FECM leadership has been engaging with stakeholders and staff across North America, introducing the Trump Administration’s priorities and their role in promoting energy abundance and security.
Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management
March 20, 2025
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In recent weeks, U.S. Department of Energy Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) leadership has been engaging with stakeholders and staff across North America, introducing the Trump Administration’s priorities and their role in promoting energy abundance and security.
On February 11, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary (PDAS) Tala Goudarzi, joined by Deputy Assistant Secretary of Operations Vicki Michetti, visited the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) campus in Albany, Oregon to tour the facility and discuss the Administration’s energy agenda. The NETL-Albany campus is internationally recognized for its work in metallurgy and materials research, with a particular emphasis on processing critical minerals and alloys. Additionally, the campus explores and characterizes natural systems including natural gas hydrates and geothermal systems.
On February 27 and February 28, PDAS Goudarzi and Deputy Assistant Secretary of Operations Michetti visited NETL campuses in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Morgantown, West Virginia to discuss the role the laboratory will play in unleashing American energy innovation. From left to right: Senior Advisor Derek Cohen, PDAS Tala Goudarzi, and Deputy Assistant Secretary of Operations Vicki Michetti learn about the innovative work being done at the NETL Morgantown campus.
The Pittsburgh campus focuses on process systems engineering, decision science, functional materials, and environmental sciences, with an emphasis on rare earth elements used in defense technology and staples of modern living. The Morgantown campus focuses on domestic coal, natural gas, and oil energy conversion and is also home to Joule 2.0—one of the fastest, largest and most energy-efficient supercomputers in the world. Pictured: PDAS Tala Goudarzi and Senior Advisor Derek Cohen engages with technical staff at the NETL Pittsburgh campus.
The following week, on March 7, FECM’s Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Office of Resource Sustainability Ryan Peay and Senior Science Advisor Grant Bromhal attended the 2025 Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) Conference in Toronto, Canada. Peay and Bromhal met with the mining industry’s most influential experts and stakeholders to further explore the role of a secure, domestic critical minerals supply to strengthen energy security.
On March 10, Secretary of Energy Chris Wright delivered keynote remarks at the 43rd annual CERAWeek by S&P Global, emphasizing the need to bolster American energy, with a particular focus on liquefied natural gas exports. The conference, which took place in Houston, Texas between March 10 and March 14, centered around the theme of “Moving Ahead: Energy strategies for a complex world.” Throughout the week, PDAS Goudarzi engaged on the ground with industry leaders, policymakers, and other experts about the role of FECM in ensuring national security.
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