The Biden <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/biden-administration" target="_blank" rel="noopener">administration</a> announced Monday it will put $1.1 billion towards keeping a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/nuclear" target="_blank" rel="noopener">nuclear</a> power plant up and running in California. 
The administration is providing Pacific Gas &amp; Electric Co. (PG&amp;E) with a $1.1 billion grant to assist the company in keeping the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant open, which is the last remaining nuclear plant in California. The money comes from the infrastructure measure that was passed by Congress last year. 
“This is a critical step toward ensuring that our domestic nuclear fleet will continue providing reliable and affordable power to Americans as the nation’s largest source of clean electricity,” Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/21/biden-grants-pge-1-billion-to-keep-diablo-canyon-nuclear-plant-open.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a statement.
While the plant was originally set to be shut down over the course of 2024 and 2025, state legislators <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/newsom-slams-critics-of-california-energy-says-they-wished-blackouts-had-happened" target="_blank" rel="noopener">voted</a> in September to keep it up and running for five additional years. Democratic Governor of California Gavin <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/gavin-newsom" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Newsom</a> has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/newsom-open-to-keeping-major-nuclear-plant-operating-in-california" target="_blank" rel="noopener">moved</a> in favor of not shutting down the nuclear power plant and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/newsom-proposes-plan-to-keep-nuclear-plant-open-legislature-has-weeks-to-decide" target="_blank" rel="noopener">proposed</a> an extension of the plant this year. 
California has struggled under its quick transition to renewable energy as the state faced rolling energy blackouts in August of 2020. Earlier this year, another heat wave plagued the state and residents were told to reduce their energy use at certain times of the day in order to keep the electric grid functioning.
Earlier this year, the state <a href="https://www.npr.org/2022/05/07/1097376890/for-a-brief-moment-calif-fully-powered-itself-with-renewable-energy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reached</a> 100% renewable energy, but energy sources such as wind and solar are not as reliable as fossil fuels and have put the state in a precarious situation during multiple days of high temperatures. In 2021, nuclear power <a href="https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=53899#:~:text=Nuclear%20power%20provided%20about%2010%25%20of%20California's%20total%20electricity%20supply%20in%202021&amp;text=In%202021%2C%20three%20nuclear%20power,about%2010%25%20of%20California's%20electricity." target="_blank" rel="noopener">made</a> up around 10% of the state&#8217;s electricity. Diablo Canyon provided more than 8%, with the remainder coming from Washington and Arizona.
In April, the administration <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/04/19/biden-administration-launches-6-billion-nuclear-plant-bailout/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">started</a> a program that will give financially struggling nuclear power plants in the United States $6 billion. The initiative was funded by the massive infrastructure legislation. 
U.S. Department of Energy authorities <a href="https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2022-11-21/biden-gives-pge-1-billion-to-keep-diablo-canyon-nuclear-plant-open" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> the funds for Diablo will be given out over the course of four years. The final details of the grant are still going to be worked out with the company, as well. 
PG&amp;E has been the source of controversy in the past. Last month, the company <a href="https://apnews.com/article/wildfires-business-fires-california-utilities-3a29b1577c7b4e767483ed015758234c" target="_blank" rel="noopener">faced</a> a potential $155 million fine for its connection to the Zogg fire in 2020 that resulted in the destruction of 200 residences and four deaths. It was also charged with criminal counts in the fire and pleaded not guilty to four charges of involuntary manslaughter over the summer.
State fire authorities have said the fire started when a tree fell onto one of the company’s distribution lines. The California Public Utilities Commission proposed the fine because it said the company did not get rid of two trees that had been designated to be removed, and one of them ended up falling down. 
At the time, PG&amp;E <a href="https://apnews.com/article/wildfires-business-fires-california-utilities-3a29b1577c7b4e767483ed015758234c" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a statement that it had come to a conclusive result with the civil claims of Shasta County. It had the <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/regulators-propose-155m-fine-pge-2020-wildfire-92091846" target="_blank" rel="noopener">option</a> to either pay the fine and take steps to correct its practices or ask for a hearing after the regulator advances the proposed order.

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Biden Administration Gives Over $1 Billion To Keep California’s Last Nuclear Plant Open

Biden Administration Gives Over $1 Billion To Keep California's Last Nuclear Plant Diablo Canyon Power Plant Open

California

Energy

Gavin Newsom

Jennifer Granholm

Nuclear Power

U.S.

