The CMU Scott Institute for Energy Innovation presents: Virtual Distinguished Lecture with Jay Hakes
When: April 27th, 2021 at 3:30PM
Where: Zoom
Join the Wilton E. Scott Institute for Energy Innovation (Carnegie Mellon University) and The Payne Institute for Public Policy (Colorado School of Mines) for a virtual distinguished lecture with Jay Hakes, Presidential and Energy Historian, Author, and former Administrator of the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
Jay Hakes is an expert on U.S. energy policy. Hakes has a long history of working on energy issues, including as Administrator of the U.S. Energy Information Administration during the Clinton administration and as Director for Research and Policy for President Obama’s BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Commission. He also served for thirteen years as the Director of the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library. Hakes is the author of numerous articles and the 2008 book A Declaration of Energy Independence: How Freedom from Foreign Oil Can Improve National Security, Our Economy, and the Environment. His April 2021 book is Energy Crises: Nixon, Ford, Carter, and Tough Choices in the 1970s.