This energy seminar will provide an overview of technology innovation and research activities supported through the California Energy Commission that are advancing the state’s clean energy and climate goals, including in the areas of clean energy supply, energy storage, electrification, energy efficiency, demand flexibility, sustainable transportation, building and industrial decarbonization, and the climate-energy nexus.
Jonah Steinbuck is the Director of the California Energy Commission’s Energy Research and Development Division. The division manages technology innovation and demonstration programs that accelerate progress towards a clean energy economy. This includes the Electric Program Investment Charge program, which is the state’s premier clean electricity research and development program, and the Gas Research and Development Program, which supports advancements in renewable gas and gas infrastructure planning. Before joining the Energy Commission, he worked on climate and clean energy policies and initiatives in Washington, D.C. at the U.S. Department of Energy, the American Meteorological Society, the White House Council on Environmental Quality, and the U.S. House of Representatives. Steinbuck holds a Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Stanford University and an MPA from the Harvard Kennedy School.