Worker Wednesday: September 6 and Texas’ Michael Skelly

Wednesday, September 6

WORKER SPOTLIGHT (brought to you by CE4AEF’s Faces of Clean Energy program)

Michael Skelly is founder and CEO at Grid United, an early stage transmission development company. Last summer, he joined a CE4A event on grid modernization and resilience.

What is the most important thing about transmission or grid decarbonization that people should know? “I think we're about to have a transmission moment here because the bipartisan infrastructure bill allocated you know not as much money as some would hope but like a lot of money for the grid — more than ever.”

Why is clean energy important to you? “There’s a whole lot of reasons to invest in the grid, and they range from more energy options, more choices, better resilience. I think most people, regardless of where you sit politically, believe that we will use more and more electricity in the future, and that means we need more grid.”

Read more about Michael’s work here.

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NEW FACTORY ANNOUNCEMENTS (Here are social posts to amplify new factories resulting from the president’s Affordable Clean Energy Plan.)

Georgia: Hyundai, LG to invest an additional $2B in batteries at Georgia EV plant

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  THOUSANDS of manufacturing jobs are coming back to America bc of @POTUS' Affordable #CleanEnergy Plan. Days ago, @Hyundai and LG Energy Solutions announced they'll hire as many as 8500 WORKERS at their Georgia #EV battery plant. Wow! #CleanEnergyAtWork
  

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  👉Georgia #EV battery factory set to employ 8500 WORKERS, invest $7.5 billion in this rural community.
  🤫 Opponents of the #InflationReductionAct are all about 1) bashing the law and 2) celebrating the jobs from it. Hmmm
  https://apnews.com/article/hyundai-georgia-lg-electric-vehicle-battery-58bdbe36e34179db41c95dc120851f77
  #CleanEnergyAtWork
  

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  *ahem* AMERICAN MANUFACTURING IS BACK!
  @Hyundia announced they'll hire another 400 #cleanenergy workers at their #EV battery plant in western Georgia. A big win for @POTUS Affordable #CleanEnergy Plan.
  Facility stats:
  - 8500 👷‍♀️👷‍♂️
  - 300K 🔋🚗
  - $7.5B 💰
  #CleanEnergyAtWork