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Kevin Rennert, Deputy Associate Administrator for the Office of Policy

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Kevin Rennert

Kevin Rennert serves as the Deputy Associate Administrator for the Office of Policy at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Prior to his appointment in the Office of Policy, Kevin served as Senior Advisor on Energy for the Senate Finance Committee. In that role, Kevin advised the committee’s Chairman, Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR), on a wide range of topics related to clean energy, efficiency, and policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. From 2008 to 2014, he worked on energy and climate legislation as Senior Professional Staff for the Senate Energy Committee. In that capacity, Kevin led the development of the Clean Energy Standard Act of 2012 (S. 2146), a Presidential priority that would use market mechanisms to double the amount of electricity generated in the U.S. from low or zero carbon sources by 2035. In 2010 and 2011, Kevin also taught graduate courses in energy policy as adjunct faculty in the Department of Strategic Management and Public Policy at George Washington University.

Kevin holds a Ph. D. in Atmospheric Science from the University of Washington and an undergraduate degree in physics from Grinnell College.