Energy Dominance Financing Program (EDFP / Section 1706)

Energy Dominance Financing Program

Supports national energy infrastructure through federally backed loan instruments in the United States.

The Energy Dominance Financing Program (EDFP), operating under Section 1706 of the Inflation Reduction Act, is the DOE Office of Energy Dominance Financing's primary loan guarantee vehicle for energy infrastructure projects. Originally enacted as the Energy Infrastructure Reinvestment authority, the program has been rebranded and broadened under the current administration to explicitly encompass nuclear, coal, oil, gas, geothermal, and hydropower generation, as well as critical minerals processing, grid resilience technology, pipeline replacement, refinery retrofitting, and transmission upgrades. Eligible projects must either add energy to the grid, enhance grid reliability, or retool, repower, repurpose, or replace energy infrastructure that has ceased operations. The program is backed by $5 billion in IRA credit subsidy appropriations supporting up to $250 billion in total loan guarantee authority.

Applications are accepted on a rolling basis with no published competitive deadline, but the IRA credit subsidy appropriation expires September 30, 2026, creating a firm window for new conditional commitments. Eligible applicants include for-profit companies, nonprofits, universities, and research organizations with US-based projects; individuals cannot apply directly. Loan guarantees cannot exceed 80 percent of eligible project costs, requiring applicants to secure at least 20 percent from equity or other non-federal sources. No application fee is charged, and third-party advisor costs may be amortized into the loan as eligible project expenses. This is a loan guarantee instrument — repayment of the principal is required.

The process begins with a no-cost pre-application consultation requested at energy.gov/EDF/Pre-App, followed by review under the Title 17 Clean Energy Financing Program Guidance issued in May 2026. The Office of Energy Dominance Financing reviews projects for credit risk, technical feasibility, and policy alignment before proceeding to term sheet negotiations. Given the September 30, 2026 appropriation expiry, applicants pursuing new guarantees under this cycle should initiate pre-application consultations well in advance of that date to allow adequate processing time.