• CERAWeek
  • March 18 - 22, 2024

Mark W. Menezes

United States Department of Energy

Under Secretary of Energy

The Honorable Mark Wesley Menezes, the Under Secretary of Energy for the US Department of Energy, is the principal advisor on energy policy as well as technological solutions through coordinated planning, management and performance of the Department’s energy programs. Prior to being confirmed as Under Secretary of Energy, Mr. Menezes was an executive with Berkshire Hathaway Energy. Before joining BHE, Mr. Menezes was a partner at Hunton & Williams LLP, where he headed the Regulated Markets and Energy Infrastructure practice group. Prior to Hunton, he served as Chief Counsel, Energy and Environment, U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce, serving as chief negotiator for the House Majority in the enactment of the Energy Policy Act of 2005. Before his service with House Energy & Commerce, he was Vice President with Central and South West, and upon its merger with American Electric Power, served as Vice President and Associate General Counsel for federal and state legislative and regulatory affairs. Mr. Menezes is a graduate of Louisiana State University receiving both his undergraduate and juris doctor degree. Until joining the government he was a charter member of the Advisory Council and Louisiana State University Law John P. Laborde Energy Law Center.

Sessions With Mark W. Menezes

Wednesday, 13 March

  • 04:20pm - 05:00pm (CST) / -

    CCUS Strategies & Business Models

    Panel Climate/Environment/Sustainability Gas

    Carbon capture, use, and storage is recognized as a vital option in the quest to reduce carbon emissions. The technology exists and is proven, but deployment needs to accelerate. How can policymakers and industry participants work together to provide the necessary incentives to spur activity and gain public trust?