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Dave Flessner

Contact correspondent Dave Flessner at flessner@timesfreepress.com.


Energy secretary says clean energy will power Chattanooga’s economy

The $1.2 trillion in clean energy and infrastructure spending measures pushed by President Joe Biden over the past three years is paying off in more manufacturing and energy jobs in America, especially across the "battery belt" in the Southeast, where new electric vehicle and battery plants are being built, U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said during a visit to Chattanooga on Wednesday.