Cost-Share Accountability Act of 2025
Companies and researchers that receive federal energy grants are typically required to pay a share of the project costs, but the Department of Energy has the authority to lower or waive that contribution. This bill requires the Department to publish quarterly reports detailing every time it reduces or eliminates these cost-sharing obligations. The public reports must be sent to congressional committees and posted online, allowing lawmakers and the public to see which recipients were excused from putting up their own money.
What this bill touches.
Who it helps · who it burdens.
Who it helps
- Congressional energy and appropriations committeesReceive quarterly reports from the Department of Energy detailing instances where non-federal cost-sharing requirements were reduced or waived.
Who it burdens
- Department of EnergyMust prepare and submit quarterly reports to specified congressional committees and the public whenever it exercises authority to reduce or waive non-federal cost-sharing requirements.
The provisions, in plain language.
Requires the Department of Energy to submit quarterly public reports to Congress detailing each time the agency reduces or waives required non-federal cost-sharing for research, development, demonstration, and commercial application projects, beginning within 120 days of enactment.