From Text to Tech: How the US Government is Expanding the Energy and Climate Toolbox

An RFF Live event at the Energy Insights 2022 Conference exploring how the federal government can spur energy innovation

Date

Dec. 9, 2022

Time

1:00–2:00 p.m. ET

Participants

Sally Benson, Julie Cerqueira, Jennifer Gerbi, Jetta Wong, and Richard G. Newell

Event Series

RFF Live

Event Details

The federal government is a powerful tool to drive large-scale energy and climate innovation. With the passage of several sweeping bills in the past 18 months—including the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, the CHIPS and Science Act, and the Inflation Reduction Act—the United States is pouring more money than ever before into expanding the technological toolset available to reduce carbon and other greenhouse gas emissions.

Join Resources for the Future (RFF) and the Sloan Foundation next Friday, December 9, for the closing session of the Energy Insights 2022 conference. This panel discussion will bring together multi-agency perspectives on how the federal government is leveraging funding, networks, and tools to drive energy innovation in the United States.

Although the full conference is by invitation only, we welcome the public to join us for this discussion.

Speakers

Sally Benson, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
Julie Cerqueira, US Department of Energy
Jennifer Gerbi, Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy
Jetta Wong, US General Services Administration
Richard G. Newell, Resources for the Future (Moderator)

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Energy Insights 2022

This event is part of the Energy Insights 2022 Conference, hosted by Resources for the Future and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

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Participants

Sally Benson

Deputy Director for Energy, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy

Julie Cerqueira

Assistant Secretary, Office of International Affairs, US Department of Energy

Jennifer Gerbi

Acting Director, Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy

Jetta Wong

Senior Advisor on Climate to the Administrator, US General Services Administration

Richard G. Newell

President and CEO, Resources for the Future

Dr. Richard G. Newell is the President and CEO of Resources for the Future. From 2009 to 2011, he served as the administrator of the US Energy Information Administration, the agency responsible for official US government energy statistics and analysis.

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