The governors of Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas, Colorado and New Mexico were among 19 governors who voiced their criticism to President Biden this week about the growing government investigation into the Asian solar production market.
In a letter to the White House, the governors told the President, “The current market disruption jeopardizes much of the progress achieved by the domestic solar industry and we fear this will only continue for the duration of the investigation.”
It was signed by Govs. Laura Kelly of Kansas, Asa Hutchinson of Arkansas, Jared Polis of Colorado, Mike Parson of Missouri and Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico.
They pointed to the impact the probe is having on the American solar industry, noting that solar prices have jumped because of dramatic drops in solar product imports “threatening the livelihoods of more than 230,000 American workers who rely on solar jobs and raising energy costs on families.”
The 19 governors were Republicans and Democrats who urged the President to bring a quick end to the investigation that has brought the solar industry in the U.S. to its knees.
“We agree with Secretary Granholm and the U.S. Department of Energy that these policies put us at risk of a “complete smothering of the investment and the jobs and the independence that would be seeking as a nation.””
It was signed by the governors of Arkansas, American Samoa, Colorado, Hawaii, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania and Washington.
