“We want to be able to see energy, clean energy produced in every pocket of the country — blue states, red states — really, it helps to save people money, so it’s really all about green,' she said.
At a White House press briefing on Monday, Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm was asked by Yahoo News to weigh in on the sharp rise in renewable energy projects in Republican-led states like Texas since the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act., Texas is poised to overtake California in terms of solar power capacity, and aggressively pursued the construction of new wind, solar and battery storage projects in the second half of 2022.
In August, President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act into law. Since then, companies have announced tens of billions of dollars in renewable energy projects nationwide,, including a large percentage in Republican-led states where lawmakers voted against the legislation. “Just because you vote against a bill doesn’t mean the entire bill is a bad bill,” Rep. Garret Graves, R-La., told Politico. “I go out there and advocate for our district to try and get transportation funds, to try and get energy funds. That’s my job. I am not embarrassed about it. I don’t think it’s inconsistent with my vote.”The new law’s $369 billion in climate-related spending over 10 years
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