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Department of Energy in New Mexico

Federal obligations from Department of Energy to New Mexico

Total obligated

$185.29B

Awards

444

USAspending.gov records $186,196,163,389 in Department of Energy obligations coded to agency 089 with New Mexico place of performance, across only 424 awards. That is a high dollar total on a very short row list. Average obligation per award is about $439,141,895 — a ratio of two packet facts, not a typical lab contract.

Key figures

  • DOE (089) in New Mexico: $186,196,163,389 across 424 awards.
  • Average obligation per award is about $439,141,895.
  • The total is obligations, not outlays, and not nationwide Energy.
  • NM is place of performance, not a lab-only split.

What the Energy–New Mexico join is

Awarding agency 089 and place-of-performance state NM meet here. $186,196,163,389 is the obligation sum on awards that carry both tags. It is not DOE’s nationwide budget, not New Mexico’s entire federal inflow, and not cash already paid. National-lab folklore may send a reader here; those stories are not packet NAICS.

424 is a very modest action count beside $186.2 billion in commitments. A few large awards can dominate a dollar total even when the row count looks tiny. The join does not rank New Mexico against other states and does not name the laboratories inside the extract.

Open Department of Energy in New Mexico for the filtered table, New Mexico federal spending for all agencies, Department of Energy for agency 089 nationwide, and All spending ties for other pairs.

A short award list next to a large dollar total

Dividing $186,196,163,389 by 424 yields about $439,141,895 per award on average. That average hides contracts, grants, and other instruments. It is not a typical Los Alamos line and not a typical Sandia line — those names are not packet fields. Repeat awards and modifications still add rows; 424 is not a unique-recipient census.

Lab folklore may explain why a reader opens this pair. Those stories are not packet NAICS. Agency names and recipient rows live on the overlay table, not in this narrative’s extra columns.

Full analysis: Department of Energy federal obligations in New Mexico (agency 089)

Questions

How much has the Energy Department obligated in New Mexico?
USAspending.gov records $186,196,163,389 in obligations for awarding agency 089 with New Mexico place of performance, covering 424 awards. That is an obligation total, not an outlay total, and not DOE’s nationwide budget. Original filings remain on the source sites.
Why are there so few DOE awards in New Mexico relative to the dollars?
The extract lists 424 award actions totaling $186,196,163,389. A short row list can still hold a large dollar total if a few awards dominate. Average obligation per award is about $439,141,895, a ratio, not a typical lab contract. Unique recipients are not published here.
Does place of performance mean the money stayed in New Mexico?
No. New Mexico is a USAspending geography tag on awards that also carry agency 089. Work, subcontracting, or later modifications can occur elsewhere. $186,196,163,389 is not proof that every dollar was disbursed to New Mexico residents. Original filings remain on the source sites.
Where is the live Energy–New Mexico table?
Department of Energy in New Mexico is the overlay. New Mexico federal spending shows all agencies in the state. Department of Energy shows agency 089 without a state filter. All spending ties lists other pairs. Original filings remain on the source sites.

USAspending.gov aggregate of federal obligations by state and awarding agency. Obligations are not outlays.

How this pair fits

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