Principals
Norman Augustine
Retired Chairman and CEO, Lockheed Martin: Former Undersecretary of the Army
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; Dr. Wanda Austin, Former CEO and President, The Aerospace Corporation; Neal Blue, chairman & CEO, General Atomics; 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; Mike Graff, chairman and CEO of American Air Liquide Holdings; Chad Holliday, chairman of Bank of America and former chairman and CEO of DuPont; Liz Shuler, Secretary-Treasurer of the AFL-CIO; and Geisha Williams, Former CEO and President of PG&E Corporation.
Founding members Ursula Burns, CEO of Xerox; John Doerr, partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers; Bill Gates, former chairman and CEO of Microsoft; 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
AEIC Develops New Energy Policy Recommendations to Lead America’s Decarbonization Efforts
With momentum building on both sides of the aisle in Congress to advance clean energy technology development, today the American Energy Innovation Council released a new set of policy recommendations designed to keep the U.S. at the forefront of the global technology competition, leading to strong domestic job growth while addressing climate change. The policy paper, Energy Innovation: Developing the Technologies for Decarbonization, draws upon the council members’ deep background leading some of Read more about AEIC Develops New Energy Policy Recommendations to Lead America’s Decarbonization Efforts […]
Energy Innovation: Developing the Technologies for Decarbonization
Download the Report Letter from the American Energy Innovation Council We are the American Energy Innovation Council, 11 business and innovation leaders who share a common interest in increasing America’s commitment to energy innovation as a fundamental driver of economic growth and national security, and as a key to addressing environmental challenges. We speak as Read more about Energy Innovation: Developing the Technologies for Decarbonization[…]
New Members to Join Expanded Energy Innovation Council
Washington, DC – The American Energy Innovation Council today announced that a new, diverse group of executives are joining the organization: Liz Shuler, Secretary-Treasurer of the AFL-CIO; Arun Majumdar, Co-Director of the Jay Precourt Institute for Energy at Stanford University and founding director of ARPA-E; and Geisha Williams, former President and CEO of the Pacific Read more about New Members to Join Expanded Energy Innovation Council[…]
New AEIC Case Studies Draw Lessons Learned from Past Energy Stimulus Programs to Inform New Economic Recovery Proposals
Washington, DC – With the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic reverberating throughout the U.S. economy, lawmakers are considering stimulus measures to drive job creation while addressing long-term challenges—particularly the transition to clean energy sources. To that end, the American Energy Innovation Council today released a series of four case studies analyzing recent federal efforts to Read more about New AEIC Case Studies Draw Lessons Learned from Past Energy Stimulus Programs to Inform New Economic Recovery Proposals[…]
New Report from Leading CEOs Identifies Path for Congress on Energy Innovation and Technology-Focused Climate Change Agenda
Washington, DC—The scalable energy technology needed to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 does not currently exist. To rapidly create, develop, and deploy technologies capable of addressing climate change, Congress must expand federal support to the entire energy innovation lifecycle, says a new report by the American Energy Innovation Council released today. With bipartisan Read more about New Report from Leading CEOs Identifies Path for Congress on Energy Innovation and Technology-Focused Climate Change Agenda[…]
AEIC's Annual Report : Energy Innovation: Supporting the Full Innovation Lifecycle
Download the Executive Summary Download the Report There is a growing urgency for the United States to address the critical challenges of climate change and global economic competitiveness. A robust energy innovation agenda must be at the heart of this strategy because all the technologies we need to address climate change simply do not yet Read more about AEIC's Annual Report : Energy Innovation: Supporting the Full Innovation Lifecycle[…]
AEIC Member Letter to Senate Energy & Water Subcommittee Leadership
Dear Chairman Alexander, Ranking Member Feinstein, Chairwoman Kaptur and Ranking Member Simpson, Innovation has been at the heart of America’s economic strength over the last seventy years. The combination of entrepreneurial spirit and a world-class research ecosystem has produced new technologies and important competitive advantages that continue to create jobs, enhance our security, improve the Read more about AEIC Member Letter to Senate Energy & Water Subcommittee Leadership[…]
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[…]