Under Secretary of Energy for Infrastructure

Under Secretary of Energy
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Seal of the U. S. Department of Energy
Incumbent
Kathleen Hogan[1]
Acting 
since January 20, 2025
United States Department of Energy
StyleMr. Under Secretary
Member ofDepartment of Energy
Reports toDeputy Secretary of Energy
SeatWashington, D.C., United States
AppointerThe president
with advice and confirmation from the Senate
Term lengthAppointed
DeputyAssociate Under Secretary
Websitewww.energy.gov

The under secretary of energy for infrastructure,[2] previously the undersecretary for energy, is a position within the United States Department of Energy. The under secretary oversees the department's energy and environment programs, including environmental cleanup of the nuclear weapons complex, nuclear waste management efforts, and applied energy research and developmental activities.

Furthermore, the under secretary plays a plays an instrumental role in the development and deployment of infrastructure to meet the United States' carbon-free electricity (by 2035) and net-zero economy pledges (by 2050)[3] as part of the department's response to climate change in the United States.

The under secretary of energy for infrastructure is appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate. The under secretary is paid at level III of the Executive Schedule,[4] meaning they receives a basic annual salary of $152,000 as of 2006.[5] The most recent under secretary was David W. Crane, who was sworn in on June 14, 2023, after Senate confirmation until his resignation on January 20, 2025. As of June 2025, his replacement, attorney Preston Wells Griffith III, is awaiting senate confirmation.[6]

List of under secretaries

No. Portrait Under secretary Took office Left office Refs.
1 Robert G. Card June 5, 2001 2004 [7]
2 David K. Garman June 15, 2005 February 2007 [8][9]
acting Dennis Spurgeon May 2007 July 2007 [10][11]
3 Clarence H. Albright August 3, 2007 January 20, 2009 [12][13]
4 Kristina M. Johnson May 2009 October 2010 [14][15][16]
acting Cathy Zoi December 2010 2011 [17][18]
acting David B. Sandalow June 2012 January 20, 2013 [19][20][21]
5 Mark Menezes November 6, 2017 August 4, 2020 [22][23][24]
acting Kathleen Hogan July 2022 June 13, 2023 [25][26][27]
6 David W. Crane June 14, 2023 January 20, 2025 [28][29][30][31][32]
acting Kathleen Hogan January 20, 2025 Present

References

  1. ^ https://www.energy.gov/person/kathleen-hogan
  2. ^ "DOE Optimizes Structure to Implement $62 Billion in Clean Energy Investments From Bipartisan Infrastructure Law". Energy.gov. Retrieved 2022-02-10.
  3. ^ "Office of the Under Secretary for Infrastructure". Energy.gov. Retrieved 2024-07-11.
  4. ^ "US CODE: Title 42,7132. Principal officers". Retrieved September 24, 2007.
  5. ^ "Salary Table 2006-EX". Retrieved September 22, 2007.
  6. ^ "PN12-20 — Preston Griffith — Department of Energy". 119th Congress (2025-2026).
  7. ^ "Robert G. Card - Under Secretary". DOE. Archived from the original on 2001-11-21.
  8. ^ "David K. Garman". DOE. Archived from the original on 2005-09-17.
  9. ^ "Leadership". DOE. Archived from the original on 2007-02-06.
  10. ^ "Leadership". DOE. Archived from the original on 2007-05-10.
  11. ^ "Leadership". DOE. Archived from the original on 2007-07-11.
  12. ^ "C.H. "Bud" Albright, Jr". DOE. Archived from the original on January 9, 2009.
  13. ^ "Leadership". DOE. Archived from the original on January 19, 2009.
  14. ^ "Kristina M. Johnson". HuffPost.
  15. ^ "Kristina M. Johnson, Under Secretary of Energy". DOE. Archived from the original on May 31, 2009.
  16. ^ "Leadership". DOE. Archived from the original on May 27, 2010.
  17. ^ "Cathy Zoi". DOE. Archived from the original on December 6, 2010.
  18. ^ "Leadership". DOE. Archived from the original on December 15, 2010.
  19. ^ "David Sandalow - Acting Under Secretary of Energy and Assistant Secretary for Policy & International Affairs". DOE. Archived from the original on June 1, 2012.
  20. ^ "Leadership". DOE. Archived from the original on 2012-08-02.
  21. ^ "Leadership". DOE. Archived from the original on January 19, 2013.
  22. ^ "Mark W. Menezes". DOE. Archived from the original on December 8, 2017.
  23. ^ "Leadership". DOE. Archived from the original on December 8, 2017.
  24. ^ "Leadership". DOE. Archived from the original on January 20, 2021.
  25. ^ "Kathleen Hogan". DOE. Archived from the original on July 30, 2022.
  26. ^ "About Us". DOE. Archived from the original on July 30, 2022.
  27. ^ "About Us". DOE. Archived from the original on July 1, 2023.
  28. ^ "David Crane". DOE. Archived from the original on July 10, 2023.
  29. ^ "About Us". DOE. Archived from the original on July 14, 2023.
  30. ^ "About Us". DOE. Archived from the original on January 18, 2025.
  31. ^ "David Crane Sworn in as Under Secretary for Infrastructure at the U.S. Department of Energy". OCED Updates. June 2023.
  32. ^ Crane, David (January 21, 2025). "Exclusive: Former NRG CEO David Crane's farewell letter to his DOE colleagues". Trellis.


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