The Loan Programs Office (LPO) employs rigorous risk mitigant and portfolio management processes. This page provides a comprehensive look at the tools LPO has employed in order to meet its mandate and responsibly steward taxpayer resources, as well as other resources about LPO’s application and evaluation processes.
Risk Management and Good Governance
Resources describing LPO’s risk management practices and instituted good governance measures. In the following blog posts, you can read about how LPO has evolved and improved, established a proactive risk management culture, and implemented key reforms from legislation and outside recommendations.
- How the DOE Loan Programs Office Understands and Manages Portfolio Credit Risk (blog)
- Managing Risk, Monitoring a Growing Portfolio, and Protecting Taxpayers (blog)
- Energy Act of 2020, BIL Implementation (blog)
- LPO’s Rigorous Due Diligence of Projects in a Global Supply Chain (blog)
Application and Underwriting Process
Resources providing an overview of LPO’s application and underwriting processes, steps in the application process, and details on specific LPO programs.
- Application Process
- Applicant Resources
- Top 10 Questions All Applicants Should Ask Before Applying to LPO (blog)
- Investing With the Loan Programs Office (blog)
- How Investors Can Invest in LPO Projects (blog)
- LPO’s Loans and Loan Guarantees: Overview and Characteristics of its Financing Options (blog)
- What is a Conditional Commitment and How is it Different from a Loan or Loan Guarantee? (blog)
- What Does an Invitation to Submit a Part II Application Mean for Title 17 Applicants? (blog)
- LPO’s Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program (blog)
- Program Guidance for Title 17 Clean Energy Financing (document)
- Guidance for Applicants to the ATVM Loan Program (document)
- Loan Guarantee Solicitation Announcement: Federal Loan Guarantees for Tribal Energy Development Projects (document)
- CIFIA Program Guide (document)
Governing Documents
Resources providing background on LPO programs’ history, including authorization and appropriations, related program-specific guidance, and legacy program guidance.
- Governing Documents for the Title 17 Program
- Governing Documents for the ATVM Loan Program
- Governing Documents for the CIFIA Program
- Governing Documents for the Tribal Energy Finance Program
Public Reporting
Resources providing regular updates on portfolio projects and metrics on a recurring basis, as well as reports provided to Congress on the LPO portfolio on a recurring basis.
- Portfolio Status
- Portfolio Projects
- Annual Portfolio Status Report
- Monthly Application Activity Report
- Report on the Status of Applications for, and Projects Receiving Guarantees under the Title 17 Loan Guarantee Program (Energy Act of 2020 (42 U.S.C. § 16512(m)), March 2023) (document)
- Report on the Status of Projects Supported by a Loan under the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Program (Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (42 U.S.C. § 17013(m)), November 2023) (document)