Reorganization at DOE EERE Office

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DOE office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) is going through a major restructuring by Assistant Secretary for EERE David Garman. Announced in mid-March and to take effect on May 1, the changes will streamline operations of the office, reducing the number of layers in the EERE hierarchy from as many as eight currently to only four. Thirty-one program offices will be combined into 11: Solar; Wind and Hydropower; Geothermal; Building Technologies; Distributed Energy, Electricity Infrastructure and Reliability; Industrial Technologies; FreedomCAR and Vehicle Technologies; Hydrogen and Infrastructure; Weatherization and Intergovernmental Grants; and Federal Energy Management Program. Garman says there will be no reduction in work force as a result of the reorganization.