U.S. Federal Administrative Regulations, Policy, and Decisions

The mission of the Energy Department is to ensure America’s security and prosperity by addressing its energy, environmental and nuclear challenges through transformative science and technology solutions.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, or FERC, is an independent agency that regulates the interstate transmission of natural gas, oil, and electricity. FERC also regulates natural gas and hydro-power projects.

Links to various Energy Dept. current and historical publications.

Directives, Regulations, Policies, and Standards Portal for the Department of Energy.

This section is a centralized library of directives that are in effect or pending approval, grouped by series and subject, and a collection of archived historical directives. All Directives listed in the Current Directives section of the portal are in effect regardless of the expiration date.

Includes CIPS (orders, notices, rulemaking and decisions from 11/14/1994); RIMS (index to documents from 11/16/1981, images from 11/13/1994, and electronic documents from 11/2000), docket sheets and more.

The Office of Hearings and Appeals (OHA) is the quasi-judicial arm of the Department of Energy that conducts hearings and issues initial Departmental decisions with respect to a wide range of legal issues and programs delegated to the Office by the Secretary of Energy. The Office is primarily responsible for conducting hearings and issuing decisions involving personnel security clearance cases, and contractor employee whistleblower cases.