U.S. Department of Energy — Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) — Outreach pack

Personalisation — person + organisation + alignment

Named recipient

Brad Crabtree
Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy and Carbon Management
U.S. Department of Energy — FECM

Recent work

Confirmed as Assistant Secretary May 4 2022 (succeeding Wilcox who returned to academia late 2022). Led Feb 2024 announcement of Voluntary CDR Purchase Pilot Prize ($35M). Led March 2024 $6B for industrial decarbonisation (33 projects, 20 states). Strong record on standardising verification and scaling CDR procurement.

Signals the recipient responds to

Voluntary CDR Purchase Pilot Prize proves appetite for standardisation
Industrial decarbonisation focus
Procurement-scale execution track record

Organisational context

Positions

FECM runs Carbon Negative Shot, Regional DAC Hubs, and the CDR Purchase Pilot — the most powerful federal CDR-quality levers.

Active initiatives

CDR Purchase Pilot ($35M); DAC Hubs; Industrial Demo; Carbon Negative Shot.

Pressures

Programme integrity requires defensible per-tonne evidence for awards.

Specific alignment

Why this recipient benefits: Crabtree has already operationalised the thesis — the Voluntary CDR Purchase Pilot Prize's explicit goal is 'standardise verification and scale the market.' Proof-pack-equivalent disclosure is a natural qualifying property for Purchase Pilot Prize winners AND DAC Hubs milestone acceptance. Single strongest federal lever.

Why now: Next Purchase Pilot round; DAC Hubs milestone acceptances.

The ask: FECM proof-pack disclosure pilot proposal. Draft qualifying-criterion language; evaluation-pilot scoping.

Agency: U.S. Department of Energy — Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM)

Agency authority

Federal research, development, demonstration, and procurement of CCS and CDR; Carbon Negative Shot; Regional DAC Hubs.

The ask

Require proof-pack-equivalent per-tonne disclosure as a condition of Carbon Negative Shot eligibility and Regional DAC Hubs milestone acceptance.

The case

FECM's procurement authority is the single most powerful federal lever on CDR quality. Jennifer Wilcox's leadership and technical credibility make FECM the natural pilot agency. Proof-pack-equivalent disclosure fits the existing FECM programme architecture without new authority.