Happy Friday from Form Factory 1! Yesterday at West Virginia Chamber’s #WVBusinessSummit, our CEO Mateo Jaramillo shared the latest progress on our factory in Weirton, WV! Construction is substantially complete and we’re gearing up to kick off high-volume production of our iron-air

Last week was exhilarating. It was great to be in West Virginia to celebrate the start of production at our factory! Everyone (including Babydog Justice )was glowing with excitement.

Today, we're announcing $3 billion to supercharge U.S. battery manufacturing with funding from President Donald J. Trump and Vice President JD Vance’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. This means more batteries for more EVs and more storage for record-new amounts of wind and solar coming online. energy.gov/articles/biden…

When I was in the Senate, we tried to move permit reform through reconciliation, both when we took the Senate in 2015 (Keystone+) and w/the trifecta in 17. It’s effectively impossible to do policy that actually provides more predictability within the limitations of reconciliation

We were honored to have Representative Miller come see the work we're doing in Weirton this week! We had a great discussion about developing advanced American manufacturing facilities and the ins and outs of multi-day storage.

The Senate bill probably cuts $100bn more in Medicaid than House bill. As for IRA, see chart for yourself. Senate added 4.5bn in cost across ITC/PTC/45X. Peanuts in the scheme of things. Senate is adding to deficit by making expensing/R&D permanent. Bad? x.com/repandyharrism…

This would be incredibly destructive to America!

Per the CEO of the Texas grid operator: Texas reduced its blackout risk from over 10% to under 1% in *just one year* by adding several smaller states’ worth of solar and storage (!!) to its grid. Quote & audio below

New taxes on any form of energy generation represent national security malpractice in this age of the AI arms race. Don’t tax the light, or we’ll pay with our freedom.

Good time to remind people that in 2024, China installed 357 gigawatts of wind and solar capacity. That's roughly the amount of wind and solar that the US has installed *over our country's entire history*. apnews.com/article/wind-s…