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Lawmakers Debate Administration Actions and IRA’s Role as Grid Demand Rises
Summary
Members sharply disagreed over recent Department of Energy actions, tariffs and the potential repeal of the Inflation Reduction Act, with Democrats warning that freezing DOE programs and repealing incentives would raise costs and Republicans arguing for policy certainty favoring dispatchable resources.
A major strand of Thursday’s hearing was political: members traded sharply different views about the new administration’s actions at the Department of Energy, tariffs on critical equipment, and the potential repeal of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).
Ranking Member Kathy Castor condemned what she called the new administration’s “illegal” freezes of DOE grants and other actions that she said would slow investments that undergird reliability and affordability. Castor…
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