A bipartisan group of House and Senate lawmakers introduced legislation Monday that would formally establish a recently created fusion energy office at the Department of Energy.
The bill would give congressional backing to the Office of Fusion Energy, a new division included in Energy Secretary Chris Wright’s recent reorganization of the depatment.
“Congress must provide clear direction and a coordinated federal strategy to move fusion from the lab to the grid, and this legislation does exactly that,” said Rep. Jay Obernolte (R-Calif.), who introduced the “Office of Fusion Act of 2025,” alongside Reps. Don Beyer (D-Va.) and Lori Trahan (D-Mass.).
Fusion energy — which seeks to generate power through the same reaction that fuels the sun and stars — has never been demonstrated at commercial scale. Still, multiple companies are aiming to develop first-of-a-kind power plants by the 2030s.