Energy Secretary <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jennifer-granholm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jennifer Granholm</a> announced a goal on Thursday to make geothermal <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/energy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">power</a> a “widespread renewable energy option.”
According to a <a href="https://www.energy.gov/articles/doe-launches-new-energy-earthshot-slash-cost-geothermal-power">press release</a> from the Department of Energy, policymakers are pursuing the objective of making power from enhanced geothermal systems — which create power by forcing water through hot rock layers in the ground — as much as 90% less expensive by 2035.
“The United States has a vast, geothermal energy resource lying right beneath our feet, and this program will make it economical to bring that power to American households and businesses,” Granholm remarked. “DOE’s Enhanced Geothermal Shot will move geothermal technology from research and development to cost-effective commercial adoption, helping energy communities and workers transition to producing clean energy for the future.”
The current cost of geothermal energy is $0.45 per kilowatt hour, according to the press release. Meanwhile, the cost of coal power is $0.032 per kilowatt hour, according to an <a href="https://www.brookings.edu/opinions/the-real-costs-of-u-s-energy/#:~:text=Consider%3A%20coal%20power%20plants%20provide,in%20fact%2C%20170%20percent%20higher.">analysis</a> from the Brookings Institution.
Last month, the Department of Energy <a href="https://www.energy.gov/articles/doe-announces-44-million-advance-enhanced-geothermal-systems">announced</a> $44 million in funding at the Frontier Observatory for Research in Geothermal Energy (FORGE) field laboratory in Utah. The facility permits researchers to study subsurface fluid flow and rock types, which in turn provides information useful for optimizing tools and methods in geothermal environments.
“These new investments at FORGE, the flagship of our EGS research, can help us find the most innovative, cost-effective solutions and accelerate our work toward wide-scale geothermal deployment and support President Biden’s ambitious climate goals,” Granholm remarked. Geothermal resources currently produce 3.7 gigawatts of electricity in the United States — the amount necessary to power 2.8 million homes.
The Biden administration has previously set the goal of attaining 100% carbon pollution-free electricity by 2035 and achieving net-zero emissions across the economy by 2050. Accordingly, Democratic lawmakers have poured billions into renewable energy projects over the past two years — including a $369 billion allocation for climate initiatives in the Inflation Reduction Act.
Among other statutes, the legislation established a $7,500 tax credit for the purchase of new electric vehicles. Earlier this year, Granholm <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/buttigieg-interested-in-california-ban-on-new-gas-cars-as-he-weighs-a-national-policy">argued</a> that a transition away from gas-powered cars may help Americans experiencing high prices at the pump.
“The real truth is that as long as our nation remains overly reliant on oil and fossil fuels, we will feel these price shocks again,” Granholm said. “This is not going to be the last time. The next time there’s a war, the next time there’s a pandemic or another hurricane, these extreme weather events we are experiencing — they will impact the access that we have to fossil fuels.”
Meanwhile, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/buttigieg-interested-in-california-ban-on-new-gas-cars-as-he-weighs-a-national-policy">signaled</a> last week that he is “interested” in California’s gradual ban on new gas cars. “We’ve got to make sure that this happens quickly enough to help us beat climate change,” he said.
The rollback of gas cars, however, was unveiled days before California officials <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/california-asks-residents-to-avoid-charging-electric-vehicles-due-to-blackout-risk-days-after-unveiling-new-gas-car-ban">asked</a> residents to avoid charging electric vehicles during peak hours in the interest of averting grid failure.
The White House has established the goal of procuring only 100% zero-emission light-duty vehicles by 2027 and will extend the same standard to all vehicles in the federal government’s fleet by 2035, according to a <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/06/09/fact-sheet-biden-harris-administration-proposes-new-standards-for-national-electric-vehicle-charging-network/">fact sheet</a>. The Biden administration has also <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/12/13/fact-sheet-the-biden-harris-electric-vehicle-charging-action-plan/">set</a> the “ambitious target” of ensuring that electric cars constitute 50% of sales in the United States by 2030.

Secretary Granholm testifies Before Senate Energy Committee

Biden Administration To Pursue New Geothermal Energy Effort

Biden's Energy Department To Make Geothermal Energy 90% Less Expensive

Climate Change

For years, liberal states in New England opposed <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/energy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">gas pipelines</a> in the name of combatting <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/climate-change" target="_blank" rel="noopener">climate change</a>, yet now that ideological opposition is coming back to haunt them as the region faces a fuel shortage months before cold weather even starts.
The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jennifer-granholm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Department of Energy</a> recently sent New England governors a letter <a href="https://www2.bostonglobe.com/2022/08/19/business/biden-administration-warns-new-england-governors-regional-fuel-shortage/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">begging</a> them to increase fuel inventories through all legal measures ahead of winter. According to the data, fuel inventories in the region are running well below average. Now, the region is serving as a cautionary tale for all who seek to abandon fossil fuels.
“Years of policy choices to limit pipeline infrastructure means New England must rely more heavily on oil and gas reserves and imports,” Heritage Foundation&#8217;s Research Fellow at the Center for Energy, Climate and Environment Katie Tubb told The Daily Wire.
For example, in 2016, Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) <a href="https://www.markey.senate.gov/news/press-releases/markey-statement-on-kinder-morgan-abandoning-northeast-energy-direct-pipeline-project" target="_blank" rel="noopener">boasted</a> that he opposed a 120-mile pipeline that would have transported gas from Tennessee to Dracut, Massachusetts. Kinder Morgan, the company behind the pipeline, <a href="https://www.masslive.com/news/2016/04/kinder_morgan_pulls_the_plug_o.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">abandoned</a> the idea in part because of hostility from local and state governments in the Northeast.
“I have opposed Kinder Morgan’s proposed pipeline through Massachusetts and New England because of concerns that it could have led to the export of American natural gas to foreign countries, the impact it would have had on local communities in Massachusetts, and its potential to worsen climate change,” Markey said at the time.
“Using New England as a throughway to export U.S. gas to overseas markets might be good for the bottom lines of pipeline companies, but it could raise prices and be a disaster for consumers and businesses in our region,” he claimed.
Now, it looks as if opposition to that pipeline is coming back to haunt his state.
Because of policy choices, the region is largely dependent on foreign imports. The usual suspects are blaming the impact of the Russian war in Ukraine for the pending fuel shortage, but a look at the details reveals that costly regulations and taxes are also to blame for the energy troubles.
“At the same time, many states in New England are party to a cap and trade program &#8230; that taxes greenhouse gas emissions from the electricity sector, in addition to state policies to severely restrict their own energy production and mandate use of inherently unreliable energy resources,” Tubb told The Daily Wire.
All six New England states, as well as Delaware, Virginia, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia are part of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, a <a href="https://www.rggi.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">program</a> designed to cap and reduce carbon dioxide emissions from the power sector.
Yet, according to the letter sent by Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm, New England states now need to reverse course and increase their fossil fuel reserves.
“I urge you to consider what additional steps you can take in the coming weeks to improve preparedness, including using any legislative or executive tools at your disposal, working with responsible state agencies to require increased storage levels, and encouraging industry to voluntarily prioritize increasing gasoline and distillate inventories at this pivotal period of heightened risk,” Granholm recently <a href="https://www2.bostonglobe.com/2022/08/19/business/biden-administration-warns-new-england-governors-regional-fuel-shortage/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> New England governors.
After Labor Day, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission will be <a href="https://www.ferc.gov/news-events/events/new-england-winter-gas-electric-forum-09082022" target="_blank" rel="noopener">holding</a> a forum to discuss New England&#8217;s electrical heating challenges.
According to Tubb, there shouldn&#8217;t be any mystery as to why the liberal states are struggling to maintain adequate fuel supplies.
“These policies are designed to reduce production and use of conventional fuels, similar to those pursued in Europe — why are these states surprised that their policy chickens are coming home to roost and they are now facing shortages heading into winter?” Tubb pondered, in reference to the cap and trade partnership.
Governors in New England are also <a href="https://www.cato.org/blog/new-england-governors-seek-jones-act-relief-spike-winter-heating-bills-looms" target="_blank" rel="noopener">asking</a> for the Jones Act to be suspended so that they can transport liquid natural gas (LNG) via ships into U.S. ports. CATO recently noted that due to the 1920 law, goods transported between U.S. ports must be U.S.-flagged, U.S.-built, and mostly U.S.-crew, yet no LNG ships exist like that, thus severely blocking the northeast&#8217;s access to LNG.
In total, Tubb claimed that New England&#8217;s energy sector is so fragile that disruptions can now become “catastrophic rather than uncomfortable blips.”
Of course, as we&#8217;ve seen from the Biden administration writ large, energy catastrophe tends to be the norm when climate change warriors are in charge of guiding policy.
The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.
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Dems’ Manmade Energy Crisis Hits New England: Granholm Begs Governors To Increase Fuel Inventories

