Department of Energy
Department of Energy reported $54.7 billion in obligations for fiscal year 2026, ranking 10 of 73 top-tier agencies.
American Factbook Research
The record
- Obligations, FY2026
- $54,744,746,837
- All award types. Obligations recorded, not money spent.
- Rank among agencies
- 10 of 73
- By obligations this fiscal year.
- Share of all federal obligations
- 1.1%
- Of $4.8 trillion across all agencies.
- Treasury top-tier code
- 089
- USAspending profile
- usaspending.gov/agency/department-of-energy
By award type
| Award type | Obligations | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Contracts | $51,663,150,700 | 94.4% |
| Grants | $1,835,311,854 | 3.4% |
| Other | $692,985,169 | 1.3% |
| Loans | $556,082,561 | 1.0% |
| Direct payments | -$2,783,448 | -0.0% |
A negative figure means deobligations exceeded obligations for that instrument in this period: money previously committed was released rather than newly committed. It is not a payment in reverse.
Where the work was performed
| Rank | State | Obligations | Share of agency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Mexico | $10,600,177,612 | 19.4% |
| 2 | Tennessee | $7,484,390,171 | 13.7% |
| 3 | California | $7,249,146,212 | 13.2% |
| 4 | South Carolina | $4,908,723,625 | 9.0% |
| 5 | Washington | $4,204,336,460 | 7.7% |
| 6 | Idaho | $2,686,792,633 | 4.9% |
| 7 | Missouri | $2,226,553,958 | 4.1% |
| 8 | Illinois | $2,137,965,401 | 3.9% |
| 9 | Pennsylvania | $2,089,486,692 | 3.8% |
| 10 | Maryland | $1,914,399,901 | 3.5% |
| 11 | Texas | $1,826,847,494 | 3.3% |
| 12 | District Of Columbia | $1,504,883,183 | 2.7% |
| 13 | Nevada | $1,081,486,028 | 2.0% |
| 14 | New York | $1,079,342,312 | 2.0% |
| 15 | Colorado | $787,009,716 | 1.4% |
The 15 largest of 56 states and territories. These rows total $54,777,785,303, against an overall $54,744,746,837 for the agency. Effectively all of this agency’s obligations carry a reported place of performance. The two figures come from separate USAspending aggregations and reconcile to within a fraction of a percent, not to the cent. Place of performance is what the recipient reported, not necessarily where work happened.
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Sources
- USAspending API v2 — U.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service · U.S. Government work, public domain (17 U.S.C. 105) · retrieved 2026-09-18apps/web/queries/spending/agencies_by_obligations.sql, apps/web/queries/spending/agency_states.sql
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