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Where can I find an official comparison or redline between the DOE's 2024 guidance and the 2025–2026 list?
Executive summary
You asked where to find an official comparison or “redline” between the DOE’s 2024 guidance and the 2025–2026 list. Available search results do not show an explicit DOE redline or side‑by‑side comparison document between a 2024 guidance and a 2025–2026 list; the DOE’s public budget and program documents for FY2025 and FY2026 (Budget in Brief and related volumes) are the closest official sources for year‑to‑year program and funding changes (see DOE FY2025 and FY2026 Budget in Brief materials) [1][2].
1. Why budget documents are the likeliest official comparison point
When federal agencies publish official, comparable changes year to year they most often do so in budget justification and “Budget in Brief” packages; for DOE those are the FY2025 and FY2026 Budget in Brief and Congressional Justification volumes, which list program lines and request changes between enacted and requested years (DOE FY2025 volumes and the FY2026 Budget in Brief are in the results) [1][2].
2. What the available DOE documents show about year‑to‑year changes
The FY2026 DOE Budget in Brief publicly states a $46.3 billion FY2026 discretionary request and frames it as a decrease of $3.5 billion (7 percent) from FY2025 enacted levels, which is an example of the high‑level, line‑item comparisons you will find in those official materials [2]. The FY2025 Congressional Justification volumes likewise include program‑level funding tables and explanatory notes for FY2025 [1].
3. The difference between a funding comparison and a legal “redline”
Budget documents compare dollar amounts and program descriptions; they are not legal redlines showing exact textual deletions/insertions between “guidance” documents or regulatory lists. The provided results do not include a DOE‑produced redline comparing a 2024 guidance text to any 2025–2026 list, and available sources do not mention a DOE redline document of that nature (not found in current reporting) [1][2].
4. Where to look next for an official textual comparison
If you need a line‑by‑line redline of regulatory or guidance text, the typical official places to check are: the Federal Register (for rule preambles and redlines), agency webpages hosting the guidance and proposed/final rules, and the DOE’s program pages that post “final rule” packages or response‑to‑comments and redline attachments. None of the current search results show those kinds of redlines; instead they show budget justification and program overviews [1][2].
5. Congressional and oversight materials that sometimes host comparisons
Congressional reports, CRS products, and appropriations committee materials sometimes summarize or highlight differences in policy or funding year to year. For example, a Congressional Research Service summary cited in the results highlights specific DOE account exceptions between FY2024 and FY2025 appropriations (weapons activities and nonproliferation changes) and mentions committee language about implementing DOE rules—useful context if your comparison is about policy shifts tied to appropriations [3].
6. Practical steps to locate or request an actual redline
Start with the DOE document pages: download the FY2025 Congressional Justification volumes and the FY2026 Budget in Brief (these are present in the search results) and compare program text and tables manually or with a document comparison tool [1][2]. If you need a formal redline of guidance/regulatory text, search the Federal Register and the specific DOE program page for the guidance to see if DOE posted a tracked‑change version or response to comments. If none exists publicly, submit a FOIA request or contact the DOE Office of the Chief Financial Officer or the specific program office; the budget documents list offices and contacts [1][2].
7. Limitations and alternative viewpoints
The available results focus on budget materials and program overviews rather than on a textual regulatory redline; therefore asserting that a DOE redline exists would be unsupported by these sources. Alternative avenues—state agencies, independent analysts, or law firms—sometimes produce unofficial redlines or summaries (not shown in current results except third‑party analyses like law firm or trade pieces), but those are not DOE official documents and should be treated as interpretations [4].
8. Quick reference to the documents in the search results
Download and compare: DOE FY2026 Budget in Brief (DOE/CF‑0218) for FY2026 requests and summaries [2]; DOE FY2025 Congressional Justification volumes (FY2025 budget volumes, e.g., DOE/CF‑0205 Volume 4) for FY2025 program text and tables [1]. For congressional context, consult the CRS product on Energy and Water Development FY2026 appropriations [3].
If you want, I can: (a) extract specific program‑level lines from the FY2025 and FY2026 Budget PDFs in the search results and present a side‑by‑side funding comparison, or (b) draft FOIA/contact language you could use to request an official DOE redline—tell me which you prefer.