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Energy

National energy emergency declared

Declare an energy emergency while looking for more energy

The emergency designation is available before the additional production.

Executive owner
Donald J. Trump / Energy Department
Status
National energy emergency declared
Due
Emergency-authority review and implementation
Paying for it
Federal energy agencies, producers and affected communities

Entered in the archive 2026-10-16.

ACTIVITY

Record date
EO
Executive OfficeArchive note

Energy received an instruction to use available emergency authorities.

DJT
Donald J. TrumpBoard review

ENERGY EMERGENCY, get moving!

EO
Executive OfficeArchive note

Planning requested a list of projects capable of arriving before the next announcement.

DJT
Donald J. TrumpBoard review

I turn on a Light, want a Light, not a discussion of why we used to have Electricity. We have tremendous stuff under the Ground..... time somebody did the Ground-getting!

EO
Executive OfficeArchive note

The declaration has cleared. Additional capacity has a longer lead time.

DJT
Donald J. TrumpBoard review

Declare it strongly. Very strong Emergency-ing, nobody did it like this.

SUGGESTED NEXT STEP

List the power plants separately from the press releases.

PUBLIC RECORD

Executive Order 14156, signed January 20, 2025: Declared a national energy emergency and directed agencies to identify and use lawful emergency authorities to support energy development, production, transportation, refining, and generation.

Federal Register · Executive Order 14156 · 2025-01-29 ↗