Energy Advisory Panel Renewed at $465k Per Year
Published Date: 7/9/2026
Notice
Summary
The Electricity Advisory Committee is getting a fresh two-year renewal starting August 5, 2026. This group of experts from all over the country will keep advising the Department of Energy on how to make our electric system smarter and stronger. The committee’s work costs about $465,000 a year and helps shape important energy policies that affect states, industries, and communities.
Analyzed Economic Effects
4 provisions identified: 3 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
EAC Advises on Costs, Security, AI
The EAC will advise DOE on topics including driving down electricity costs, securing the grid, increasing domestic energy production, and advancing technologies such as artificial intelligence. The committee will make recommendations on reliability, security, affordability, supply chain, and emergency coordination for the electric system.
EAC Renewed for Two Years
The Electricity Advisory Committee (EAC) is renewed for a two-year period beginning August 5, 2026. The committee will continue advising the Department of Energy on policies and programs to modernize the nation's electric system.
Planned FY27 EAC Budget and Membership
For Fiscal Year 2027, the EAC has an estimated annual budget of approximately $465,000. That estimate includes a 0.5 full-time equivalent Federal staff cost of $135,000, other Federal internal costs of $155,000, and reimbursable members' travel costs of about $175,000; the committee is planned to have approximately 60 members and payments to non-Federal members are estimated at $0.
Broad Membership Representation
Committee members will be chosen to ensure balanced representation by technical expertise, institutional affiliation (State, industry, and university), geographic location, and interests outside private industry such as academic, economic, labor, research, and state and tribal government. The Office of Electricity will broadly reach out for membership through direct contact and Federal Register notice.
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