• CERAWEEK 2025 | March 10-14, 2025
  • CERAWEEK
  • March 10 - 14, 2025

Kelly Cummins

United States Department of Energy

Acting Director, Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations

Kelly Cummins is the Acting Director for the Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations (OCED) at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). In this role, she is responsible for delivering more than $25 billion in funding to support large-scale clean energy demonstration projects. Cummins has worked in the field of national and energy security at DOE for more than 20 years. Prior to her role in OCED, Cummins served as the Associate Deputy Director for Field Operations in the Office of Science, where she was responsible for management and operational oversight of the Office of Science field complex, including 10 national laboratories executing leading scientific research and development. Prior to that, Cummins served as the Deputy Assistant Deputy Administrator and Program Executive Officer for Production Modernization in the National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA) Office of Defense Programs. In this role, she was responsible for U.S. efforts to modernize and sustain the nuclear weapons production enterprise. 

Sessions With Kelly Cummins

Monday, 18 March

  • 04:00pm - 04:30pm (CST) / 18/mar/2024 09:00 pm - 18/mar/2024 09:30 pm

    Hydrogen Policy Post IRA: What is the status of the American hydrogen hubs?
    Hydrogen

    Hear from America’s newest hydrogen hub to hear how this historic investment of clean energy through hydrogen will help the United States meet its energy security goals.  Diverse regions will enjoy federal support to help regional economies and with a large investment in clean energy jobs and manufacturing.  These diverse regions will kickstart the United States energy economy with large scale production projects, transportation networks and decarbonizing industry.  Hear directly from the hubs to get the latest updates.  

Tuesday, 19 March

  • 12:30pm - 01:15pm (CST) / 19/mar/2024 05:30 pm - 19/mar/2024 06:15 pm

    Achieving Liftoff: Investing with DOE to Commercialize Clean Energy Technologies

    The U.S. Department of Energy is funding billion-dollar commercialization projects across a range of sectors – from hydrogen to CCUS, clean energy manufacturing to industrial decarbonization – with its new emphasis on infrastructure, enabled by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) and the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). Join senior DOE leaders in a discussion on how DOE works alongside private investors to deploy large-scale projects, from demonstrations to full-scale production.