The Trump administration is proposing to repurpose clean energy dollars at the Department of Energy, while keeping a focus on the domestic supply of critical minerals and winning the artificial intelligence race.
The White House unveiled President Donald Trump’s budget request to Congress on Friday, setting the administration’s priorities for fiscal 2027. The document requested $53.9 billion for DOE, which represented a roughly 10 percent increase from the 2026 enacted level. Lawmakers earlier this year enacted a spending package that provided roughly $49 billion for the department.
Of that requested funding, $32.8 billion would be allocated to the National Nuclear Security Administration — leaving roughly $21.1 billion for other programs, which the White House said reflected an 11 percent reduction from the current enacted level.
The request seeks to remove dollars spent on “unreliable, expensive energy” and instead support critical minerals production and baseload energy sources. It lands as the Trump administration seeks to tamp down rising concerns over energy prices.
