Heritage Foundation's
Project 2025

Chapter 12 - Department of Energy

• Rename the Department of Energy to the Department of Energy Security and Advanced Science (DESAS)
• Repeal the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and Inflation Reduction Act
• End government interference in energy decisions
• Stop the "war on oil and natural gas"
• Allow individuals and businesses to use any energy resources they choose
• Refocus DOE on energy security, accelerated remediation, and advanced science
• Refocus FERC on ensuring affordable and reliable electricity, natural gas, and oil
• Streamline nuclear regulatory requirements and licensing process
• Eliminate special-interest funding programs within DOE
• Remove political and climate-change interference in LNG export approvals
• Refocus the Federal Energy Management Program on cost-effective energy for government buildings
• Ensure the U.S. Energy Information Agency provides data-neutral information
• Eliminate programs like "energy justice," Justice40, and DEI within DOE
• Develop a National Energy Security Strategy
• Refocus National Labs on fundamental and advanced science
• Conduct a whole-of-government assessment and consolidation of science programs
• Accelerate cleanup of radioactive waste sites
• Develop a new approach for disposal of civilian nuclear waste
• Restart the Yucca Mountain licensing process
• Reconstitute the Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management
• Expand nuclear weapons development and production
• Reform regional transmission organizations (RTOs) to prioritize reliability over renewable integration
• Update the definition and calculation of reserve margins
• Expand and protect natural gas infrastructure
• Strengthen security against cyber and physical threats to energy infrastructure
• Reexamine the premise of RTOs and potentially restructure them
• Limit environmental reviews for fossil fuel projects
• Streamline approvals for natural gas pipelines and LNG export facilities
• Eliminate energy efficiency standards for appliances
• Eliminate or severely curtail the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
• Eliminate the Grid Deployment Office
• Eliminate the Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations
• End the Loan Program Office or severely restrict its activities
• Eliminate ARPA-E (Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy)
• Eliminate the Clean Energy Corps
• Refocus the Office of Nuclear Energy on basic research and waste management
• Rename and refocus the Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management to promote fossil fuel development
• Expand Arctic energy operations and interests
• Reject "climate reparations" in international agreements
• Reject ratification of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
• Indicate willingness to conduct nuclear tests if necessary