CharIN North America Issues Official Response regarding the U.S. Defense Production Act

On November 30th, CharIN North America issued an official response to the United States Department of Energy’s Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains and Policy Offices issued this Request for Information to inform how authority under Title III of the Defense Production Act (DPA) provided to DOE through Presidential Determinations could best be used as a tool to accelerate manufacturing and deployment of energy technologies to bolster national defense, tackle climate change and environmental injustice, strengthen energy security and reliability, and improve employment opportunities and broader economic prosperity for Americans.

CharIN specifically focuses its comments on the RFI on transformers and electric grid components as eligible technologies given its direct relationship with scaling the electrification of the transportation system.