President Obama approved the fiscal year (FY) 2010 appropriations for DOE on October 28, including $2.24 billion for the DOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE).
The funds represent a modest 3% increase in funding for EERE, which received $2.18 billion in annual appropriations in FY 2009 (not counting special one-time appropriations under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act).
The funding is about 3% lower than the amount requested by DOE in its annual budget request, and Congress earmarked more than $292 million in EERE funds for congressionally directed projects, effectively lowering the EERE budget to $1.95 billion.
See the full history, texts, and related documents on the appropriations act, H.R. 3183, on the Library of Congress' Thomas Web site, as well as the White House press release on the act's approval.