Dems' Manmade Energy Crisis Hits New England: Granholm Begs Governors To Increase Fuel Inventories

Democratic Party

Environmentalism

Critics absolutely roasted Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm after she <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/energy-sec-granholm-families-should-use-ev-tax-credits-weatherize-their-homes-finance-solar-panels-to-cope-with-inflation/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">suggested</a> that lower to middle class Americans could fight the rising cost of living by investing thousands in solar panels and other green energy initiatives.
Granholm made an appearance on &#8220;<a href="https://dailywire.com/news/god-walks-with-us-new-fox-news-sunday-host-explains-how-getting-fired-made-her-better/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fox News Sunday</a>&#8221; to explain how the recently-passed Inflation Reduction Act — which has since been touted as a tax, energy, and health care bill — would impact everyday Americans who are struggling with record-high inflation, food, gasoline, and energy costs.
&#8220;If you are low income, you can get your home entirely weatherized through the expansion from the bipartisan infrastructure laws, a significant expansion — you don&#8217;t have to pay for anything,&#8221; she said, adding, &#8220;&#8221;If you want heat pumps, insulation, new windows, that is covered,&#8221; she said. &#8220;If you are moderate income, today you can get 30% off the price of solar panels. Those solar panels can be financed, so you don&#8217;t have to have the big outlay at the front … If you don&#8217;t qualify for the weatherization program, you will be able to, starting next year, get rebates on the appliances and equipment that will help you reduce your monthly energy bill by up to 30%. That is all about reducing costs for people.&#8221;
But as critics quickly pointed out, people who were struggling to feed their kids or wondering how they&#8217;d afford the gas to get to work were not just waiting on a 30%-off sale to make the jump to solar — they were just doing what they could to get by.
&#8220;GOP just needs to run ad after ad of Granholm telling the poors to buy solar panels and electric cars to save money,&#8221; Erick Ericksen tweeted.
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GOP just needs to run ad after ad of Granholm telling the poors to buy solar panels and electric cars to save money. <a href="https://t.co/oAdXKutrBi">https://t.co/oAdXKutrBi</a>
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&#8220;If you’re poor, Tim Ryan will give you 30 percent off the price of solar panels. They won’t keep you warm this winter but they are made in China, so there’s that,&#8221; Ohio Republican Senate candidate <a href="https://twitter.com/JDVance1/status/1561401649251422210" target="_blank" rel="noopener">commented</a>.
&#8220;They don&#8217;t know how they sound,&#8221; Omri Ceren added. &#8220;Because everything they read and everyone they know just echo their ideology back at them — except turned up in volume, higher in pitch, and with applause.&#8221;
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They don&#39;t know how they sound, because everything they read and everyone they know just echo their ideology back at them &#8211; except turned up in volume, higher in pitch, and with applause. <a href="https://t.co/kniDhNR4WB">https://t.co/kniDhNR4WB</a>
&mdash; Omri Ceren (@omriceren) <a href="https://twitter.com/omriceren/status/1561409660736897024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 21, 2022</a></blockquote>
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RNC Rapid Response Director Tommy Pigott <a href="https://twitter.com/TommyPigott/status/1561387625894006784" target="_blank" rel="noopener">added</a>, &#8220;Perfect of example about how Democrats don’t care about rising costs, only their Green New Deal. Food is rising at the fastest pace since 1979 and Biden’s response is to push you to buy solar panels.&#8221;
&#8220;An underrated aspect of the Biden admin unpopularity is just how terribly his cabinet has performed at messaging,&#8221; Ben Domenech tweeted. &#8220;Becerra, Mayorkas, Granholm, Buttigieg, Garland, Yellen all drags. When your best performer is Tony Blinken you have a problem.&#8221;
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An underrated aspect of the Biden admin unpopularity is just how terribly his cabinet has performed at messaging &#8211; Becerra, Mayorkas, Granholm, Buttigieg, Garland, Yellen all drags. When your best performer is Tony Blinken you have a problem. <a href="https://t.co/i0Du46TXPQ">https://t.co/i0Du46TXPQ</a>
&mdash; Ben Domenech (@bdomenech) <a href="https://twitter.com/bdomenech/status/1561373915011760128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 21, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Global Leaders Come Together For The Sydney Energy Forum

‘They Don’t Know How They Sound’: Critics Roast Energy Secretary For Telling Poor People To Buy Solar Panels

