Subcommittee on Energy
- Type
- Body with AI jurisdiction and named seats
- Place
- United States
- Last checked
- 2026-09-22
- Next check due
- 2026-12-21
Named seats
- David McCormick — chair, R, PA
- Ruben Gallego — ranking, D, AZ
Official, up-to-date list of members Verified
Ways to reach them
- Public submission route
Its AI responsibilities
DOE programs, the national laboratories, grid reliability and electricity markets — the subcommittee-level venue for data-center load growth, transmission, and DOE's role in AI compute and model evaluation.
Current business
UNVERIFIED for a named 2026 subcommittee AI hearing; AI-and-energy work has largely been at full committee.
Public route
Full-committee contact page https://www.energy.senate.gov/contact.
Research note
Leadership verified 2026-09-22 from senate.gov SSEG subcommittee roster. Note S.2938 would site an advanced-AI risk evaluation program at DOE, which would put frontier-model testing into this subcommittee's orbit.