1 FAM 460
BUREAU OF Energy Resources (ENR)
(CT:ORG-288; 10-22-2012)
(Office of Origin: EB-ENR/EX)
1 FAM 461 ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR
Energy Resources (ENR)
1 FAM 461.1 Responsibilities
(CT:ORG-257; 02-16-2012)
a. The Assistant Secretary for Energy Resources (ENR):
(1) Reports to the Under Secretary for Economic
Growth, Energy, and the Environment (E);
(2) Formulates and implements international policies
aimed at protecting and advancing U.S. energy security interests by effective
management of U.S. bilateral and multilateral relations in the fields of
petroleum, natural gas, biofuels, renewable energy, nuclear, and other energy
resources policy;
(3) Provides, in coordination with the Assistant
Secretaries of the regional bureaus and other functional bureaus and offices,
an adequate, regular flow of information concerning the U.S. Government's
international energy policy, legislative developments, and diplomatic exchanges,
especially on matters that may result in negotiations and representations
abroad;
(4) Has substantive and coordinating responsibility
for 1 FAM 460,
Bureau of Energy Resources (ENR);
(5) Has substantive and coordinating responsibility
for U.S. energy policy towards key energy producing and consuming countries,
including on interagency efforts relating to global energy development and
transportation;
(6) Coordinates the bureaus efforts on energy
diplomacy with U.S. Government and State Department policy and programs on arms
control and nonproliferation, related to nuclear energy; and
(7) Conducts policy analysis that covers broad areas
of our foreign economic policy in five functional areas:
(a) Hydrocarbon Resources;
(b) Alternative and Renewable Energy Resources;
(c) Commercial Nuclear Energy Markets;
(d) Electricity, Energy Efficiency, and Energy Poverty;
and
(e) Energy Transparency and Resource Governance.
b. The bureau is composed of four directorates, each
headed by a deputy assistant secretary and reporting to the Assistant Secretary
for Energy Resources:
(1) Energy Governance and Access (ENR/EGA);
(2) Bureau Implementation and Coordination;
(3) Energy Diplomacy (ENR/EDP); and
(4) Energy Transformation (ENR/ETR).
1 FAM 461.2 Organization
(CT:ORG-257; 02-16-2012)
See 1 FAM Exhibit
461.2 for an organization chart of the Bureau of Energy Resources (ENR).
1 FAM 461.3 Authorities
(CT:ORG-257; 02-16-2012)
The following authorities apply, as appropriate, to energy
policy and functions:
(1) 22 U.S.C. 2651a and 22 U.S.C. 2656;
(2) Public Law 110-140, section 931, regarding energy
diplomacy and security, and establishing the office of Coordinator for
International Energy Affairs within the Department;
(3) 22 U.S.C. 290p, regarding the International Renewable
Energy Agency (IRENA);
(4) Delegation of Authority 293-2, dated October 23,
2011, Section 2(e)(2), regarding the authorities of Assistant Secretaries; and
(5) Other authorities, as appropriate.
1 FAM 462 Principal DEPUTY ASSISTANT
SECRETARY FOR Energy Governance and Access (ENR/EGA)
(CT:ORG-257; 02-16-2012)
a. The Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy
Governance and Access (ENR/EGA):
(1) Formulates policy recommendations to the Assistant
Secretary for Energy Resources and coordinates activities of the Office of
Energy Diplomacy and the Office of Energy Transformation to further U.S. energy
security policy;
(2) Coordinates and designs education and training
activities for Foreign Service, Civil Service, and locally employed staff to
build and maintain subject-matter expertise on U.S. energy security and energy
issues;
(3) Acts as the primary conduit for public diplomacy
and public relations between the Bureau of Energy Resources, foreign
governments and populations, and domestic and foreign press;
(4) Implements and oversees strategic initiatives
instituted and operated by the Bureau of Energy Resources; and
(5) Serves as the U.S. member of the Board of
Governors of the International Energy Agency (IEA).
b. The following offices serve under the direction of
the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy Governance and Access
(ENR/EGA):
(1) Office of Policy Analysis and Public Diplomacy
(ENR/EGA/PAPD); and
(2) Office of Energy Programs (ENR/EGA/EP).
