What does the Energy Department want to keep tracking about state energy grants?

The notice is a routine renewal

The Department of Energy published a notice on October 6, 2026, stating it intends to revise and extend an existing information collection for three years. The Office of Management and Budget must approve the request before it continues. This particular collection carries OMB Control Number 1910-5126 and bears the title State Energy Program. The notice itself occupies one page in the Federal Register at 91 FR 63534. It was signed on September 30 by Audrey Robertson, Assistant Secretary of Energy, and submitted for publication on October 2 by Treena V. Garrett, Federal Register Liaison Officer.

Fifty-six respondents submit data each year.

Those respondents are the state and territory energy offices that receive SEP formula grants. The agency estimates they will file 744 total responses annually. That figure includes multiple reports per office across the year.

DOE estimates the collective paperwork burden at 12,056 hours per year. The dollar cost of that burden is put at $1,002,456 annually. Both numbers appear in the supporting statement that accompanies the renewal request. The agency attributes the burden to gathering data on grant-funded activities, expenditures, and results.

The collection asks for the status of grantee activities tied to two funding streams. One stream is the regular SEP annual appropriation. The other is SEP funding appropriated under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.

Statutory authority rests on Title 42, Chapter 77, Subchapter III, Part B of the United States Code, specifically 42 U.S.C. 6321 et seq. Grant awards must also comply with 10 CFR part 420 and 2 CFR part 200 as amended by 2 CFR part 910. The notice does not describe any changes to those regulations.

Comments must be received on or before November 5, 2026.

They can be submitted through www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain by selecting "Currently under 30-day Review—Open for Public Comments" or by using the search function. Questions about the collection instrument go to Gregory Davoren at CM-5SCP, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Ave. SW, Washington, DC 20585-0121, or by email at gregory.davoren@doe.gov, or by phone at (202) 287-1706.

The document does not state how many offices hold active grants, whether burden hours have changed since the last approval, or if reporting forms will be modified.