Commodities
Key US Energy Data Delayed or Suspended After DOGE Cuts
Photovoltaic modules for solar panels at a factory in Suqian.
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The US government’s energy statistics agency has delayed a key uranium report and suspended an annual solar analysis, marking some of the first impacts on industry data as Trump administration staff cuts take hold.
The disruption to what used to be routine Energy Information Administration reports stems directly from sweeping staff cuts, according to a person familiar with the situation. The independent Energy Department unit lost more than 100 of its roughly 350-person workforce amid buyouts and other streamlining efforts spearheaded by the government-efficiency push formerly led by Elon Musk.