# 2024-30636: Update and Relocation of the Department of Energy Technology Investment Agreement Regulations 2024-30636, Update and Relocation of the Department of Energy Technology Investment Agreement Regulations, is a Federal Register rule from an unnamed agency published 2025-01-03, effective 2025-01-03 (as of 2026-06-11). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2024-30636 - As of: 2026-06-11 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Document number: 2024-30636 - Title: Update and Relocation of the Department of Energy Technology Investment Agreement Regulations - Type: Rule - Agencies: unknown - Citation: unknown - Published: 2025-01-03 - Effective: 2025-01-03 - Comments close: not stated - Significant: no - Touches household money: no - Regulation identifier numbers: none - Last updated: 2026-06-11 ## Summary The Department of Energy is updating and moving its rules for special technology investment deals to make them simpler and easier to use. This change affects companies and groups working with DOE on these agreements and starts right away on January 3, 2025. DOE wants your feedback by March 4, 2025, so these deals can be smoother and more consistent, helping innovation move faster. ## Abstract The Department of Energy (DOE or the Department) is issuing this interim final rule (IFR) to update, streamline, and relocate the policies, procedures, and provisions that are applicable to the award and administration of certain other transaction (OT) agreements awarded under DOE's OT authority provided in the Energy Policy Act of 2005's amendments to the Department of Energy Organization Act. DOE expects that the simplification of the implementing regulations will enable improved use OT Agreements beyond the Technology Investment Agreements (TIAs) contemplated in the original regulations. This IFR will promote more uniform application of this authority and the policies and provisions for the award and administration of it. ## Effects PRIA read - Rules Take Effect Jan 3, 2025: mixed, low. The updated DOE rules for Other Transaction (OT) agreements take effect January 3, 2025. DOE will accept public comments on the interim final rule through March 4, 2025. - Rules Simplified and Relocated: benefit, low. DOE moved and streamlined its Technology Investment Agreement and Other Transaction rules into 2 CFR part 930 to make the policies and provisions simpler and more uniform. DOE says the changes are intended to make OT agreements easier to use and promote more consistent application. - Awardees Must Share Project Costs: cost, high. For OT agreements, awardees must, to the maximum extent practicable, provide at least half of project costs (cost share). Cost share must be verifiable, not double-counted with other Federal awards, necessary and reasonable, allowable under cost principles, and included in the DOE-approved budget.… - No Fee or Profit on RD&D Awards: cost, medium. The Agreements Officer may not issue an OT agreement if any awardee, subawardee, or participant is to receive fee or profit for the RD&D efforts. This does not stop participants or subawardees from paying or receiving reasonable profit when buying supplies or services from commercial suppliers. - Merit-Based Competition Required: benefit, low. DOE will award OT agreements using a non-procurement, non‑Federal financial assistance merit-based competitive process in every case required by statute and, to the maximum extent feasible, in other cases. If DOE does not use a competitive process, the Agreements Officer must document the reason an… - Trade Secrets Protected 5–30 Years: benefit, medium. Trade secrets and commercial or financial information submitted under OT agreements are protected from disclosure for five years after development, or up to thirty years if the Secretary (or delegee) determines the technology (including nuclear tech) reasonably requires extended protection. Proposa… - Financial Standards, Cost Principles, Audits Apply: cost, medium. Awardees under OT agreements are subject to financial management standards, applicable cost principles and standards, and audit requirements as set out in the revised part 930 (see Sec. 930.205, 930.210, 930.215). - Debarment and Suspension Rules Apply: cost, low. The Nonprocurement debarment and suspension requirements in 2 CFR part 180 (as adopted and supplemented by 2 CFR part 901) apply to all DOE Other Transaction agreements. Entities subject to debarment or suspension under those rules will be ineligible for OT awards. - OT Authority Allows IP/Data Flexibilities: benefit, medium. DOE's OT authority under 42 U.S.C. 7256(g) authorizes flexibilities not available under the Department's general authority, including increased flexibilities related to intellectual property and data protection for RD&D projects. ## Related documents - [2026-20736](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-20736): Air Plan Approval; Michigan; Clean Data Determination for the Berrien, MI and Muskegon, MI Areas for the 2015 Ozone Standards, 2026-10-09 - [2026-20757](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-20757): Schedules of Controlled Substances; Removal of Exemption Status for Inactive Butalbital Products, 2026-10-09 - [2026-20727](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-20727): Medical Devices; Immunology and Microbiology Devices; Classification of the System for Detection of Nucleic Acid From Non-Viral Microorgani…, 2026-10-09 - [2026-20792](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-20792): Raisins Produced From Grapes Grown in California; Order Amending Marketing Order No. 989, 2026-10-09 - [C1-2026-20019](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/C1-2026-20019): Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Groundfish Reserves in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area, 2026-10-09 - [2026-20748](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-20748): Schedules of Controlled Substances: Placement of O-Desmethyltramadol in Schedule I; Correction, 2026-10-09 ## Sources - [2024-30636 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/03/2024-30636/update-and-relocation-of-the-department-of-energy-technology-investment-agreement-regulations) - [2024-30636 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-03/pdf/2024-30636.pdf) ## Related - [Previous: 2024-30340, Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Occupant Crash Protection, Seat Belt Re…](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2024-30340) - [Next: 2024-30985, Anthropomorphic Test Devices, HIII 5TH Percentile Female Test Dummy; Incorporat…](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2024-30985) - [All Federal Register documents](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2024-30636 (as of 2026-06-11).