# Hydropower & Hydrokinetic (formerly Water Power Technologies - EERE)

**Agency:** Energy  
**Account:** Non-Defense (Non-050)  
**Source document:** Energy Programs · p. 17  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/budget/energy/hydropower-hydrokinetic-formerly-water-power-technologies-eere  

> **Trust:** parsed from the agency Congressional Justification. Approximate, **not summable**, verify at the cited page.

## Funding ($M)

| Fiscal year | Basis | Amount |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FY2025 | enacted | 300.0 |
| FY2026 | enacted | 220.0 |
| FY2027 | request | 125.0 |

## Energy discretionary budget authority (OMB PBDB — authoritative)

FY2027 $36.30B, FY2026 $58.20B. This is the agency total, not a sum of the parsed lines.


## What this funds

Funds research and development to expand U.S. production capabilities for hydropower and hydrokinetic technologies, supporting reliable, low-cost baseload electricity generation.


**Where it sits:** Civilian / Non-Defense › Energy › Energy Programs › Non-Defense (Non-050) › Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation (CMEI)


*HitchAI is an independent intelligence service, not affiliated with the U.S. government. Civilian line dollars are parsed from agency Congressional Justifications and are approximate.*