Sen. Tillis Breaks Secrecy Oath To Smear Energy Expert Opposing Wind And Solar Subsidies
Why did Thom Tillis lie to the Senate about what I said in a secret meeting he swore not to discuss?
by Alex Epstein June 30, 2025, 10:27 AM
Several energy experts, including me, explained to Senator Thom Tillis [in a secret meeting] why the Big Beautiful Bill’s termination of subsidies for solar/wind projects not “placed in service” before the end of 2027 was absolutely necessary to keep electricity reliable, lower costs, and avoid hundreds of billions in future budget costs. [emphasis, links added]
Sadly, in his zeal to preserve these subsidies (and perhaps his zeal to tank the bill) in his recent speech to the Senate, he tried to discredit the many experts who support “placed in service” by singling out me—and trying to make me look ignorant by lying about my remarks in a secret meeting he organized with me, a meeting he and all participants swore not to discuss publicly.
In his Senate speech debating the Big Beautiful Bill, Tillis portrayed my remarks in his meeting as illustrating that I support a “placed in service” termination “without a clue about what they are potentially doing to our grid”—that I am someone who “can’t possibly understand what happens to this pipeline of power purchase agreements and the future of our grid.”
Anyone who believed Tillis’s speech to the Senate would conclude that I was advocating “placed in service” without understanding its implications for the grid and various projects in progress.
https://climatechangedispatch.com/tillis-secrecy-smear-expert-green-subsidies/
