(Washington, DC) - U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH), alongside U.S. Representatives Chris Pappas (NH-01) and Maggie Goodlander (NH-02), are urging Energy Secretary Chris Wright and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russ Vought to reinstate a $5 million grant to Brayton Energy, a New Hampshire-based small business that specializes in the development of advanced power and energy technologies. The U.S. Department of Energy awarded the grant in July 2024 to support an innovative energy storage system to enhance grid stability and help reduce industrial costs to strengthen American manufacturing.

In part the delegation wrote, "On October 2, 2025, the Department of Energy notified Brayton Energy that its award for the thermal energy storage project would be terminated in its entirety. This unlawful action does unnecessary and unwarranted harm. It will result in lost jobs directly in the community and further set back efforts to grow American manufacturing jobs through the commercial scale-up of this technology that will be sourced and manufactured entirely in the United States."

The delegation continued, "Given the broadly shared goal of ensuring affordable and reliable energy to meet growing demand, this grant should be fully restored without delay. The low-cost technology being developed by Brayton Energy will add capacity to the power grid by storing energy and dispatching it during times of high demand or unreliability. Regardless of fuel source, energy storage is a valuable tool for addressing challenges facing our grid."

The delegation concluded, "We urge you to reinstate this financial award to Brayton Energy so it can continue its work to improve grid reliability and strengthen American manufacturing."

The full text of the letter can be found here.

The New Hampshire Congressional delegation has championed work to secure federal investments in clean energy and energy efficiency initiatives and lower energy costs across New Hampshire. Shaheen, Hassan and Pappas were key supporters of the Inflation Reduction Act, which included provisions for clean energy and climate investments in New Hampshire.

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