The reshuffle elevates fusion inside DOE’s hierarchy and transfers oversight of sure utilized R&D places of work away from the below secretary for science.
The Department of Energy introduced a significant reorganization of the company on Thursday that creates a number of model new places of work and merges, strikes, or renames others. Some places of work seem to have been eradicated altogether, although it’s unclear if this may immediately lead to any workers reductions.
A press release issued by DOE states the modifications replicate the Trump administration’s priorities of “expanding American energy production, accelerating scientific and technological leadership, and ensuring the continued safety and readiness of the nation’s nuclear weapons stockpile.”
A new organization chart reveals a number of modifications to the models overseen by the below secretary for science, a task presently held by former IBM government Darío Gil. In addition to the present Office of Science, the function will now handle two newly created places of work — the Office of Fusion and the Office of Artificial Intelligence and Quantum — and two renamed ones. The Office of Technology Transitions, which previously reported on to Energy Secretary Chris Wright, has been renamed the Office of Technology Commercialization and can now be overseen by Gil. The Office of Critical and Emerging Technologies is now the Office of Strategy and Technology Roadmaps.
It is unclear if the Office of Fusion will take over the whole thing of the Fusion Energy Sciences division presently housed throughout the Office of Science. DOE had not responded to a request for touch upon this on the time of publication, however did say the Office of Science’s core mission would stay unchanged.
The Fusion Industry Association welcomed the creation of a standalone Office of Fusion, stating that “this shift has been a long-standing FIA priority, and we’re encouraged to see DOE take this step to streamline and elevate fusion programming.”
Under the previous organization chart, dated January 2025, the below secretary for science oversaw seven places of work: the Office of Science, the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, the Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management, the Office of Nuclear Energy, the Office of Electricity, the Office of Critical and Emerging Technologies, and the Arctic Energy Office.
The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy isn’t listed on the most recent group chart, however reviews counsel EERE will type half of the brand new Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation, which reviews on to Energy Secretary Wright.
The Office of Nuclear Energy, the Office of Electricity, and the Arctic Energy Office have been moved to the below secretary of power, beforehand identified as the below secretary for infrastructure. The function is presently held on an performing foundation by Alex Fitzsimmons, director of DOE’s cybersecurity workplace.
The Office of Fossil Energy, which was beforehand overseen by the below secretary for science, additionally seems to have been transferred to the below secretary of power and renamed the Office of Hydrocarbons and Geothermal Energy — a title that implies it would tackle geothermal R&D applications beforehand managed by EERE. The Loans Program Office, which financed many clear power applications, has reportedly been renamed the Office of Energy Dominance Financing and stays below the supervision of the below secretary of power.
The Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations, the Grid Deployment Office, the Office of Federal Energy Management Program, and the Office of State and Community Programs are among the many places of work beforehand overseen by the below secretary of infrastructure which might be not listed on the brand new group chart. Energy Secretary Wright signalled his need to shutter the Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations earlier this yr.
The Advanced Projects Research Agency – Energy, which President Donald Trump sought to remove in his first time period, stays untouched within the new group chart.
This isn’t the primary time the Trump administration has reorganized the company. During President Trump’s first time period, the company separated oversight of DOE’s science and utilized power places of work throughout two below secretary positions, undoing a merger made below the Obama administration and repeated below the Biden administration.