Critics Roast Energy Secretary For Telling Poor People To Buy Solar Panels

Fox News Sunday

Solar Power

Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm suggested that families should buy an electric car or invest in weatherizing their homes to combat soaring inflation.
Appearing on &#8220;Fox News Sunday,&#8221; Granholm touted the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bidens-inflation-bill-made-7500-electric-vehicle-tax-credits-ford-and-gm-just-raised-their-prices-by-the-same-amount" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tax credits</a> for buying an <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/most-electric-vehicles-wont-qualify-for-inflation-reduction-act-tax-credits-none-will-qualify-in-a-few-years" target="_blank" rel="noopener">electric vehicle</a> or <a href="https://twitter.com/RNCResearch/status/1558811340394872834?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1558811340394872834%7Ctwgr%5E8ff39107eb60849633cf84bf043f78572c47594e%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailywire.com%2Fnews%2Fhey-neat-spend-1000-on-green-energy-and-the-feds-will-give-you-a-300-tax-credit-to-reduce-inflation-thanks-biden">weatherizing</a> homes and businesses in the so-called &#8220;Inflation Reduction Act.&#8221; Granholm claimed that those tax credits would lower costs for low-income and middle-class families struggling with inflation.
&#8220;One of the critiques here with these credits is that the prices are high, right? And the supply is limited. What is the practicality? It seems like there’s a disconnect. What’s the practicality for everyday Americans in this kind of benefit?&#8221; host Trace Gallagher asked.
&#8220;There’s two implications here,&#8221; Granholm replied. &#8220;One is, for example, if you want to buy a used electric vehicle, you can get $4,000 off at the dealership today. If you want to buy a new electric vehicle, there is a $7,500 credit for those that are assembled in America &#8230; Why is this important? Because the president &#8230; wants to re-shore manufacturing. It’s not just in electric vehicles &#8230; It will be in solar panels. It will be in wind turbines. It will be in transmission. It will be in electric vehicles and the batteries for those electric vehicles. A whole supply chain and ecosystem, energy ecosystem, built up in the United States because of the incentives in the Inflation Reduction Act.&#8221;
&#8220;But you talk about incentives. Maybe it’s the messaging. People don’t quite get it,&#8221; Gallagher responded, cutting to clips of ordinary Americans who said they still could not afford an electric car, even with the tax credit. &#8220;And really, you could make the same argument, we were talking about tax breaks for adding solar panels, energy-efficient windows, appliances, heat pumps. What do you say to the families who simply can’t afford this stuff in the first place?&#8221;
&#8220;Number one, for your home, yes, there are significant incentives in this bill, which is great to reduce people’s energy costs on a monthly basis,&#8221; Granholm replied.
&#8220;So if you are low income, you can get your home entirely weatherized through the expansion from the bipartisan infrastructure law,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;If you want heat pumps, insulation, new windows, that is covered. If you are moderate income, today, you can get 30% off the price of solar panels. Those solar panels can be financed, so you don’t have to have the big outlay up front.&#8221;
&#8220;When they’re financed, they’re financed in a way that reduces your energy bill even though you have solar panels, with this 30% off. It’s a significant incentive. Same thing if you don’t qualify for the weatherization program, you will be able to, starting next year, get rebates on the appliances and equipment that will help you reduce your monthly energy bill by up to 30%. This is all about reducing costs for people.&#8221;
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Biden Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm: “If you are low-income, you can get your home entirely weatherized” to help deal with 40-year high inflation.
“You can get 30% off the price of solar panels.” <a href="https://t.co/qUM7JGvdYN">pic.twitter.com/qUM7JGvdYN</a>
&mdash; RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href="https://twitter.com/RNCResearch/status/1561370651809792001?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 21, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Energy Sec. Granholm: Families Should Use EV Tax Credits, Weatherize Their Homes, Finance Solar Panels To Cope With Inflation

Inflation

Inflation Reduction Act

Great news kemosabes, thanks to the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/inflation" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Inflation Reduction Act,</a> you can soon start saving hundreds via tax credits — you just have to start shelling out thousands of dollars on green energy appliances to reap the benefits.
Earlier this week, CNN needled President Joe Biden&#8217;s energy secretary Jennifer Granholm on how exactly the Inflation Reduction Act would help American consumers, considering that several studies show it could barely impact prices. Granholm promised that the law would &#8220;immediately&#8221; have an impact if Americans simply put in a little elbow grease and spent some of their hard-earned money to fight <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/climate-change" target="_blank" rel="noopener">climate change</a>.
“Oh I this, this &#8230; First of all, immediately, people will be able to lower the fuel costs in their homes,” Granholm said. &#8220;There&#8217;s a 30% tax credit that you can claim in 2022 for installing energy-efficient windows, heat pumps, energy efficient appliances. That is right away.&#8221;
&#8220;And, on top of that of course, if citizens want to install solar panels on their roofs so that they can generate their own power, that’s another 30% tax credit,” Granholm continued. “And of course, there is the tax credits at the dealership for the automotive sector for electric vehicles and if you install an electric vehicle charging station in your home, you can also get a tax credit.&#8221;
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CNN: “What, specifically, will [the Bidenflation Scam] do to lower costs for Americans right now?”
Biden Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm: &quot;If you install an electric vehicle charging station in your home, you can also get a tax credit!&quot; <a href="https://t.co/NKIQ4thvjK">pic.twitter.com/NKIQ4thvjK</a>
&mdash; RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href="https://twitter.com/RNCResearch/status/1558811340394872834?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 14, 2022</a></blockquote>
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In other words, for every $1,000 you spend, you&#8217;ll receive a $300 tax credit. Never mind the fact that <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/americans-dip-into-savings-as-inflation-soars">you are already digging into your savings</a> under Bidenomics, just dig a little deeper for the sake of the planet, by golly!
Readers might remember that in 2009, then-Vice President Biden claimed that the U.S. had to spend money to avoid economic doom.
While speaking to an audience, Biden said &#8220;look at me and say, ‘What are you talking about, Joe? You’re telling me we have to go spend money to keep from going bankrupt?'&#8221;
“The answer is yes, that’s what I’m telling you,&#8221; he said in an excited voice.
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It seems that is the same financial advice Granholm is giving the average American in 2022.
Let&#8217;s estimate the costs of a few of Granholm&#8217;s suggested home &#8220;improvements.&#8221;
The average energy-efficient window pane costs anywhere from $325 to $1,110, <a href="https://modernize.com/windows/energy-efficient">according</a> to Modernize, a home services website. That price range is per window — not for the entire home. Using those figures, on the lowest end of the spectrum, if you had four windows in your home, you&#8217;d need to spend at least $1,300 before any labor or delivery costs are even calculated into it. If you did that, you would get a $390 tax credit.
Then, if you wanted to put solar panels on your roof, you would need to spend even more money.
Looking at Granholm&#8217;s home state of Michigan, the average solar-panel system costs roughly $16,020 — pre-federal incentives — <a href="https://www.consumeraffairs.com/solar-energy/how-much-do-solar-panels-cost.html">according</a> to Consumer Affairs. Again, with a 30% tax credit, you&#8217;d receive $4,806.00 back if you spent that kind of moolah.
So, if you&#8217;re somebody who lives in a four-window home and wants to purchase a basic solar-panel system and buy some efficient windows – you&#8217;ll need to spend $17,320 to &#8220;save&#8221; $5,196.00. Of course, four-window homes are hard to come by, and if they do exist, it is doubtful that their occupants can afford to spend that kind of money.
And of course, you can go hog wild and even put an electric charging station on your property, which will cost hundreds more. Yet that only makes sense if you own an electric car in the first place. Buying one of those bad boys <a href="https://www.caranddriver.com/research/a31544842/how-much-is-an-electric-car/">will likely cost</a> you tens of thousands more dollars.
The other thing that should be pointed out is that in 2020, there was a 26% tax credit for solar panels. In 2021, there was a 22% tax credit. That begs the question: if consumers weren&#8217;t rapidly installing solar panels when they had a 26% tax credit and inflation was lower, why would Americans be incentivized to do so with a 30% tax credit when practically everything costs more money and most folks are <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/61-of-americans-living-paycheck-to-paycheck">living</a> paycheck-to-paycheck?
It seems evident that the big winners of the Inflation Reduction Act aren&#8217;t the American people, rather it is the green energy companies that will undoubtedly reap profits if Americans take advantage of the supposedly generous energy-related tax credits.
There is a word for that sort of economic malarkey, and that word is &#8220;boondoggle,&#8221; as in Biden&#8217;s green energy boondoggle is a load of garbage.
The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

