As assistant secretary for installations, environment and energy since 2014, Miranda Ballentine has used her private-sector experience to help the Air Force keep its energy costs down.

The Air Force spent $8.5bn on energy in 2015 —  about 86 percent of that on jet fuel. But without the changes put in place since 2010, those costs would have been $1.9 billion higher, she said.

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