![]() Written with the assistance of Mackinlee Rogers, a fall clerk in the Husch Blackwell LLP Austin, Texas office. Responses to the RFI must be submitted by 5 p.m. This DPA RFI is not limited to transformer technology and encompasses electric grid components solar photovoltaics insulation materials electrolyzers, platinum group metals, and fuel cells for clean hydrogen. DOE’s financial support could provide transformer manufacturers with demand certainty with a commitment to purchase a specified quantity. For example, DOE could expand domestic manufacturing capacity for transformers or key material inputs with direct financial support. The Defense Production Act 1 (DPA) is a 1950, Cold War-era law that allows the federal government to intervene in private contracts when there is a. Essentially, the Defense Production Act gives the President the power to require various businesses and companies to shift their priorities to suit the governments needs during a time of war. Using DPA authority, DOE could provide supply chains with purchases, purchase commitments, and financial assistance. Energy equity, community access, and economic benefitĭPA authority provides DOE an opportunity to diversify its approach of investment in key technology areas essential to the U.S.Domestic manufacturing, including small and medium-sized scale facilities.Technology supply chain challenges and opportunities The Defense Production Act: What Government Contractors Need to Know Written on ApIn mid-March, President Trump signed an executive order to invoke the Defense Production Act of 1950 (DPA), requiring private companies to prioritize government orders of essential supplies to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. ![]() To achieve this goal, DOE seeks public input on how to use the DPA to address: The Defense Production Act includes a range of authorities including issuing loans to expand a vendor’s capacity, controlling the distribution of a company’s products and the more commonly used. ![]() Public input will aid in DOE’s design of DPA actions to boost clean energy in beneficial ways for national security and fuel price reductions.ĭOE aims to increase manufacturing output and deployment rate of key clean energy technologies. power grid reliability, and increase economic prosperity. The Department of Energy (DOE) issued a request for information (RFI) from the public on how the DOE could best leverage the Defense Production Act (DPA) to stimulate domestic manufacturing of clean energy technologies and bolster national security, strengthen U.S. ![]()
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