The New Energy Reality
Speaker: Clay Sell, Deputy Secretary and Chief Operating Officer, U.S. Department of Energy
Date: Thursday, January 17, 2008
Time: 2:00 pm-3:00 pm; reception follows
Location: Bartos Theatre, Media Lab (E15-070)
Sponsor: MIT Energy Initiative
Abstract
The United States is faced with a new and different energy reality: high prices worldwide, changing world conditions as evidenced by more vulnerable infrastructure and a trend toward resource nationalism, and the challenges posed by global climate change. The United States must continue to take real action to address future energy needs within this new reality. Ongoing and future programs and initiatives are discussed in terms of how they will help enable the United States to meet these new energy challenges.
About the speaker
Clay Sell has been Deputy Secretary and Chief Operating Officer of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) since March 2005. As such, he plays a vital role in maintaining and strengthening the economic and national security of the Nation while supporting the important scientific and research missions conducted by DOE. Prior to coming to DOE, Mr. Sell served as a Special Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs, specializing in coordinating and promoting the President's legislative agenda in the U.S. Senate with a primary focus in the policy areas of energy, natural resources, budget, and appropriations. He has also served as a member of the President's National Economic Council, as Special Assistant to the President for Economic Policy, and as Staff Director and Majority Clerk of the Senate Energy and Water Development Appropriations Subcommittee. Before moving to Washington, Mr. Sell practiced law in Texas. He received his bachelor's degree from Texas Tech University and his J.D. from the University of Texas School of Law.
