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

Aaron Padilla

American Petroleum Institute

Vice President, Corporate Policy

Dr. Aaron Padilla is the Vice President of Corporate Policy at the American Petroleum Institute (API). He leads API’s efforts for corporate issues that apply across all segments of the oil and natural gas industry value chain: climate and environmental/social/governance (ESG); tax, trade, and accounting; cybersecurity, physical security, and emergency preparedness and response; and public health and community engagement. Over his career he has worked in 30 countries across six continents. Prior to joining API, Aaron worked for Chevron with responsibilities for both supporting new capital investments on-the-ground globally and representing the company for international policy initiatives. Before Chevron, Aaron worked for the environmental consulting firm ERM. Dr. Padilla is a Marshall Scholar and Truman Scholar, and he completed his M.Phil. and Ph.D. at the University of Cambridge. He holds a B.A. from Stanford University, where he studied as a Coca-Cola Scholar and graduated Phi Beta Kappa.

Sessions With Aaron Padilla

Wednesday, 20 March

  • 12:00pm - 12:50pm (CST) / 20/mar/2024 05:00 pm - 20/mar/2024 05:50 pm

    The IRA: How it changes the U.S. energy system
    Policy & Regulatory

    The US Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) promises to unleash vast amounts of funding for companies to deploy clean energy, including wind and solar power, carbon capture and storage, hydrogen and other technologies in an unprecedented effort to decarbonize the American economy. How has this ambitious legislation changed the U.S. energy system? Will permitting and regulatory delays derail the IRA? What will be the impact of lingering high interest rates? Who are the biggest winners so far? Where has the legislation fallen short of its promises? How durable is the IRA to potential electoral outcomes in 2024?  

Thursday, 21 March