Rebooting America's Legacy Energy Communities into a New Energy Future Right Now featuring Dr. Brian Anderson Interagency Working Group on Coal and Power Plant Communities and Economic Revitalization
In this episode's dynamic discussion, the National Energy Technology Laboratory's Director, Brian Anderson, Ph.D., recently named Executive Director of the Biden Administration’s Interagency Working Group (IWG) on Coal and Power Plant Communities and Economic Revitalization, shares his thoughts on the IWG's mission to leverage the might and expertise of a dozen federal agencies. The IWG stands ready to help disperse $38 billion in existing federal funding already identified for “energy communities” for infrastructure, environmental remediation, union job creation, and community revitalization efforts. In energy communities and industrial towns across America, there are legacy sites no longer in use. These previously developed properties are waiting for their productive potential to be restored and their economic future revitalized. And they have the potential to revitalize the future of their communities along with them. A top priority for the new Biden Administration, the IWG was established by Executive Order 14008, Sec. 218 on Jan. 27, 2021, to ensure the shift to a clean energy economy creates good-paying union jobs, spurs economic revitalization, remediates environmental degradation, and supports energy workers in coal, oil and gas and power plant communities across the country.
