Granholm Fears Solar Trade Fight Could Kill Biden’s Clean Power Goal

May 5, 2022
Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm is warning that an ongoing Commerce Department inquiry into possible trade violations from solar product imports could jeopardize the Biden administration’s ability to achieve its goal of having a carbon-free power sector within the next dozen years. Even though Commerce’s trade investigation is an “adjudicative process,” Granholm told a May 5 hearing of the Senate energy committee that she is “deeply concerned about being able to achieve the goal of getting to 100 percent clean electricity...


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