Joe Biden

Hey Neat, Spend $1,000 On Green Energy And The Feds Will Give You A $300 Tax Credit To Reduce Inflation. Thanks,  Biden!

<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden">Biden</a> Energy Secretary and former <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/michigan">Michigan</a> Governor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jennifer-granholm">Jennifer Granholm</a> violated the Hatch Act during an October 2021 interview when she used her office to promote Democratic candidates, according to the U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC).
Granholm’s violation was revealed after watchdog group Foundation for Accountability &amp; Civic Trust (FACT) requested that the OSC investigate comments Granholm made to media outlet Marie Clare on October 6, 2021.
During an interview with the outlet, Granholm said it was “good news … voting gave Democrats a bare majority (in Congress),” before attempting to clarify by stating she was “using Democrats as a substitute for the policies that you believe in, the policies that you would like to see happen,” the Detroit Free Press <a href="https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2022/06/28/jennifer-granholm-hatch-act-warning/7762380001/">reported</a>.
The OSC determined that Granholm’s comments crossed the line as they were “directed at the success of the Democratic Party.” The special counsel, however, decided not to pursue disciplinary action. Instead, the OSC slapped Granholm with a warning, writing that she had not received “significant” training on the Hatch Act before making those comments. Granholm was sworn in as energy secretary in late February 2021, more than seven months prior to making her comments about Democratic candidates.
“Secretary Granholm has been advised that if in the future she engages in prohibited political activity while employed in a position covered by the Hatch Act, we will consider such activity to be a willful and knowing violation of the law,” the OSC letter sent to FACT on June 9 said.
The <a href="https://osc.gov/Services/Pages/HatchAct.aspx#:~:text=%E2%80%8B%E2%80%8B%E2%80%8B%E2%80%8B%E2%80%8B,connection%20with%20federally%20funded%20programs.">Hatch Act</a>, passed in 1939, prohibits federal government employees from engaging in “activity directed at the success or failure of a political party, candidate for partisan political office, or partisan political group – while the employee is on duty, in any federal room or building, while wearing a uniform or official insignia, or using any federally owned or leased vehicle.”
A Department of Energy spokesperson <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/special-counsel-biden-energy-secretary-violated-hatch-act">confirmed</a> to Fox News Digital that Granholm had received a warning from the OSC.
“Secretary Granholm takes her ethics obligations seriously,&#8221; the spokesperson said, according to Fox News. &#8220;And, she remains laser focused on delivering President Biden’s equitable clean energy agenda which will help lower energy costs for American families and enhance our nation’s security.&#8221;

Biden Energy Secretary Violated Federal Law By Using Office To Promote Democrats, Special Counsel Rules

Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm Violated Hatch Act By Using Office To Promote Democrats, Special Counsel Rules

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<a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/energy">Energy</a> Secretary <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/jennifer-granholm">Jennifer Granholm</a> said that “the only way” for the United States to avoid high <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/gas-prices">gas prices</a> is to produce more green energy.
The national average gas price is currently $4.94 per gallon, according to <a href="https://gasprices.aaa.com/">AAA</a>. Earlier this month, gas prices <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gas-prices-hit-grim-national-average-of-5-per-gallon">surpassed</a> $5.00 per gallon — more than double the $2.39 per gallon witnessed when President Joe Biden took office.
During a <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/press-briefings/2022/06/22/press-briefing-by-press-secretary-karine-jean-pierre-and-secretary-of-energy-jennifer-granholm/">press briefing</a> on Wednesday, Granholm affirmed that the “only way out” of “boom-and-bust cycles” in energy prices is “deploying clean energy.”
“The real truth is that as long as our nation remains overly reliant on oil and fossil fuels, we will feel these price shocks again,” Granholm said. “This is not going to be the last time. The next time there’s a war, the next time there’s a pandemic or another hurricane, these extreme weather events we are experiencing — they will impact the access that we have to fossil fuels.”
Indeed, Biden <a href="https://joebiden.com/clean-energy/">favors policies</a> meant to promote green energy, such as emphasizing public transportation and electric vehicles, even as his administration canceled an enormous sale in Alaska of oil and gas lease location. He also <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/peter-doocy-asks-for-a-straight-answer-on-keystone-gets-the-runaround-from-jen-psaki">refused</a> to green light the construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline.
“We are looking at some significant challenges in the way of ensuring that American people have access to affordable clean energy,” Granholm continued, “but we’re going to use every lever that we have across the federal government to overcome these challenges.”
Earlier this week, Biden called for a three-month pause to the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-calls-for-three-month-pause-to-federal-gas-tax">federal gas tax</a> — which sits at $0.184 per gallon of gasoline and $0.244 per gallon of diesel, according to the U.S. <a href="https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.php?id=10&amp;t=10">Energy Information Administration</a> — to contend with “Putin’s Price Hike.&#8221;
“President Biden understands that high gas prices pose a significant challenge for working families,” the White House said in a statement. “Today, he is calling on Congress and states to take additional legislative action to provide direct relief to American consumers who have been hit with Putin’s Price Hike.”
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) has already indicated that he <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/democratic-senator-not-a-yes-right-now-on-bidens-proposed-gas-tax-holiday">would not approve</a> the federal gas tax suspension, as the policy would not guarantee that the amount would not “penny-for-penny come off of that price.” Other critics argue that the move will only fail to address the administration’s policies that are preventing further production.
&#8220;President Biden&#8217;s proposed temporary gas tax suspension is a band-aid solution to runaway gas prices,” Job Creators Network President Alfredo Ortiz said in a statement provided to The Daily Wire. “To truly show leadership and meaningfully reduce Americans&#8217; pain at the pump, Biden must fundamentally reshape his party&#8217;s environmental policy, strongly backing the production and distribution of traditional energy. Only with vastly increased supply can gas prices significantly fall.”
The Job Creators Network’s most recent <a href="https://monthlypolling.jcnf.org/monthly-monitor/may-2022/">Small Business IQ</a> monthly poll revealed that 76% of business owners would prefer that the United States increase domestic oil and natural gas production. Indeed, the Producer Price Index (PPI) rose <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/inflation-for-businesses-continues-at-double-digit-pace">10.8%</a> from May 2021 to May 2022, with over 70% of the month-to-month rise attributable to an increase in prices for final demand energy, according to the U.S. <a href="https://www.bls.gov/news.release/ppi.nr0.htm">Bureau of Labor Statistics</a>.

