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U.S. Department of Energy



Energy, U.S. Department of, cabinet-level agency created Aug. 1977 to centralize national energy planning. The new department consolidated activities previously conducted by the Department of the Interior, the Energy Research and Development Administration, the Federal Energy Administration, and the Federal Power Commission.



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