Principals
Norman Augustine
Retired Chairman and CEO, Lockheed Martin: Former Undersecretary of the Army
Mark Burns
President, Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. and a Vice President of General Dynamics
Thomas F. Farrell II
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Dominion Energy
Who We Are
AEIC members include: Norm Augustine, former chairman and CEO of Lockheed Martin; Mark Burns, President, Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. and a Vice President of General Dynamics; Dr. Wanda Austin, Former CEO and President, The Aerospace Corporation; Neal Blue, chairman & CEO, General Atomics; John Doerr, partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers; Anthony F. Early, Jr., chairman, CEO and president, PG&E Corporation; Jay Faison, Founder and CEO, ClearPath Foundation; Thomas A. Fanning, Chairman, President and CEO, Southern Company; Thomas F. Farrell II, chairman, president and CEO, Dominion Energy; Bill Gates, chairman and former CEO of Microsoft; Mike Graff, chairman and CEO of American Air Liquide Holdings; and Chad Holliday, chairman of Bank of America and former chairman and CEO of DuPont. Ursula Burns, CEO of Xerox; Jeff Immelt, chairman and CEO of GE; and Tom Linebarger, chairman and CEO of Cummins Inc., serve in emeritus status.
The council is advised by a technical review panel consisting of preeminent energy and innovation experts and is staffed by the Bipartisan Policy Center.
Latest news
Xcel Energy CEO Ben Fowke Joins American Energy Innovation Council
Washington, D.C.– The American Energy Innovation Council (AEIC) today announced that Ben Fowke, the chairman, president, and CEO of Xcel Energy Inc., has joined the council. Fowke joins a group of America’s leading business and innovation executives—including Norman Augustine, Wanda Austin, Neal Blue, Mark Burns, John Doerr, Tom Fanning, Tom Farrell, Jay Faison, Bill Gates, Read more about Xcel Energy CEO Ben Fowke Joins American Energy Innovation Council[…]
ARPA-E at 10.
By Erin Smith and Addison Stark The president’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 budget calls for the elimination of the Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E). This is unlikely to occur, however, because this critical innovation agency enjoys broad bipartisan support, both due to the projects it supports across the United States and the organizational Read more about ARPA-E at 10.[…]
Top Business Leaders Issue New Roadmap for Federal Clean Energy R&D Funding
Washington, D.C.–Making larger investments in energy innovation will make the United States more globally competitive, increase economic prosperity, and maintain America’s energy leadership position in the world, according to a dozen top business leaders in a new report released today. In its report, the American Energy Innovation Council (AEIC), originally founded in 2010 and now Read more about Top Business Leaders Issue New Roadmap for Federal Clean Energy R&D Funding[…]
Energy Innovation: Fueling America’s Economic Engine
Technological innovation can improve productivity across industries and create entirely new ones. This is one among many reasons why economists agree that innovation is a driver of long-term economic growth and stability—and why at least 50 percent of U.S. annual GDP growth can be traced to increases in innovation. Advances in energy technology deserve particular attention since Read more about Energy Innovation: Fueling America’s Economic Engine[…]
Investments in Critical Materials Research Are Vital to American Competitiveness
By Jack Mann Despite having an abundance of geological resources, the United States depends on imports for its supply of the minerals needed to produce many important technologies. The United States meets its demand for several of these minerals, known as critical materials, with imports from countries whose industrial policies, often designed to favor domestic Read more about Investments in Critical Materials Research Are Vital to American Competitiveness[…]
ARPA-E Funding Certainty Matters
By Erin Smith Innovation has been at the center of America’s economic competitiveness for decades. In the energy sector, federal research and development (R&D) programs have served as a foundation on which the private sector has built an impressive track record of innovation, creating jobs, lowering costs and enhancing energy security. The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Energy Read more about ARPA-E Funding Certainty Matters[…]
Five Reasons Energy Innovation Matters
1. Decades of federal energy research laid the groundwork for many of the technologies we enjoy today. For example: Lithium-Ion Batteries (LIBs) – DOE grants aided the discovery of low-cost battery materials, enabling LIBs to commercialize, which now power everything from laptops to smart phones. LED Lighting – DOE research produced more efficient and longer-lasting Read more about Five Reasons Energy Innovation Matters[…]
Letter to Energy and Water Appropriations Subcommittees: Invest in America’s Economic and Energy Future
Dear Chairmen Cochran and Frelinghuysen and Ranking Members Leahy and Lowey: Over the last decade, energy innovation has transformed our country’s energy story. Dependence and vulnerability have been replaced by abundance and stability. Constructive research and development partnerships between the public and private sectors have been especially important in creating this energy abundance. Federally funded Read more about Letter to Energy and Water Appropriations Subcommittees: Invest in America’s Economic and Energy Future[…]
Podcast: A Conversation with Christopher Guith
Brad Townsend staff of BPC’s American Energy Innovation Council talks U.S. competitiveness and technology innovation with Christopher Guith from the U.S Chamber’s Global Energy Institute.
AEIC: U.S. Must Boost, Not Cut, Energy R&D Investment
Washington, D.C.– American Energy Innovation Council Staff Director Brad Townsend issued the following statement today in response to President Trump’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2019: “Much of America’s current energy boom—in shale oil and gas, renewable energy, and many other areas—can be attributed to federally-funded energy research that the private sector has then relied on to Read more about AEIC: U.S. Must Boost, Not Cut, Energy R&D Investment[…]