The Department of Energy's FY 2012 Congressional budget request makes strategic investments to unleash American innovation and promote economic competitiveness. The entire budget request is divided into seven volumes. Volume 3 includes:
- Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
- Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability
- Energy Transformation Acceleration Fund
- Fossil Energy Research and Development
- Naval Petroleum and Oil Shale Reserves
- Strategic Petroleum Reserve
- Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve
- Ultra-Deepwater Unconventional Natural Gas