awarded an additional $28 million today to Global Laser Enrichment to continue advancing next generation uranium enrichment technology for the nuclear fuel cycle.
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In December 2025, the Energy Department
$800 million to TVA and Holtec to advance deployment of U.S. small modular reactors.
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In December 2025, the Energy Department
$11 million to five U.S. companies to develop and license new or modified transportation packages for high-assay low-enriched uranium.
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In November 2025, the Energy Department
it closed a $1 billion loan to accelerate the restart of a Pennsylvania nuclear power plant that will deliver 850 megawatts of electricity.
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In September 2025, the Energy Department
four companies for Advanced Nuclear Fuel Line Pilot Projects in order to strengthen domestic supply chains for nuclear fuel.
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In August 2025, the Energy Department
a second round of conditional commitments to provide high-assay low-enriched uranium to three U.S. companies to meet near-term fuel needs.
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In August 2025, the Energy Department
the 11 initial selections for President Trump’s Nuclear Reactor Pilot Program to move their technologies toward deployment.
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In July 2025, the Energy Department
site selections for AI data center and energy infrastructure development on federal lands.
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In July 2025, the Energy Department
the start of a new pilot program to accelerate the development of advanced nuclear reactors and strengthen domestic supply chains for nuclear fuel.
Thanks to President Trump, the Energy Department is reshoring American-made supply chains for critical minerals, making U.S. national security a priority by reducing U.S. dependence on foreign supply chains.
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In December 2025, the Energy Department announced
to enhance domestic supply chains for rare earth elements (REEs), to support projects that will commercialize the recovering and refining of REEs from unconventional feedstocks.
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In November 2025, the Energy Department announced
for American industrial facilities capable of producing valuable minerals from existing industrial and coal byproducts and to establish Mine of the Future proving grounds for real-world testing of next-generation mining technologies.
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The Energy Department announced it restructured a loan with Lithium Americas to further protect taxpayers and solidify the launch of the only domestic source of lithium carbonate here in America. The new terms provide the U.S. Government with 5% equity ownership in the form of Lithium America Corporation warrants.
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The Energy Department
plans to build the first aluminum smelter in America since 1980, in Inola, Oklahoma. This project demonstrates the economic viability of domestic smelting and reducing dependence on foreign imports.
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The Energy Department’s National Labs have been able to develop technologies to
, and is partnering with the private industry to commercialize and advance these technologies.
The Energy Department has prioritized national security by modernizing the U.S. nuclear enterprise that supports President Trump’s Peace Through Strength Agenda. These actions have ended years of neglect to keep our Nation safe and strategic readiness.
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Signed into law earlier this year, President Trump’s Working Families Tax Cut made more than $3 billion to accelerate the modernization efforts at the Energy Department’s National Nuclear Security Administration.
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, the latest modification to the B61 family of nuclear weapons. The first unit was assembled almost a year before the original target date and less than two years after the program was first announced, making the B61-13 one of the most rapidly developed and fielded weapons since the Cold War.
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, a multiyear program to modernize the W88 nuclear warhead carried onboard Ohio-class ballistic missile submarines.
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, which will significantly advance U.S. national security, AI, and scientific research capabilities.
The Department of Energy is accelerating America’s scientific engine. This means that technological innovation is designed, tested, and built in America using the brightest minds.
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On November 24, 2025, President Trump signed
14363 directing the Department of Energy to lead its flagship AI initiative—the Genesis Mission—a national project combining America’s world-leading private-sector AI capabilities with the Energy Department’s scientific data, facilities and expertise.
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The Energy Department has already been working to accelerate science and innovation, to ensure U.S. has the technology to unleash the potential of harnessing nuclear fusion power in the U.S. In October 2025, the Energy Department released its
, as a national strategy to develop and commercialize nuclear fusion power in the most rapid, responsible time in history.
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