Clean Energy Demonstration Transparency Act of 2025
The Clean Energy Demonstration Transparency Act of 2025 would amend the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) to require the Department of Energy (DOE) to produce new, regular public reports on clean energy demonstration projects. Beginning six months after enactment and then at least semiannually, DOE must provide and publicly publish a detailed report for each covered project. The reports must include: (1) copies of initial contracts or financial assistance agreements with recipients (and related documentation as the Secretary deems appropriate), (2) a list of material milestones that have been met or not, and (3) any material modifications to the project’s scope, schedule, funding profile (including cost-share), partners, participating entities, or budget. The Secretary must coordinate these reports with other reporting requirements where practicable. The reports are sent to specified House and Senate committees and their appropriations panels and will be publicly accessible online. In short, the bill adds a formal, ongoing transparency requirement for DOE’s clean energy demonstration projects, aimed at improving congressional and public visibility into project contracts, milestones, and changes.
Key Points
- 1Adds a new “Further reports” requirement to the IIJA, specifically to Section 41201(h).
- 2Reporting cadence: not later than six months after enactment, then at least semiannually.
- 3Recipients and recipients’ information: reports must cover each covered project or demonstration project supported by the program and include copies of initial contracts or financial assistance agreements (plus related documentation as appropriate).
- 4Milestones and modifications: must list material milestones met or not and note any material changes to scope, schedule, funding profile (including cost-sharing), project partners or participating entities, or budget.
- 5Public accessibility: reports must be publicly available in digital online format.
- 6Congressional oversight: reports go to the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee and the House Appropriations Committee, and to the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and the Senate Appropriations Committee.
- 7Streamlining: the Secretary should coordinate these reports with other required reporting (e.g., those under paragraph (1) and section 9005(e) of the Energy Act of 2020) to reduce duplication.