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Document 90 From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Thomas Catenacci Thu, 27 Feb 2025 10:27:23 -0500 Woods, Andrea Dietderich, Ben; DOE NEWS Re: [EXTERNAL] Press inquiry - Free Beacon Sounds good, appreciate it! Thomas On Thu, Feb 27, 2025 at 9:54 AM Woods, Andrea <andrea.woodsghsdoe.gov> wrote: Hi Thomas, Ben is actually on the road today with the Secretary but let me check into this for you. Will do our best to get you something by 2pm today. Thanks! Andrea Andrea Woods Deputy Director Office ofPublic Alfitim MOBILE (b)(6) - Sec. Wright From: Thomas Catenacci <catenaccik)freebeacon.com> Date: Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 9:51 AM To: Dietderich, Ben hq.doe.gov> Cc: DOE NEWS <doenews@hq.doe.gov>, Woods, Andrea <andrea.woodsa.hq.doe.gov> Subject: [EXTERNAL] Press inquiry - Free Beacon Hi Ben, In its final days in office, the Biden administration issued a waiver exempting a wide range of DOE programs from being required to meet Build America, Buy America standards for solar panels. The move opens the door for recipients of large federal grants and loans--including those awarded via the Grid Resilience and Innovation Partnerships Program and LPO's Energy Infrastructure Reinvestment Financing program--to source solar supplies from China. https://www. energy.govisite s/defau lt/files/2024-12/BABA%20WAV%20202508%20Omnibus%20Proposed%20Nonavailability%20Solar%20WaiverV02012.12.2024%20CLE AN.pdf Is this something that DOE is reviewing? Is it considering an action to rescind this omnibus waiver? Deadline for this is 2 p.m. EST. Best, Thomas Catenacci Reporter I Washington Free Beacon e: catenacci@freebeacon.com c. (b) (6) ******************************************************************** This message does not originate from a known Department of Energy email system. Use caution if this message contains attachments, links or requests for information. ********************************************************************