Department Of Energy And Environment

Department Of Energy And Environment (DOEE), the environmental protection and energy agency for the District of Columbia, operates as a federal grant recipient across environmental management, air quality, water quality, energy efficiency, and wildlife conservation programs, receiving nearly all of its federal funding through formula and project grants rather than contracts. DOEE is a U.S. local government entity—a division of the District of Columbia government—and competes for federal funding exclusively through grant mechanisms, with 99 percent of its recent federal awards arriving as prime recipient grants and one percent as sub-recipient grants.

DOEE's federal grant portfolio centers on environmental regulation, remediation, and community resilience. Representative prime grant work includes a $23.4 million Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) award from the Department of Health and Human Services to support energy assistance for low-income District households through September 2027; a $12.1 million Construction Grants for Wastewater Treatment Works award from EPA Region 3 to design and construct ten green infrastructure and stormwater management projects across the District, extending through September 2030; a $4.07 million Air Pollution Control Program Support award from EPA Region 3 under CFDA 66.001 to implement air quality monitoring, permitting, and enforcement activities; and a $6.5 million Lead Hazard Reduction Demonstration Grant from the Department of Housing and Urban Development to conduct lead-based paint hazard identification, control, and abatement in pre-1960 housing occupied by low-income families with children under age six. DOEE also received a $3 million Climate Pollution Reduction Grants cooperative agreement from EPA Region 3 to develop Priority and Comprehensive Climate Action Plans for the District and the surrounding Metropolitan Washington region, with subawards to the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments and community partners.

Customer concentration is heavily weighted to EPA and the Department of Interior. EPA (both the national agency and EPA Region 3 specifically) anchors the portfolio with 201 combined awards; the Department of Interior Fish and Wildlife Service (both national and Region 5) accounts for 83 awards; and the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families holds 25 awards. These five customer names cover 65 percent of award count. By potential value, Smithsonian Institution ($85 thousand across nine awards) leads dollar concentration, though this reflects the source's capture of small service contracts (fire and EMT services, security) alongside the major grant programs. EPA Region 3 dominates the dollar-weighted ranking through large construction and formula grants for water quality, air quality, and hazardous waste management.

DOEE's federal grant work is distributed across EPA formula and project grants (water quality management under CFDA 66.454 and 66.418; nonpoint source management under CFDA 66.319; air quality monitoring and control under CFDA 66.001 and related air programs; hazardous waste and underground storage tank programs under CFDA 66.801, 66.804, 66.805), Department of Energy weatherization and energy efficiency programs (CFDA 81.041, 81.117, and State Energy Program awards), Department of Interior Fish and Wildlife Service state wildlife grants and sport fish restoration programs (CFDA 15.634, 15.605), Department of Health and Human Services LIHEAP and low-income energy programs (CFDA 93.568), and smaller awards from FEMA, the Department of Agriculture, and other agencies. DOEE also receives federal funding to administer the District's voluntary cleanup program, brownfields assessment, CERCLA Section 128(a) response programs, and disaster resilience planning. No subcontract or sub-grant footprint of significance appears in the source; DOEE occasionally issues subawards to universities (University of the District of Columbia for PFAS laboratory work), non-profit organizations, and other local government entities (Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments for watershed coordination), but prime recipient status is consistent across its portfolio.

The award trajectory has been volatile across the five-year window in the source, ranging from 37 awards in 2022 to a recent low of 18 in 2025, with 2024 returning to 37. The most recent data point (July 2026) shows only two awards, suggesting incomplete year-end capture. Thirty-seven awards carry ultimate completion dates within the next twenty-four months and therefore face recompete or renewal decisions. DOEE's federal portfolio is essentially grant-driven and formula-driven, with no presence on government-wide contract vehicles, multiple award schedules, or commercial IDIQs. The agency's role is to administer federal environmental, energy, and conservation programs at the District level, with compliance, reporting, and program delivery as core functions rather than commercial service provision.