Energy Department on ‘War Footing,’ New Infrastructure Chief Says

The Energy Department will move quickly to deliver incentives to the private sector to develop clean energy technologies before the Biden administration’s first term ends, said David Crane, the agency’s first-ever under secretary for infrastructure, shortly after he was sworn into that position on Wednesday.

“It puts us all on a war footing,” Crane said during a talk at the Bipartisan Policy Center in Washington.

Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm reminded him at the swearing-in, Crane said, there are 402 business days until the end of President Joe Biden’s first term in January 2025. “We’re not taking anything for granted, and ...