Energy Secretary Lays Out ‘The Only Way’ To Avoid High Gas Prices, And It’s Not Producing More Oil

Granholm Calls For 'Deploying Green Energy' As 'The Only Way' Out Of High Gas Prices

Gas Prices

CNN anchor <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/next-week-harvey-weinstein-cnns-john-berman-blows-up-over-rudy-giulianis-masked-singer-debut/">John Berman</a> challenged Energy Secretary <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/energy-sec-granholm-soaring-gas-prices-are-an-exclamation-point-that-u-s-must-accelerate-green-energy-push/">Jennifer Granholm</a> directly during a Wednesday morning interview, asking how President Joe Biden could expect oil companies to absorb losses in the near term while <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/biden-admin-gulf-oil-gas-permits-got-slow-walked-because-a-federal-agency-is-bad-at-math/">his administration</a> worked to <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/biden-pushes-to-end-tax-breaks-for-fossil-fuel-companies-as-americans-already-feeling-pain-at-pump/">put them out of business</a> entirely.
Berman pointed to the fact that Biden and other members of the administration have hardly been shy about their long-term goals of putting <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/biden-continues-fossil-fuel-crackdown-plans-to-suspend-new-oil-drilling-permits-on-federal-land-report-says/">an end to fossil fuels</a> in an effort to balance out the impact of climate change. He then argued that convincing oil companies to absorb profit losses to help bring down inflation and gas prices — which have been bouncing from one record high to the next — could be a hard sell if they believe their entire existence to be at risk once the immediate crisis is averted.
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Berman and Granholm discussed President Biden&#8217;s <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/this-is-being-manipulated-james-carville-says-biden-needs-to-stop-blaming-putin-and-tax-oil-companies-more/">call to oil companies</a>, criticizing them for bringing in record profits while Americans pay more at the pump almost by the day. &#8220;Your companies need to work with my Administration to bring forward concrete, near-term solutions,&#8221; Biden said, promising to use every available tool to help bring costs down.
Berman asked Granholm whether a surtax on oil companies was one of the things Biden was considering, and she replied, &#8220;It is a tool. I’m not saying he would support it. He wants to hear from the companies first.&#8221;
Noting that the administration had been clear about its plan to move the country away from dependence on fossil fuels, Berman pointed out that asking oil companies to invest more in production might hit them the wrong way.
&#8220;Five years from now, 10 years from now, are you telling me you want them drilling for more oil? You want the refineries putting out more gasoline in five years or 10 years?&#8221; Berman asked.
&#8220;What we’re saying is today we need that supply increased,&#8221; Granholm said, but she immediately pivoted to say that the increase was designed to be a temporary fix for an immediate problem — and the administration is still committed to getting away from fossil fuels. &#8220;Of course, in five or 10 years, actually in the immediate, we are also pressing on the accelerator, if you will, to move toward clean energy so that we don’t have to be under the thumb of petro-dictators like Putin.&#8221;
&#8220;But that’s the problem for these companies. These companies are saying, you know, &#8216;You’re asking me to do more now, invest more now, when in fact five or 10 years from now we don’t think that demand will be there, and the administration doesn’t even necessarily want it to be there,'&#8221; Berman explained.

CNN Anchor Confronts Energy Secretary On Biden’s Oil Company Bait And Switch

CNN's John Berman Confronts Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm On Biden's Oil Company Bait And Switch

