Nominations of William Doffermyre to be Solicitor of Interior, Catherine Jereza to be Assistant Secretary of Energy for Electricity, Kyle Haustveit to be Assistant Secretary of Energy for Fossil Energy

Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
366 Dirksen

05/08/2025 at 09:30AM

The purpose of the hearing is to consider the nominations of Mr. William Doffermyre to be Solicitor of the Department of the Interior, Ms. Catherine Jereza to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy (Electricity), and Mr. Kyle Haustveit to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy (Fossil Energy).

Witnesses:

  • William Doffermyre to be Solicitor of the Department of the Interior
  • Catherine Jereza to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy (Electricity)
  • Kyle Haustveit to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy (Fossil Energy

Doffermyre reported earning $2.2 million in salary and bonuses last year as assistant general counsel and senior director of the Texas-based firm Energy Transfer’s Alternative Energy Group. He also reported a $790,000 severance payment from the company, which he joined in 2019. He left Energy Transfer in February to serve as a senior adviser to Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, as he awaits his Senate confirmation hearing to serve as the department’s solicitor. Doffermyre was general Counsel for Lake Charles LNG; and was former general counsel, Overseas Private Investment Corp.

Katie Jereza is the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Transmission Permitting & Technical Assistance (TPTA) in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Electricity. She served as the Director for Infrastructure Resilience at the Edison Electric Institute (EEI) where she co-led the smarter energy infrastructure initiative and helped launch the Electricity Subsector Coordinating Council’s Cyber Mutual Assistance program. She was a management consultant with the McLeod Group, LLC and Energetics Incorporated and also worked for the Maryland Department of the Environment, GE Water and Process Technologies (formerly BetzDearborn), and the Lincoln Electric Company.

Kyle Haustveit is a professional petroleum engineer and geoscience manager with Devon Energy. He is the manager of Devon Energy Ventures, the newly formed corporate venturing arm of US-headquartered oil and gas supplier Devon Energy. He is experienced in unconventional reservoirs with a focus on completions design, diagnostics and field development. Devon Energy was an early-stage investor in US-based internet-of-things analytics software company Seeq Corporation, which received funding from Altira Group Fund VI. Seeq is also backed by Chevron Technology Ventures and Next47, part of energy group Chevron and industrial equipment manufacturer Siemens respectively.