Energy Sec. Granholm ‘extremely hopeful’ after meetings with Houston’s energy leaders
in the wake of the Ukraine war, but Granholm said those relationships have improved after a series of meetings over the last year.
“I hope that they're saying the same thing,” she said. “Things have improved at the operational level.”the annual CERAWeek by S&P Global conference downtown, Chevron CEO Mike Wirth confirmed to the Chronicle separately that he was part of the gathering. Granholm said she was heartened to hear about the companies' strategies to diversify into clean energies and to take advantage of tax credits available through the Inflation Reduction Act.Granholm and Wirth met with the Chronicle separately during their visits to Houston, where Granholm delivered a keynote speech Wednesday as part of the CERAWeek conference.
“To not take advantage of this moment,” she said, “their shareholders might raise their eyebrows and say, why aren't we given the incentives that are out there.”
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