Kevin Book

Senior Associate (Non-resident), Energy Security and Climate Change Program
Kevin Book

Kevin Book heads the research team and covers oil, gas, and coal policy at ClearView Energy Partners, LLC, an independent firm that examines macro energy issues for institutional investors and corporate strategists. The firm’s data-backed and transparent research process marries economic forecasting with policy analysis to look ahead at U.S. and global events and decisions that shape supply, demand, and price. Mr. Book is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He is also a member of the National Petroleum Council, a federally chartered and privately funded advisory committee to the Department of Energy. He appears frequently in print and broadcast media and actively contributes to public and private policy forums in Washington and around the world. He has testified before committees of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate and briefed the executive teams of oil, natural gas, power, mining, and industrial companies. Before cofounding ClearView, Mr. Book worked as senior vice president of energy policy, oil, and alternative energy research at FBR Capital Markets Corporation. His prior employment history also includes roles at the Motley Fool, Andersen Consulting, and the Advisory Board Company. He holds an M.A.L.D from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and a B.A. in economics from Tufts University.

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Short Markets and Long Transitions

High energy prices offer a warning to negotiators at Glasgow: an energy transition that moves too quickly could burn itself out.

Commentary by Kevin Book — October 29, 2021

Energy 360°

6 Months In: Climate Policy in the Biden Administration

This week, Kevin Book (Clear View Energy Partners) and Sarah Ladislaw (RMI) join Nikos Tsafos (CSIS) for a look at climate and energy policies under the new Biden administration.

Podcast Episode by Kevin Book and Sarah Ladislaw — August 2, 2021

CSIS Energy 360
Energy 360°

A Post-Election Energy Take: Part 1

This week, we bring you a special two-part episode on the impacts of the U.S. elections on energy and climate policy.

Podcast Episode by Sarah Ladislaw , Kevin Book , Kyle Danish , and John Larsen — November 16, 2020

CSIS Energy 360
Energy 360°

A Post-Election Energy Take: Part 2

This week, we bring you a special two-part episode on the impacts of the U.S. elections on energy and climate policy.

Podcast Episode by Sarah Ladislaw , Kevin Book , Kyle Danish , and John Larsen — November 16, 2020

CSIS Energy 360
Energy 360°

Election Year 2020: Energy and Climate Special Edition

This week Kevin Book (ClearView Energy Partners) and Paul Bodnar (Rocky Mountain Institute) join Sarah Ladislaw (CSIS) on Energy 360 to make sense of the energy and climate issues playing out in upcoming U.S. elections and understand what’s at stake in the election for the future of the U.S. energy agenda (recorded on Sept. 29).

Podcast Episode by Sarah Ladislaw , Kevin Book , and Paul Bodnar — October 5, 2020

CSIS Energy 360

EIA's International Energy Outlook 2019

The CSIS Energy & National Security Program is pleased to host Linda Capuano, Administrator of the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), for a presentation and discussion of the EIA's International Energy Outlook 2019.
 

Event by Sarah Ladislaw , Frank A. Verrastro , Kevin Book , Linda Capuano , Mackinnon Lawrence , Grzegorz Peszko , Jamie Webster , Leslie Palti-Guzman , Anna Mikulska , and Nikos Tsafos — September 24, 2019

Permian Country: Evolution and Impact of Oil and Gas Development in the Permian Basin

This conference, part of the CSIS Energy & National Security Program’s Energy in America project, will explore the evolution and impact of oil and gas development in the Permian Basin, and the opportunities and challenges, both economic and environmental, that lie ahead.

Event by and Sarah Ladislaw , Sarah Emerson , Kevin Book , Scott Sheffield , Andrew Gould , Stephen Green , Rusty Braziel , Lees Rodionov , Marilu Hastings , Daniel Raimi , David McCabe — September 12, 2019

Are Sanctions Working?

The CSIS Energy & National Security Program is pleased to invite you to Are Sanctions Working?, a conference examining the state of U.S. sanctions―what is different, what is and is not working, and implications for U.S. foreign policy, the global economy, and the energy secto

Event by and John J. Hamre , Sarah Ladislaw , Matthew P. Goodman , Jon B. Alterman , Stephanie Segal , Kevin Book , Jeffrey Mankoff , Moises Rendon , Heather A. Conley , Sigal Mandelker , Peter L. Flanagan — July 31, 2019