Federal department or agency

Department of Energy

Department of Energy obligated $53.2B on federal contracts in FY2026 across 10,115 contract actions (+9.7% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was TRIAD NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC ($5.5B). It also awarded $3.6B in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$53.2B
Actions
10.1K
New awards: 1,492
Sole-source
3.4%
Small business
7.5%
Open in the contracts explorerFederal contracts

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 28.9BFY2017
  2. 31.6BFY2018
  3. 32.9BFY2019
  4. 35.5BFY2020
  5. 37.7BFY2021
  6. 41.2BFY2022
  7. 44.6BFY2023
  8. 46BFY2024
  9. 48.5BFY2025
  10. 53.2BFY2026
  11. -554.6KFY2027

Sub-agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of Energy$53.1B99.7%
  2. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission$162.3M0.3%

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. TRIAD NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC$5.5B10%
  2. NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS OF SANDIA, LLC$5.4B10%
  3. LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC$3.7B7.0%
  4. SAVANNAH RIVER NUCLEAR SOLUTIONS LLC$3.4B6.4%
  5. CONSOLIDATED NUCLEAR SECURITY, LLC$3.3B6.3%
  6. UT-BATTELLE LLC$2.8B5.2%
  7. HONEYWELL FEDERAL MANUFACTURING & TECHNOLOGIES, LLC$2.3B4.3%
  8. BATTELLE ENERGY ALLIANCE, LLC$2.1B4.0%
  9. FLUOR MARINE PROPULSION, LLC$1.9B3.6%
  10. PANTEXAS DETERRENCE, LLC$1.6B3.1%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Facilities & utilities$40.2B75%
  2. Research & development$4.1B7.8%
  3. Professional services$3.4B6.4%
  4. Other equipment & supplies$2.8B5.2%
  5. Construction & real property$1.3B2.5%
  6. IT & telecom$971.3M1.8%
  7. Education & social services$249.3M0.5%
  8. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$67.7M0.1%
  9. Fuel$55.5M0.1%
  10. Equipment maintenance$32.6M0.1%
  11. Transportation & logistics$14.3M0.0%
  12. Health & medical$7M0.0%

Where the work was performed

  1. New Mexico$11.1B21%
  2. Tennessee$7.6B14%
  3. California$6.8B13%
  4. South Carolina$4.9B9.1%
  5. Washington$3.7B7.0%
  6. Idaho$2.7B5.1%
  7. Missouri$2.3B4.3%
  8. Pennsylvania$2B3.8%
  9. Illinois$2B3.7%
  10. Maryland$1.9B3.6%

Integrity signals

Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.

  • Low competition9.1%
    US 39% · $4.8B
  • Sole-source awards3.4%
    US 30% · $1.8B
  • Single-offer competitions5.6%
    US 8.7% · $3B
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $10.1M
  • Year-end rush3.8%
    US 6.0% · $2B
  • Undefinitized contracts0.2%
    US 5.0% · $93.4M
  • Time-and-materials pricing2.6%
    US 4.2% · $1.4B

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Offices with the most sole-source money

  1. NNSA NON-MO CNTRCTNG OPS DIV$751.3M45%
    Department of Energy
  2. SC OAK RIDGE OFFICE$739.7M14%
    Department of Energy
  3. HEADQUARTERS PROCUREMENT SERVICES$169.1M20%
    Department of Energy
  4. EM-ENVIRONMENTAL MGMT CON BUS CTR$40M7.7%
    Department of Energy
  5. NATIONAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY$32.6M9.0%
    Department of Energy

