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Griffith Tells Senate Panel DOE Must “Use All Electrons” as Grid Faces Growing Demand
Summary
Preston Wells Griffith III, nominated to be Under Secretary of Energy, told the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee that, if confirmed, he would prioritize affordable, reliable power and adhere to law on spending while working to deploy all available energy resources and address workforce and funding concerns raised by senators.
Preston Wells Griffith III, President Trump’s nominee to be Under Secretary of Energy, told the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee that, if confirmed, he would “leverage all the resources” across DOE program offices to deliver on administration priorities and ensure energy affordability and reliability.
The hearing focused on how the undersecretary for energy would respond to rising electricity demand driven in part by artificial intelligence and manufacturing reshoring, ongoing workforce reductions, and concerns about frozen grant and loan funding. Senators pressed Griffith on commitments to follow statute and to support federally funded programs already obligated under law.
Griffith said his role, if confirmed, would be to “leverage all the resources, the…
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