Office of Energy Dominance Financing

EDF’s Energy Dominance Financing Program (EDFP) powered by the Working Families Tax Cut is a core pillar to the Administration’s strategy to help win the global AI race by increasing the nation’s energy supply through new eligibility for clean coal and oil and gas power-generated projects, securing critical mineral supply chains, and reinvigorating the nuclear industry. 

The Energy Dominance Financing Program (Section 1706 or EDF Program) guarantees loans to projects that add energy to the grid or enhance reliability. The program finances projects that:

• Retool, repower, repurpose, or replace energy infrastructure that have ceased operations;
• Enable operating infrastructure to increase capacity and output; or
• Support or enable the provision of known or forecastable electric supply at time intervals necessary to maintain or enhance grid reliability or other system adequacy needs.

The Energy Dominance Financing Program can also finance critical materials projects and secure America’s critical minerals supply chain, reflecting the important applications of critical minerals and materials across the energy sector.

For examples of current Energy Dominance Financing Program projects in EDF's portfolio, see the EDF Portfolio Projects page.

The Energy Dominance Financing Program can support a wide range of outcomes, including: 

• Upgrading or uprating energy infrastructure so it can restart or operate at higher output
• Replacing retired energy infrastructure with new energy infrastructure to increase power available to the grid
• Building new dispatchable or baseload power generation facilities
• Maintaining, enhancing, or replacing electric grid and transmission infrastructure

Under the Trump Administration, the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Dominance Financing (EDF) is ready to partner with the private sector to ensure an affordable, reliable, and secure energy supply for all Americans. EDF offers financing for:

• Energy generation and grid reliability projects
• Innovative energy technology projects
• Manufacturing and advanced transportation projects
• Tribal investment in energy-related projects
• CO2 transportation infrastructure projects

EDF has standard application processes to determine each project’s eligibility, readiness to proceed, and reasonable prospect of repayment. Following the application process, EDF will commence a due diligence phase that is similar to that of commercial lenders. The duration of this process varies based on the applicant’s level of preparation and project complexity, but it typically takes a minimum of six months to more than a year.

If you have a project that may be eligible for financing through the Office of Energy Dominance Financing, please request a no-cost pre-application consultation.