Contracts terminated for default: 1

Largest awards

  1. MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES BY LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION AS THE NEW CONTRACTING PARTY IN AND TO THE CONTRACT DE-AC04-94AL85000$48.1B
    LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP· Bernalillo County, NM· Facilities & utilities· Oct 19, 2016 – Jul 7, 2026· DEAC0494AL85000
  2. CONTRACT AWARD DE-NA0003525 TO THE NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY&ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS OF SANDIA, LLC (NTESS) FOR THE MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION'S SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES (SNL)$43.5B
    NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS OF SANDIA, LLC· Bernalillo County, NM· Facilities & utilities· Dec 16, 2016 – Oct 6, 2026· DENA0003525
  3. MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF THE OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY$42.4B
    UT-BATTELLE LLC· Anderson County, TN· Facilities & utilities· Oct 20, 2016 – Aug 27, 2026· DEAC0500OR22725
  4. THIS PERFORMANCE-BASED MANAGEMENT CONTRACT (PBMC) IS FOR THE MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF THE LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY (LLNL). THE CONTRACTOR SHALL, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS CONTRACT, ACCOMPLISH THE MISSIONS AND PROGRAMS ASSIGNED BY THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) AND MANAGE AND OPERATE THE LABORATORY. THE LABORATORY IS ONE OF DOES OFFICE OF DEFENSE PROGRAM MULTI-PROGRAM LABORATORIES. THE LABORATORY IS A FEDERALLY FUNDED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTION (ESTABLISHED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION (FAR) PART 35 AND OPERATED UNDER THIS MANAGEMENT AND OPERATING (M&O) CONTRACT, AS DEFINED IN FAR 17.6 AND DEAR 917.6.$41.6B
    LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC· Alameda County, CA· Research & development· Oct 31, 2016 – Sep 28, 2026· DEAC5207NA27344
  5. OPERATION OF LAWRENCE LIVERMORE LABORATORY$37B
    THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA· Alameda County, CA· Facilities & utilities· Nov 3, 2016 – May 11, 2026· DEAC0343SF00048
  6. COMPETITION FOR MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY$35.4B
    TRIAD NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC· Los Alamos County, NM· Facilities & utilities· Jun 8, 2018 – Sep 28, 2026· 89233218CNA000001
  7. M&O OF LANL BR OF U OF CA$35.3B
    REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE· Los Alamos County, NM· Facilities & utilities· Nov 3, 2016 – Jun 12, 2026· DEAC3243AL00036
  8. MANAGEMENT AND OPERATING CONTRACT FOR Y-12 NATIONAL SECURITY COMPLEX, PANTEX PLANT, WITH AN OPTION FOR SAVANNAH RIVER TRITIUM OPERATIONS$34.7B
    CONSOLIDATED NUCLEAR SECURITY, LLC· Anderson County, TN· Facilities & utilities· Oct 28, 2016 – Oct 2, 2026· DENA0001942

Federal grants & assistance awarded

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

Department of Energy obligated $3.6B in federal assistance in FY2026, on 9,981 actions (1,055 new awards), −88% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 81.049 · Office of Science Financial Assistance Program ($1.2B).

Assistance · FY2026
$3.6B
Loan face value
$71.1B
lent or guaranteed
Actions
9,981
Since FY2021
$66.6B

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 3.9BFY2021
  2. 4.2BFY2022
  3. 9.3BFY2023
  4. 15.9BFY2024
  5. 29.6BFY2025
  6. 3.6BFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$2.4B66%
  2. Other assistance$1.2B34%
  3. Loans$00.0%
    $71.1B lent or guaranteed
  4. Direct payments-$2.8M0.0%

Top programs

  1. 81.049 · Office of Science Financial Assistance Program$1.2B33%
  2. 81.089 · Fossil Energy Research and Development$1.1B31%
  3. 81.121 · Nuclear Energy Research, Development and Demonstration$962.5M26%
  4. 81.135 · Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy$332.1M9.1%
  5. 81.253 · Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chain Demonstrations and Commercial Applications$223.5M6.1%
  6. 81.008 · Cybersecurity, Energy Security & Emergency Response (CESER)$168M4.6%
  7. 81.042 · Weatherization Assistance for Low-Income Persons$155.3M4.3%
  8. 81.112 · Stewardship Science Grant Program$147.6M4.0%

Top recipients (organizations)

  1. US SFR OWNER LLC$713.9M20%
    BELLEVUE, WA
  2. HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC$187.5M5.1%
    CHARLOTTE, NC
  3. MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY$156.7M4.3%
    EAST LANSING, MI
  4. GENERAL ATOMICS$126M3.5%
    SAN DIEGO, CA
  5. ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY INTERNATIONAL$124.9M3.4%
    SUMMERVILLE, SC
  6. UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER$124.3M3.4%
    ROCHESTER, NY
  7. SWA LITHIUM LLC$99.3M2.7%
    EL DORADO, AR
  8. EAST KENTUCKY POWER COOPERATIVE, INC.$91M2.5%
    WINCHESTER, KY

Where it went

  1. Washington$790M22%
  2. California$362.9M9.9%
  3. Illinois$333.3M9.1%
  4. New York$214.9M5.9%
  5. North Carolina$184.1M5.0%
  6. Kentucky$172.3M4.7%
  7. North Dakota$157.5M4.3%
  8. Wisconsin$149.2M4.1%
  9. Pennsylvania$141.1M3.9%
  10. Virginia$136.7M3.7%

By state of the place of performance.

Sub-agencies

  1. Department of Energy$3.6B100%

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Federal grants & assistance

Subawards under this agency's awards

First-tier subawards that recipients of this agency's contracts and financial assistance reported, by the fiscal year of the subaward.

