Department of Energy in Massachusetts

Energy awards tagged to Massachusetts

Department of Energy as awarding agency, Massachusetts as place-of-performance: 581 records summing to $1,986,256,733.33. A Department of Energy award coded outside MA is out. An award in Massachusetts from a different awarding agency is out even if the topic sounds related. Massachusetts (MA) excludes New Hampshire, Vermont, New York, Connecticut, and Rhode Island. A Rhode Island-coded award is RI even if a Cambridge lab later invoices it. NNSA, science labs, and other Energy components are unpublished splits inside awarding agency 089.

Five hundred eighty-one awards against $1,986,256,733.33 is a thin, high-mean Energy file, thicker than Maryland Energy in this slice but still far from a VA-style action flood. Unique recipients are unpublished. Do not read 581 as 581 unique named labs, unique contractors, or megawatt capacity. The overlay Department of Energy in Massachusetts is the both-keys table. Massachusetts federal spending is the all-agency state hub. Department of Energy is the agency book without an MA filter. All spending ties lists other joins.

Cambridge, Woods Hole, and a Route 128 contractor story are ordinary speech, not published shares of $1,986,256,733.33. Correlation is not causation: Massachusetts did not “cause” $1,986,256,733.33 by existing as a large or small place. Population and outcome scores are not packet facts. The join is 089 × MA only.

Not a Cambridge lab roster or PI census

$1,986,256,733.33 does not measure named labs, unique contractors, or megawatt capacity. Those series are not USAspending fields on this aggregate. The cell sums award obligations with awarding-agency code 089 and an MA place-of-performance tag. NNSA, science labs, and other Energy components are unpublished splits inside awarding agency 089.

Do not treat 581 awards as a census of named labs, unique contractors, or megawatt capacity. Parent hubs are supposed to be larger than this pair. If Massachusetts federal spending or Department of Energy matched $1,986,256,733.33 and 581, the join would be pointless. Use the overlay when both keys must stay on. New Hampshire, Connecticut, and New York Energy joins are other pairs, not addends.

Questions

How much has the Department of Energy obligated in Massachusetts?

USAspending.gov records $1,986,256,733.33 across 581 awards with awarding agency 089 and a Massachusetts tag. That is an obligation join, not an outlay and not a count of named labs, unique contractors, or megawatt capacity. Department of Energy in Massachusetts is the live overlay for this pair. Keep both keys when quoting $1,986,256,733.33.

Is $1,986,256,733.33 a measure of named labs, unique contractors, or megawatt capacity?

No. The packet publishes $1,986,256,733.33 and 581 awards for agency 089 inside MA coding. Those other series are unpublished here. Unique recipients are unpublished. Quote the dollar total and the award count together. Obligations are not outlays.

Why does this Energy file have 581 awards?

That is the award-record count for 089 × MA. Combined with $1,986,256,733.33, the average is about $3.42 million. Modifications and repeat instruments add rows. 581 is not unique named labs, unique contractors, or megawatt capacity. Later ingests can revise the count. Prefer the overlay if the table moved.

Where is the live Energy–Massachusetts table?

Department of Energy in Massachusetts is the overlay. Massachusetts federal spending and Department of Energy are the parents, not addends. All spending ties lists other pairs. Keep both sides of the join when citing $1,986,256,733.33. USAspending.gov is the source. Obligations are not outlays.