Dr. Joseph DeCarolis on April 11 began service as the 10th U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) administrator after being confirmed on March 31, according to an EIA press release.
In the role, he will provide leadership, planning and direction to fulfill the agency’s role as the nation’s premier source of independent, impartial energy information. He will oversee a wide range of statistical, analytical and dissemination activities that enable the mission. He also serves as a primary spokesperson for the agency, representing EIA in key government and industry forums.
"I am committed to maintaining EIA’s high standards for unbiased analysis, expanding our modeling capabilities and making our models and data more transparent and accessible,” DeCarolis said in the press release. “As a decades-long consumer of EIA data, I believe the value of our agency’s mission is difficult to overstate.”
An expert in energy systems engineering, DeCarolis worked as an environmental scientist in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Research and Development, focusing on the air pollution impacts of future energy system development. He also served as a professor in the Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering at North Carolina State University.
His distinguished honors and awards include the North Carolina State Outstanding Teaching Award, North Carolina State Alcoa Foundation Engineering Research Achievement Award, the American Society for Engineering Education Outstanding New Teacher Award (Southeastern Section), and the National Science Foundation Career Award. He was also named a University Faculty Scholar at North Carolina State.
“I'm delighted to have Joe on board as EIA Administrator. At a time of immense change and opportunity in our energy sector, the American people need timely, relevant, and accurate information about U.S. energy more than ever,” Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm commented in the press release.