FY2026

  • Sub-contracts: $7.8B (3,979 subawards)
  • Sub-grants: $1.1B (1,909 subawards)

2,578 sub-recipients

Largest sub-recipients

  1. TECHNICAL ASSURANCE, INC.$2.2B24%
    WILLOUGHBY, OH · 6 subawards
  2. CONSOLIDATED NUCLEAR SECURITY LLC$2.2B24%
    FREDERICK, MD · 6 subawards
  3. HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE COMPANY$905.1M10%
    RESTON, VA · 2 subawards
  4. OTTER TAIL POWER CO$124.9M1.4%
    FERGUS FALLS, MN · 1 subaward
  5. AMENTUM ENVIRONMENT & ENERGY, INC.$89.2M1.0%
    AIKEN, SC · 4 subawards
  6. PERMA-FIX ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, INC.$70.9M0.8%
    ATLANTA, GA · 6 subawards
  7. HILINE ENGINEERING & FABRICATION,INC.$64.9M0.7%
    RICHLAND, WA · 31 subawards
  8. HENSEL PHELPS CONSTRUCTION CO$63.7M0.7%
    GREELEY, CO · 3 subawards
  9. PERK CO INC$55.1M0.6%
    CLEVELAND, OH · 1 subaward
  10. KIEWIT POWER CONSTRUCTORS CO$52.2M0.6%
    LENEXA, KS · 1 subaward

Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.

Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Who lobbies this agency

Organizations whose quarterly lobbying reports list this agency as contacted, ranked by the reports' spending. A report's amount covers all its issues and every agency it lists; reports do not split it.

Lobbying in 2026
$452M
Clients
1,166
Reports
2,110

The whole amount of every report that lists this agency.

Organizations lobbying it, 2026

  1. Chamber of Commerce of the U.S.A.$36.7M
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Energy and nuclear, Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code, Budget and appropriations
  2. GENERAL MOTORS COMPANYAI match · 100%$14.8M
    0.0% of its family's FY2026 contracts from this agency · Energy and nuclear, Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code, Budget and appropriations
  3. META PLATFORMS, INC.$13.1M
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code, Trade (domestic and foreign), Environment and Superfund
  4. Amazon.com Services LLCAI match · 100%$8.7M
    0.0% of its family's FY2026 contracts from this agency · Energy and nuclear, Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code, Budget and appropriations
  5. The Business Roundtable, Inc.$7M
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Energy and nuclear, Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code, Budget and appropriations
  6. Pacific Gas and Electric CompanyAI match · 100%$6.5M
    0.0% of its family's FY2026 contracts from this agency · Energy and nuclear, Environment and Superfund, Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code
  7. SOUTHERN COMPANY$5.7M
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Energy and nuclear, Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code, Budget and appropriations
  8. EXXON MOBIL CORPORATIONAI match · 100%$5.3M
    No FY2026 contracts in its family · Energy and nuclear, Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code, Trade (domestic and foreign)
  9. THE BOEING COMPANYAI match · 99%$5.2M
    0.0% of its family's FY2026 contracts from this agency · Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code, Trade (domestic and foreign), Defense
  10. MICROSOFT CORPORATIONAI match · 99%$5.1M
    0.0% of its family's FY2026 contracts from this agency · Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code, Trade (domestic and foreign), Defense
  11. NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL$5M
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Energy and nuclear, Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code, Defense
  12. AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE$4.7M
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Energy and nuclear, Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code, Trade (domestic and foreign)
  13. GENERAL ATOMICSAI match · 95%$4.6M
    14% of its family's FY2026 contracts from this agency · Energy and nuclear, Defense, Homeland security
  14. NEXTERA ENERGY, INCAI match · 95%$4.4M
    0.0% of its family's FY2026 contracts from this agency · Energy and nuclear, Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code, Budget and appropriations
  15. CONSTELLATION ENERGY GENERATION, LLCAI match · 97%$4.3M
    0.0% of its family's FY2026 contracts from this agency · Energy and nuclear, Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code, Budget and appropriations

98 more clients ($7.7M) are counted but not named: their names may be a person's.

Lobbying amounts are the filers' own good-faith estimates on quarterly LD-2 reports (the law asks for amounts rounded to $10,000; under $5,000 need not be itemized), latest amendment only. When an organization files its own report, it replaces what outside firms report for it that quarter. Matches are by name. Lobbying and political giving are legal and public: they show engagement with government, not influence over any award. Correlation is not influence: these organizations' lobbying and their contracts are shown side by side, and nothing here implies either affected the other.

Source: Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · 2023–2026.

Source: Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · 2026, 2024, 2022.

Matches: Analisa AI name judgments (entity-match@1), updated Oct 5, 2026.

Committees that oversee and fund it

Congressional committees whose jurisdiction includes this agency, and the appropriations subcommittees that write its spending bill (Analisa's reading of the House and Senate rules; committees share jurisdiction). Leaders as currently published.

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Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.