Advanced energy economy
Advanced Energy Economy (AEE) is a trade association representing the advanced energy industry.[1] AEE's goal is to influence public policy and provide a unified industry voice about the economic opportunities that advanced energy and technologies can bring to the United States.[2]
Founding
AEE was founded in 2011 by Tom Steyer, an American asset manager and philanthropist,[3] and Hemant Taneja, an Indian-born American venture capitalist.[4] George P. Shultz, an American economist, statesman, and businessman, was also instrumental in AEE's creation.[5] In 2011, Graham Richard, an American politician and entrepreneur, was named CEO of the group.[6]
Advanced energy
According to its website, AEE takes a broad view of what is "advanced" energy - defining it as:
"...energy sources, technologies, and services that are affordable, clean, and secure over the long-term. This could mean electric and plug-in hybrid cars, lightweight composites for airplane bodies, natural gas fueled trucks, high-performance buildings, more efficient industrial processes, and the latest wind, solar, and nuclear technologies, as they use energy more productively, diversify energy sources, and reduce health and environmental costs."[7]
State
AEE has multiple state chapters and advocates on behalf of the advanced energy industry at the federal level and states in which it currently has established chapters. On the state level, AEE chapters and affiliates work to help local advanced energy member businesses advocate for a better business climate for advanced energy companies.[8] AEE’s current chapters represent Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Utah, Vermont, and Wyoming.[9]
Board of directors
The 2013 Board of Directors is composed of:
- Hemant Taneja, Managing Director of General Catalyst Partners
- Michael J. Ahearn, Chairman, First Solar
- Tom Carnahan, Founder and Former Chairman, Wind Capital Group and Chairman, American Wind Energy Association
- Arno Harris, CEO & Chairman, Recurrent Energy and Board Chair, Solar Energy Industry Association
- Doug Egan, CEO, Competitive Power Ventures
- Tim Healy, Chairman and CEO, EnerNOC
- James A. Hughes, CEO, First Solar
- Samir Kaul, Founding General Partner at Khosla Ventures
- Martin Lagod, Founder of Firelake Capital Management
- James E. Rogers, Chairman, President and CEO, Duke Energy
- Susan Reilly, President and CEO of RES Americas
References
- ↑ Advanced Energy Economy's website AEE.net
- ↑ Mark Jaffe "Alternative-energy "chamber of commerce" launched in Denver" The Denver Post, November 8, 2011
- ↑ Joe Kernen, Becky Quick and Andrew Ross Sorkin "Alternative Energy & the Economy CNBC, December 15, 2011
- ↑ Joe Kernen, Becky Quick and Andrew Ross Sorkin "Profiting From Clean Energy" CNBC, December 15, 2011
- ↑ Advanced Energy Economy - Board of Directors AEE.net
- ↑ "Graham Richard Announced as CEO of Advanced Energy Economy" Fort Wayne Observed, March 10, 2012
- ↑ Advanced Energy Economy - About Us AEE.net
- ↑ Adam Lashinsky "Green policy gloom? Not in the states" CNN, April 18, 2012
- ↑ Advanced Energy Economy - About Us - Chapters AEE.net