GOP Rep. August Pfluger scorches Biden EV mandate when officials don’t know the facts
Luke Gentile
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Rep. August Pfluger (R-TX) tore into President Joe Biden’s electric vehicle mandate after Environmental Protection Agency official Joseph Goffman struggled to answer questions regarding the nation’s energy needs.
“How much electricity does the United States demand each year?” Pfluger asked Goffman during a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing.
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“Um, I don’t know that number off the top of my head,” Goffman replied.
Pfluger informed Goffman that the nation demands four terawatts annually and then chastised the Biden administration for having neither an EPA nor a secretary of energy that could answer that question.
“Who else doesn’t know it in this country, and we’re mandating electric vehicles,” Pfluger said. “What’s the percentage increase in electricity demand if we get to the 2030 and 2035 mandates that your agency is pushing for and the administration is pushing for? What is the percentage increase that we will need?”
Roughly 0.4% in 2030 and 4% in 2050, Goffman answered.
“Okay, so the secretary of energy sat right there two weeks ago, and she said it’s gonna double our electricity demand, and you’re giving me a much more accurate or, at least, much more specific answer,” Pfluger said.
“You guys have no idea how much demand is gonna be.”
The Texan then asked Goffman where all the required electricity is going to come from.
“Uh, it [will] come from a diverse grid,” according to Goffman.
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“It’s 110 degrees in my hometown today,” Pfluger responded. “The wind is not blowing. The sun is shining, and, after four hours of darkness, there will be no batteries on this planet that can produce a reliable source of base load dispatchable power.”
“We have no plan for this.”