1 FAM 463 DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY
FOR bureau implementation and coordination
(CT:ORG-257; 02-16-2012)
a. The position of Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) for
Bureau Implementation and Coordination will exist in the office of the
Assistant Secretary for a period of 2 years from and after the establishment of
the Bureau of Energy Resources.
b. The DAS has primary responsibility for the
organization, development, and implementation of the bureau. This includes:
(1) Overseeing the structure and development of the
bureau;
(2) Determining appropriate staffing and resource
levels for the bureau; and
(3) Working with the Deputy Secretaries, the Under
Secretary for Management, the Assistant Secretary for Administration, and the
Director of the Office of U.S. Foreign Assistance, to ensure that the Bureau of
Energy Resources (ENR) has sufficient resources to carry out its mandate.
1 FAM 464 DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY
FOR Energy diplomacy (ENr/edp)
(CT:ORG-288; 10-22-2012)
a. The Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy Diplomacy
(ENR/EDP):
(1) Develops policy recommendations and has
responsibility within the Department for:
(a) Advancing global, regional, and bilateral engagement
with energy producing and consuming countries, including acting as the primary
interlocutor for engagement with the Organization of Petroleum Exporting
Countries (OPEC), International Energy Forum (IEF), and other organizations and
forums that address fossil fuel and related energy issues;
(b) Developing, executing, and supporting initiatives
that promote stable and fair energy markets; and
(c) Initiatives that further overall U.S. energy
security objectives and policies with respect to petroleum, natural gas, and
other fossil fuel resources; and
(2) Works closely with other U.S. Government agencies,
overseas posts and regional bureaus, and the U.S. private sector to address and
resolve global and regional energy and energy market disputes, including
resource conflict resolution, fossil fuel producer, and consumer country
coordination, and phasing out of inefficient fossil fuel subsidies.
b. The following offices serve under the direction of
the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy Diplomacy (ENR/EDP):
(1) Office of Europe, the
Western Hemisphere, and Africa (ENR/EDP/EWA);
and
(2) Office of the Middle
East and Asia (ENR/EDP/MEA).
1 FAM 465 DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY
FOR Energy Transformation (ENR/ETr)
(CT:ORG-257; 02-16-2012)
a. The Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy
Transformation (ENR/ETR):
(1) Develops U.S. foreign policy recommendations,
based on U.S. energy security priorities, on the promotion, advancement, and
deployment of alternative and renewable fuels internationally;
(2) Engages in international bilateral and
multilateral forums to represent U.S. interests in the development of
alternative and renewable fuels and markets, and heads U.S. engagement with the
International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA);
(3) Develops policy recommendations and programmatic
solutions to promote global energy access, particularly in impoverished
countries and regions, through energy access and market creation; and
(4) Promotes energy efficiency, storage, and
smart-grid technologies internationally to reduce energy consumption in
countries struggling with inefficiencies in the production, transportation, and
tracking of energy consumption.
b. The following offices serve under the direction of
the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy Transformation:
(1) Office of Alternative and Renewable Energy
(ENR/ETR/ARE); and
(2) Office of Electricity and Energy Efficiency
(ENR/ETR/EEE).
1 FAM 466 Executive Director
(EB-ENR/EX)
(CT:ORG-257; 02-16-2012)
a. The Executive Director (EB-ENR/EX) directs the
provision of the full range of administrative services to the bureau, including
organization, budget, personnel, supplies, security, and other administrative
services. See 1
FAM 116.
b. The Executive Director also serves in the same
capacity for the Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs (EB). See 1 FAM 428.
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1 FAM EXHIBIT 461.2
BUREAU OF ENERGY RESOURCES (ENR)
(CT:ORG-288; 10-22-2012)
