OE drives electric grid modernization and resiliency in the energy infrastructure through research, partnerships, facilitation, modeling and analytics, and emergency preparedness. The FY 2016 request reflects the Administration’s priority on modernizing the electric grid and boosting the resilience of infrastructure. The request accelerates ongoing efforts to support the Administration’s all-of-the-above energy strategy and emphasizes programs that increase electric grid resilience, including managing risks, increasing system flexibility and robustness, increasing visualization and situational awareness, and deploying advanced control capabilities.

OE's FY 2016 Congressional Budget Request and Budget in Brief are available for download below. The Department of Energy's FY 2016 Congressional Budget Request is also available.