---
type: Body
title: "Secretary of Energy"
classification: "executive-office"
chamber: "executive"
code: "EXEC-ENERGY-SECRETARY"
parent: "us/executive/energy"
schedule_level: "I"
sources:
  - field: definition
    source: "5 U.S.C. § 5312 (Executive Schedule, Level I)"
confidence: official
tags: [body, executive, executive-office]
timestamp: "2026-07-03"
---

# Secretary of Energy

Cabinet-rank office (Executive Schedule Level I, 5 U.S.C. § 5312), head of the [Department of Energy](/us/executive/energy/index.md).

## Empowered by the U.S. Code

657 sections of the U.S. Code vest authority in this office. A sample:

- [3 U.S.C. § 19](/legal/us/code/title-03/chapter-1/section-19.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 3307](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-33/section-3307.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 421](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-4/section-421.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 5312](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-53/section-5312.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 5595](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-55/section-5595.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 121](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-1/section-121.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 183](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-1/section-183.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 189](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-1/section-189.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 195f](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-1/section-195f.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 321f](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-1/section-321f.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 322](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-1/section-322.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 347](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-1/section-347.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 591](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-1/section-591.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 592](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-1/section-592.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 592a](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-1/section-592a.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 596a](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-1/section-596a.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 822](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-2/section-822.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 944](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-3/section-944.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 945](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-3/section-945.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 981](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-3/section-981.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 981a](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-3/section-981a.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 983](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-3/section-983.md)
- [7 U.S.C. § 2209k](/legal/us/code/title-07/chapter-55/section-2209k.md)
- [7 U.S.C. § 5843](/legal/us/code/title-07/chapter-88/section-5843.md)
- [7 U.S.C. § 8103](/legal/us/code/title-07/chapter-107/section-8103.md)
- …and 632 more (full set in data/section_authority_edges.jsonl)