A Summary of the 2025 President’s Budget for Energy Funding

By Massoud Amin

I presented earlier today on powering progress, including slides on the 2025 President’s Budget for Energy Funding. Overview:

1) Research and Development:

• $10.7B for clean energy research by NASA and others.
• $10.6B for DOE R&D.
• $4.5B for climate research.
• $2.2B for uranium research.

2) Clean Energy Support and Initiatives:

• $8B for American Climate Corps.
• $1.6B for clean energy workforce.
• $1B for rural renewable energy loan guarantees.
• $1B for accelerated clean energy permitting.
• $102M for grid upgrades.
• $95M to electrify tribal homes.
• $53M for NOAA offshore wind support.
• $4.1B for low-income home heating/water.
• $2.8B for EPA clean energy projects.
• $385M for low-income weatherization.
• $142M for new clean energy projects on gov. lands.

3) Climate Adaptation and Resilience:

• $11B for international climate finance.
• $3B for President’s Emergency Plan for Adaptation and Resilience (PREPARE).

4) Other:

• $300M to refill strategic petroleum reserve.

My other takeaways and observations are:

Congressional Update:

• Congress passed six initial funding bills before March 8 deadline, allocating over $450B to various departments.
• Remaining six bills, including Defense, Homeland Security, and Health and Human Services, must be finalized by March 22 to avoid partial government shutdown.
• Top appropriators anticipate challenges in passing these bills, impacting coalition priorities before 2024 elections.

House and Senate Outlook:

• Both chambers in session this week.
• House to adjourn on March 13 for Republican policy retreat.
• The President’s proposed budget was released on March 11, outlining government spending priorities for the next fiscal year.

FY 2025 Appropriations – Member Request Deadlines:

• Congressional appropriators expect truncated timeline for FY25 submissions due to delays in FY24.
• Some members have begun posting FY25 deadlines and submission requirements.
• Stakeholders are encouraged to engage Congressional delegations to identify priorities and deadlines.

AAAS Budget Analysis (please see their dashboard https://lnkd.in/gaG5qvCF):

• FY25 budget analysis available on AAAS dashboard.
• Enacted budget may differ significantly from President’s proposal, subject to negotiation.

Federal Science Challenges, include:

• Trickle-down chaos observed in many federal science programs.
• Many instances of delays in proposal announcements and program cancellations.
• Budget uncertainty affecting planning, as seen in workforce reductions at NASA-JPL.
• Grid upgrades at $102 million is disproportionately low.

Notes: Amounts are approximate and rounded to nearest million. Related DoD and classified works not included.

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