Clean Energy Options for the Stimulus

Published: April 13, 2020, 2:31 p.m.

b"In this week\\u2019s Energy 360, Energy Program Director\\xa0Sarah Ladislaw\\xa0talks with Dan Reicher\\xa0(Stanford's Steyer-Taylor Center for Energy Policy and Finance)\\xa0about\\xa0clean energy options in the economic stimulus packages.\\xa0Dan\\xa0was a\\xa0member of the Obama administration's transition team, which passed a\\xa0$90\\xa0billion clean energy stimulus package. They discuss what lessons could be learned from previous stimulus packages and what new options the Congress and Administration\\xa0have\\xa0to\\xa0revive\\xa0the economy\\xa0which could also\\xa0promote\\xa0clean energy and\\xa0address climate change\\xa0impacts.\\xa0\\nDan is the founding executive director of Stanford's Steyer-Taylor Center for Energy Policy and Finance, formerly Google's director of climate and energy initiatives, DOE assistant secretary for energy efficiency and renewable energy and the Department\\u2019s chief of staff in the Clinton administration, and a member of the Obama administration's transition team and Secretary of Energy Advisory board.\\xa0He recently wrote the op-ed,\\xa0Turning the\\xa0Virus into a Virtue \\u2014 for the Planet."