RMAEE April 2021 Meeting w/Presenter Fred Petok

Subject: High Level Materials we believe the New Administration will be emphasizing.

Fred Petok is a Business Loan and Grant Analyst with Business Development Division-Public-Private Partnerships Branch, Rural Business-Cooperative Service at USDA.
He has extensive experience with energy technology used in the Rural Energy for America Program.
He has been actively involved with the Biodiesel Education Grant Program, the Biogas Working Group and is the USDA Program Manager for Biogas projects reviewed through the EPA’s AgStar Program.
Fred also works with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory negotiating contacts and managing renewable technology reviews.
He has several certifications from the Association of Energy Engineers, including Carbon Reduction Management and is a Certified Energy Manager.
He represents Rural Development in the USDA’s Climate Change Office and the Office of Energy and Environmental Policy and is interested in efforts to sequester carbon dioxide, lowering carbon intensity in fuels and renewable fuel incentives.