Definition of "energy department" [energy department]

• The federal department responsible for maintaining a national energy policy of the United States; created in 1977 (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "Meanwhile, talks between Scottish Power and the energy department for a prototype CCS scheme are close to collapse."
• "The problem with settling Mars is this: despite its dazzling desert environment if you consider frozen dry tundra's dazzling, Mars is not the most ideal location when it comes to the energy department."
• "While with the energy department, he had security clearance for atomic or nuclear related materials."