John Berman

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden">President Joe Biden</a>&#8216;s Secretary of Energy lamented on Wednesday that high gas prices will be here throughout the summer, blaming forces beyond her control. Critics, however, say that the Biden administration is to blame for the rising cost of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/energy">energy</a> and that Democrats are driving up the cost of fuel on purpose.
CBS News&#8217; Major Garrett asked Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm if she had any &#8220;calming or reassuring words&#8221; for Americans concerned about paying for gasoline. The secretary only reassured Americans that the cost of gas won&#8217;t be coming down anytime soon.
&#8220;Yeah, this summer is going to be rough,&#8221; Granholm <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/video/energy-secretary-jennifer-granholm-on-record-high-gas-prices/#x">responded</a> when asked about gas prices. &#8220;I&#8217;ll just be honest with you. The Energy Information [Administration] which is the entity that projects forward the price of gas, the price of oil, has said that by the fall, it should be down to $4.27 a gallon, and by late this year, early next year, it&#8217;ll be down to four maybe under four, maybe high $3 a gallon.&#8221;
&#8220;So there will be some relief on the horizon, but during the summer driving season, it is going to be rough, no doubt about it because we have such a demand and supply mismatch on the global market for oil,&#8221; she added.
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Experts like Katie Tubb, a Heritage Foundation research fellow at the Center for Energy, Climate, and Environment, told The Daily Wire in an e-mail that the Energy Information Administration&#8217;s (EIA) predictions for this summer were wildly misinformed. Furthermore, progressive states are continuing to see the high cost of gasoline, she argued.
&#8220;The national average for gasoline prices are up over $1.80 per gallon compared to last year, and diesel is up over $2.40 per gallon,&#8221; Tubb explained. &#8220;Americans in some states, like California, are paying far higher prices because of state taxes and climate policies.&#8221;
On Friday, AAA <a href="https://gasprices.aaa.com/">reported</a> that the national average price for a gallon of gasoline cost $4.986. A year ago, it cost $3.073.
&#8220;Looking into the summer, the EIA <a href="https://www.eia.gov/outlooks/steo/report/summerfuels.php">anticipated</a> in its Summer Fuel Outlook that gasoline would average $3.84 a gallon this summer and that Americans will spend 18% more on gasoline this year than they did last year,&#8221; Tubb added. &#8220;That’s looking to be a pretty sizeable underestimate.&#8221;
Tubbs also explained that high gas prices should not only have been expected under the Biden administration, but that he welcomes them as part of his energy policy.
&#8220;Secretary Granholm had no &#8216;calming or reassuring words&#8217; for American consumers because the administration persists in pursuing policies whose purpose is to severely restrict new supply from coming online in the United States in the long term,&#8221; Tubb noted.
&#8220;This has been the clear and consistent message of President Biden from the campaign trail through to just last month when he stated that high gasoline prices are just part of his &#8216;incredible transition&#8217; away from the fuel that supplies 90% of Americans’ transportation needs,&#8221; she explained.
Daniel Turner, founder and executive director of <a href="https://powerthefuture.com/">Power the Future</a>, also told The Daily Wire that the Biden administration has been actively discouraging investment in the oil and gas industry, which has led to an increase in prices.
&#8220;The [Biden administration] has created a regulatory and financial climate which punishes the fossil fuel industry,&#8221; Turner claimed. &#8220;From the [the Department of Interior], to [the Environmental Protection Agency], to [the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission], every agency is sending signals that fossil fuels are not welcome.&#8221;
Turner explained that inflation is simply a byproduct of those policies as they impact the economy.
&#8220;The markets are responding in kind,&#8221; Turner said. &#8220;Sadly, fossil fuels are much more than the Biden admin. is willing to admit, and pushing wind and solar and [electric vehicles] does nothing to alleviate rising inflation, food prices, and consumer food prices.&#8221;
The Biden administration has also <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/voters-know-biden-is-to-blame-for-higher-prices-rnc-slams-white-house-for-pinning-inflation-on-putins-price-hike">blamed</a> Russian President Vladimir Putin&#8217;s invasion of Ukraine in February for the increase in prices across the board — dubbed the &#8220;Putin Price Hike&#8221; — but Tubb pointed out that the cost of gas was rising prior to the military conflict.
&#8220;Certainly Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is also being priced into oil markets, as is higher summertime demand for gasoline during vacation season,&#8221; Tubb told The Daily Wire. &#8220;But to stop there is to totally ignore the policy choices being made by the Biden administration that had already led to a 48% increase in gasoline prices before Russia invaded Ukraine.&#8221;
Indeed, in November 2021, Granholm was asked point blank by a Bloomberg Politics host what her plan would be to increase oil production. She laughed out loud at the idea and said, &#8220;That is hilarious.&#8221;
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GOP spokesperson Will O&#8217;Grady also blasted Granholm for her tenure as energy secretary.
&#8220;Democrat Jennifer Granholm, much like Joe Biden, has done absolutely nothing to bring down gas prices,&#8221; O&#8217;Grady said in a statement provided to The Daily Wire.
&#8220;Granholm, laughing off responsibility, would lead one to question why she still has a job as gas prices continue to rise with no end in sight,&#8221; he added. &#8220;The pain is the point for Joe Biden and Democrats, and Granholm laughing in the face of struggling Americans only proves it.
It seems that the secretary&#8217;s amusement over the cost of gas has stuck with commentators, as Tubb also remarked on Granholm&#8217;s laughing to The Daily Wire.
In reaction to Granholm&#8217;s latest comments, Tubb said, &#8220;At least she didn’t laugh this time or tell people to go buy an electric vehicle,&#8221; in reference to the Biden administration&#8217;s belief that electric vehicles <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bidens-energy-secretary-on-gas-crisis-if-you-drove-an-electric-car-this-would-not-be-affecting-you">can help Americans avoid pain at the pump</a>.

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‘The Pain Is The Point’: Energy Secretary Blasted After Saying Summer Gas Prices Were Going To Be ‘Rough’

Heritage Foundation, GOP React To Joe Biden's Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm's Prediction About 'Rough' Summer For Gas Prices

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On Wednesday, a gallon of gasoline cost drivers more than $5.00 in 16 states plus Washington, D.C., but President Joe Biden&#8217;s Department of Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm might not have seen that coming.
Granholm was too busy bashing conservative state legislatures, bragging about the number of Department of Energy (DOE) political appointees who identify as LGBTQ+, reading poetry, and hoisting the gay pride flag at a ceremony earlier this week.
On Monday, Granholm joined a handful of other DOE appointees to celebrate Pride Month and emphasize Biden&#8217;s commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
&#8220;Let&#8217;s be clear, the most important people in this organization are right here,&#8221; Granholm said regarding her colleagues standing at the microphone with her.
&#8220;The most important people&#8221; included the deputy director for the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, the director of Energy Pride (DOE&#8217;s employee resource group or LGBTQ+ employees and allies), the special assistant to the president for climate and science personnel, a nuclear engineer, and a staffer from D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser&#8217;s office.
Granholm continued while quoting American poet Walt Whitman to celebrate LGBTQ+ pride.
&#8220;He writes, &#8216;I celebrate myself and sing myself. And what I assume, you shall assume. For every atom belonging to me, as good, belongs to you,'&#8221; Granholm said solemnly. &#8220;This flag that we will raise is a statement about our commitment to all who see themselves reflected in it; Our commitment to the LGBTQ+ communities&#8217; safety — and safety is big right now — to celebrate their presence with us, for all of you who see yourself in that flag, and all who are working and may not be able to join us, we want you to feel its protection because that&#8217;s who we want to reflect. Not just protection but also of celebration of making sure that we are an agency that is inclusive.&#8221;
The energy secretary added that Americans need &#8220;all hands on deck&#8221; not for the sake of lowering energy prices, but for advancing progressive social ideas at the state and federal levels.
&#8220;We need all talent in order to thrive as an agency, but also as a planet,&#8221; the former Michigan governor said. &#8220;Unfortunately, as we have seen the right to privacy, and the right to safety is under attack. All you have to do is look at social media. All you have to do is see what&#8217;s happening in the halls of some state legislatures, where people, children are not allowed to be who they are, young adults are not allowed to be who they are, people feeling threatened by gun violence because of who they are or who they love.&#8221;
Several states, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/desantis-signs-parental-notification-bill-shrugs-off-dont-say-gay-uproar">such as Florida</a>, have passed laws prohibiting radical gender ideology instruction from certain grades. Other states, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/alabama-law-criminalizing-transgender-health-care-for-minors-goes-into-effect">like Alabama,</a> have banned sex-change procedures for minors.
&#8220;There&#8217;s a human rights advocate, Ginetta Sagan said it best — and it&#8217;s a reflection of what has been said in the civil rights community, whose shoulders we stand on — which is, &#8216;Silence in the face of injustice is complicity with the oppressor,'&#8221; Granholm added before promising that &#8220;this administration will not be silent in the face of attacks on our fellow Americans.&#8221;
Granholm then rattled off a series of Biden initiatives that have nothing to do with energy, let alone high gas prices.
&#8220;And it&#8217;s why as one of his first acts in off office, President Biden, you will recall, signed an executive order committing this entire administration to equity, to civil rights, to inclusion. And that value has permeated actions throughout this administration — whether it&#8217;s reversing the ban on transgender participation in the military or fighting to make sure that in schools there is no sexual or gender discrimination because supporting the LGBTQ+ community is not just about acceptance, it&#8217;s not just about tolerance, it&#8217;s about action,&#8221; Granholm claimed. &#8220;And it&#8217;s about saying to all that we respect you and we celebrate you and we will fight for you.&#8221;
Granholm concluded her remarks by noting that her team would &#8220;make sure&#8221; to reflect the values of diversity, equity, and inclusion &#8220;in everything we do — personnel-wise, policy-wise. At all levels of this administration inside of DOE, we want to make sure that people can be their full selves at work and be celebrated for it,&#8221; while remarking how great it is that 20% of DOE political appointees are LGBTQ+ individuals.
When she began her remarks Monday morning,<a href="https://www.npr.org/2022/06/06/1103318977/states-highest-gas-prices"> just 10 states had gas</a> that cost an average of $5 per gallon. As of press time, six more states and D.C. were <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WTqVTHG7Hc">added</a> to that list.
Granholm&#8217;s remarks can be seen here:
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The views expressed in this piece are the author&#8217;s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

