The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) invites public comment on its request for information on the Defense Production Act (DPA), which will inform how the DPA authority provided to DOE through Presidential Determinations could best be used as a tool to accelerate manufacturing and deployment of clean energy technologies to bolster national defense, tackle climate change and environmental justice, and improve employment opportunities and broader economic prosperity for Americans. The DOE requests public comment on general use of DPA authority as well as potential program activities and/or designs addressing four of the five technology areas announced by the President on June 6, 2022: transformers and critical electric grid components; solar photovoltaics; insulation materials; and electrolyzers, platinum group metals, and fuel cells for clean hydrogen.
The fifth technology, heat pumps, will be addressed in a separate, forthcoming DOE announcement in accordance with DPA Title III, for which public input will be sought.
The Department of Energy will accept public comments until 5:00 p.m. (ET) on November 30, 2022.