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The US Department of Energy? It was formed in ‘77 prior to that it was the Federal Energy Administration. They added the Energy Research and Development Administration (ERDA) which was just the R&D side of Energy
Apologies for the wrong year
It was created under Carter to address the energy crisis in the 1970s
It was there under the name of Federal Energy Administration lol they renamed when they gave it the nuclear stuff from the Atomic Commission that the NRC didn’t take
Federal energy administration was not a cabinet position
Department of Energy is part of the cabinet
Dude it was literally part of the renaming process and giving Congress more sway 😂 that’s the reason for Cabinet level it gives the Senate a check on the President
The FEA was tasked with managing fuel allocation, pricing regulation, and energy data collection and analysis
This is not research
Okay so first off... The Federal Energy Administration Act created the first U.S. agency with the primary focus on energy and mandated it to collect, assemble, evaluate, and analyze energy information... right there that's called R&D its the beginning of the process so you know what is going on. To further build it out and not create a duplicative entity what did they do I said... oh yeah merge it with the Energy Research and Development Admin to create a unified and cost-effective Department. Congress then got then was smart and because of the power in the office made it Cabinet level to check the presidency as 99% of admin position do not need senate conformation
Pricing regulation
Price of oil quadrupled in 1973. Plus gas lines in 1973 and 1979. Nixon and Carter responded with price controls.
If kids are being taught stupid things the parents need to know. Lack of transparency is a big problem.
Education used to be combined with health and welfare or HEW until 1979
Department of energy was also established in 1979