EP83: How presidential decision-making in the 70s still affects U.S. energy independence today - Jay Hakes
Guest
Jay Hakes
Role
Former Administrator of the U.S. Energy Information Administration during the Clinton Administration
Available April 1, 2021
Jay’s new book Energy Crises: Nixon, Ford, Carter, and Hard Choices in the 1970s
Background
The 1970s were a decade of historic American energy crises—major interruptions in oil supplies from the Middle East, the country’s most dangerous nuclear accident, and chronic shortages of natural gas. In Energy Crises, Jay Hakes brings his expertise in energy and presidential history to bear on the questions of why these crises occurred, how different choices might have prevented or improved them, and what they have meant for the half-century since—and likely the half-century ahead.
Episode Brief
On this week’s episode, Jay explores:
His first foray into the world of energy
Becoming the Administrator for Clinton’s U.S. Energy Information Admin
Pioneering eia.gov
Directing Research and Policy for President Obama’s BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Commission
Serving for 13 years as the Director of the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library
His upcoming book, Energy Crises: Nixon, Ford, Carter, and Hard Choices in the 1970s
Major policy decisions during three presidencies and what they mean today in our fight to solve climate
Credits
HOST
Peter Levin
PRODUCTION
Dan Mahoney
MUSIC
Eddie Knuckles