FY 2013 Federal Energy Efficiency Programs Funding – President’s Budget Request
FY 2013 Federal Energy Efficiency Programs Funding – President’s Budget Request
On Feb. 13, 2012, the Obama Administration released its Fiscal Year (FY) 2013 budget proposal. The president's budget proposal doubles down on key energy efficiency programs, despite the budget ax taking aim at many programs in both the domestic and defense arenas. The budget proposal also seeks to leverage the economic gains created by energy efficiency programs to create jobs, enhance U.S. energy security and establish an economy that’s “built to last.”
As shown in the chart below and PDF above, the president's proposed budget requests that funding for key energy efficiency programs in the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)’s Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) Office increase by 52% compared to the FY 2012 amounts enacted by Congress. The president recommended an even larger increase last year.
Key Points in Proposed Energy Efficiency Funding:
- The EERE programs with the largest proposed increases in funding are the Advanced Manufacturing Office, which would receive $290 million (a 150% increase from the FY 2012 enacted level), and the Building Technologies Program, which would receive $310 million (over 40% more than the allocation from the previous year).
- The president continues to support increased funding for other EERE programs like the Vehicle Technologies Program, as well as better funding for the Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E), the Energy Information Administration (EIA) Energy Consumption Surveys, and the ENERGY STAR program at the Environmental Protection Agency.
- Low-income weatherization assistance would receive $139 million, which is far below historical levels but up from FY 2012 (when the program still is spending additional funds from the 2009 Recovery Act).
Budget Chart: Proposed & Enacted Energy Efficiency Funding, 2009-2013
Figures are in millions of Dollars
| Program (chart only includes program highlights)1 | FY09 Approp.2 | FY10 Approp. | FY11 CR Plan3 | FY12 Request | FY12 Enacted | FY13 Request | Change from ’12 Request | Change from ’12 Enacted |
| Department of Energy, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Office (Energy and Water Appropriations) | ||||||||
| Building Technologies | 140.000 | 222.000 | 210.500 | 470.700 | 220.000 | 310.000 | -34% | 41% |
| Innovations | 13.300 | 10.894 | 17.567 | 61% | ||||
| Emerging Technologies | 45.826 | 48.417 | 89.660 | 85% | ||||
| Systems Integration | 91.184 | 88.578 | 98.068 | 11% | ||||
| Market Barriers | 57.000 | 66.802 4 | 98.250 | 47% | ||||
| Advanced Manufacturing (formerly Industrial Technologies) | 90.000 | 96.000 | 108.241 | 319.784 | 116.000 | 290.000 | -9% | 150% |
| Innovations | 34.541 | 38.705 | 44.112 | 14% | ||||
| Emerging Technologies | 45.677 | 55.916 | 107.614 | 92% | ||||
| Systems Integration | 1.232 | 0.342 | 99.374 | 28,957% | ||||
| Market Barriers | 24.449 | 17.730 | 31.000 | 75% | ||||
| Vehicle Technologies | 242.011 | 311.365 | 300.000 | 588.003 | 330.000 | 420.000 | -29% | 27% |
| Innovations | 121.312 | 143.978 | 182.638 | 27% | ||||
| Emerging Technologies | 111.315 | 113.567 | 168.209 | 48% | ||||
| Systems Integration | 17.567 | 19.875 | 14.043 | -29% | ||||
| Market Barriers | 42.957 | 43.545 | 44.237 | 2% | ||||
| Federal Energy Management | 22.000 | 32.000 | 30.402 | 33.072 | 30.000 | 32.000 | -3% | 7% |
| State Energy Program | 50.000 | 50.000 | 50.000 | 63.798 | 50.000 | 49.000 | -23% | -2% |
| Weatherization Assistance | 450.000 | 210.000 | 174.300 | 320.000 | 68.000 | 139.000 | -57% | 104% |
| TOTAL Above EERE Programs | 994.011 | 921.365 | 873.443 | 1795.357 | 811.000 | 1240.000 | -31% | 52% |
| Related DOE Programs | ||||||||
| Hydrogen and Fuel Cells | 200.187 | 174.000 | 98.000 | 100.450 | 104.000 | 80.000 | -20% | -23% |
| Electricity R&D | 84.721 | 124.900 | 105.000 | 192.817 | 99.490 | 103.400 | -46% | 4% |
| ARPA-E | 15.000 | 0.000 | 179.640 | 550.011 | 275.000 | 350.000 | -36% | 27% |
| EIA Energy Consumption Surveys | 4.535 | 1.200 | 11.610 | 7.000 | 10.620 | -9% | 52% | |
| Loan Guarantees – EE+RE | 169.660 | 200.000 | 0 | 0 | -100% | |||
| Loan Guarantees – Better Bldgs. | 105.000 | 0 | 0 | -100% | ||||
| Environmental Protection Agency (Interior Appropriations) | ||||||||
| Energy Star (EPA) | 50.000 | 52.606 | 52.306 | 55.628 | 49.668 | 53.872 | -3% | 8% |
[1] These are appropriated amounts, except italicized funding levels were determined by DOE or EPA. Actual spending is reduced mostly by a mandated transfer of 2.65% of extramural R&D funds for SBIR/STTR. Funding levels adjusted to reflect current organization.
[2] Italicized funding levels were determined by DOE or EPA. FY09 bill specified $33 million for the Commercial Buildings Initiative.
[3] Full year continuing resolution specified only EERE total: $1,796 million, down 20% from FY10 total.
[4] Bars use of funds to implement or enforce standards on light bulbs and some incandescent reflector lamps.
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