Buy American Act compliance

Buy American Act compliance in the Energy, Power and Commodities sector is tightening, driven by Federal Acquisition Regulation updates and heightened enforcement scrutiny from the U.S. Department of Energy and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission over domestically sourced components in grid infrastructure, generation assets, and commodities-related procurement. The U.S. Office of Management and Budget's 2022 final rule raised domestic content thresholds to 60 percent, with a phased climb to 75 percent by 2029, and energy sector contractors are now mapping supplier chains against those thresholds before renewal cycles hit. Waiver documentation, country-of-origin certification gaps, and subcontractor flow-down obligations are where enforcement exposure is concentrating.