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In Utah, we know what it takes to do things right. We don’t need federal lectures about energy efficiency — we live it every day. When you’re heating a home through a mountain winter or running a small business on a tight budget, you learn to work smart.

The latest polling found that voters are broadly supportive of the Department of Energy, though many were undecided, suggesting a lack of public attention to the topic. Voters supported common sense reforms such as merit-based hiring and promotion and standardized applications. Voters support an all of the above approach, believing the DOE should support all energy sources except for coal. Voters also support investments across all stages of technological development. Only 1 in 10 voters support cuts to the Loan Programs Office (LPO). 

As Congress pushes forward on the 2025 Big Beautiful Bill reconciliation bill, a new nationwide survey from the Rainey Center offers key insights into voter preferences on energy investment, tax cuts, and fiscal tradeoffs. The findings reveal strong bipartisan support for expanding domestic energy production and durable support for tech-neutral energy tax credits, even after opposition messaging. As Congress debates reconciliation, the strong preferences of voters for technology-neutral tax credits should be reflected in the legislation.