2 years at DOE - by Charles Yang - Rough Drafts
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A few lessons learned about how the government works
2 years ago, I quit my job at an AI startup to join the Department of Energy. Last week was my final week at DOE - more to come on whats next, but this is meant to serve as some public retrospective on my time there. A few of the more impactful things I did at DOE on supply chains and critical minerals: created the portfolio and allocation strategy for ~$10B in investment tax credits for clean energy manufacturing and critical materials. articulated DOE’s stance on the 45X production tax credit for critical minerals. The final IRS rulemaking adopted our position, effectively doubling the…
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