As Gas Prices Break Records, Energy Secretary Reads Poetry And Blasts Conservative State Legislatures In Pride Flag Ceremony

President Joe Biden's Department of Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm Reads Poetry While Gas Prices Surge

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As Americans brace for high Memorial Day temperatures, they will also have to contend with high prices at the pump.
Gas prices hit $4.62 per gallon on Monday — marking the highest Memorial Day gas prices in <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/27/energy/gas-prices-memorial-day/index.html">more than a decade</a>, as reported by <a href="https://gasprices.aaa.com/">AAA</a>. Americans are thus paying nearly 11% more than the $4.18 prices that prevailed a month ago — as well as 53% higher than the $3.03 prices from Memorial Day last year, according to the <a href="https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=pet&amp;s=emm_epmr_pte_nus_dpg&amp;f=w">U.S. Energy Information Administration</a>.
“Against a backdrop of gas prices that have continued to set new records ahead of Memorial Day, Americans have been resilient in their desire to hit the road, but we’re certainly seeing increased hesitancy due to rising prices at the pump,” Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy, told <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2022/05/19/gas-prices-just-hit-a-new-record-high-here-are-a-few-ways-to-save.html">CNBC</a>.
Gas prices for Memorial Day 2022 are even more severe than those seen in recent memory. Americans were paying $1.96 on Memorial Day 2020 when driving activity was still depressed due to COVID-19 lockdowns — meaning that Americans are paying 136% more for gas than they were two years ago. Even before the lockdowns, gas prices were roughly $2.85 on Memorial Day 2019 — meaning that today’s prices are 62% higher than equivalent pre-pandemic levels.
A <a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/news/gas-prices-66-americans-are-making-significant-habit-changes-says-survey-180821426.html">poll from Yahoo</a> released earlier this month showed that 66% of American drivers would make “significant changes to their driving patterns” if the national average cost of gasoline lies between $4.12 and $4.35 per gallon.
“I started riding my motorcycle as my main mode of transportation, instead of just recreationally,” Alexis Hornickel of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, told <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/i-have-a-very-limited-budget-americans-forced-to-drive-less-as-gas-prices-soar">The Daily Wire</a> last week. “I’m a student, so I have a very limited budget. My gas expenses just weren’t justifiable anymore.”
The poll likewise showed that 62% of Americans are willing to limit their vehicle usage to necessities — such as doctor visits and grocery shopping — if the price of gasoline hits $4.35 per gallon. While 41% plan to only fill their gas tanks with what is affordable, 35% are increasing their reliance on public transportation and 29% are canceling summer road trips.
The Biden administration — which has nixed expansions to the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/peter-doocy-asks-for-a-straight-answer-on-keystone-gets-the-runaround-from-jen-psaki">Keystone XL Pipeline</a> and dragged its feet on issuing <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/unacceptable-cruz-gop-senators-demand-end-to-oil-and-gas-lease-permit-delays">oil and gas permits</a> — claims that higher fuel costs may help the United States transition more quickly to renewable energy.
When asked about “enormously high gas prices” at a press conference last week, President Joe Biden said: “When it comes to the gas prices, we’re going through an incredible transition that is taking place that, God willing, when it’s over, we’ll be stronger and the world will be stronger and less reliant on fossil fuels when this is over.”
Biden also pointed to his decisions to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-raid-on-critical-strategic-petroleum-reserve-leaves-lowest-level-in-35-years">release millions of barrels</a> from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve as successful in stopping gas prices from “getting even worse.”
“The price of gas at the pump is something that I told you — you heard me say before — it would be a matter of great discussion at my kitchen table when I was a kid growing up. It’s affecting a lot of families,” Biden said.
Likewise, Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm contended last week that soaring gas prices are an “exclamation point” to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/energy-sec-granholm-soaring-gas-prices-are-an-exclamation-point-that-u-s-must-accelerate-green-energy-push">transition away from fossil fuels</a>.
“No one has ever weaponized access to the sun,” Granholm said, referencing Russia’s move to cancel energy exports or demand that shipments be paid in Russian rubles. “No one has ever weaponized access to wind. The way we are energy secure is to build homegrown clean energy, and other countries are looking to that as well.”

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