Cost-cutting efforts by the Trump administration could have direct impacts on the local economy, and Governor Evers is hoping to change the federal mindset.
Democratic Governor Tony Evers on Tuesday sent a letter amid reported plans to terminate over 600 US Department of Energy funding awards which include more than $1.5 Billion in already-approved funding to Wisconsin-based companies, projects and organizations.
In a letter to DOE Secretary Chris Wright, Governor Evers called the terminations “counterintuitive, reckless, and ill-advised.”
Among the Sheboygan area projects that would be affected by such cuts are $51 million approved for the Kohler Company, and $80.7 million total in two projects for Wisconsin Power and Light Company.
According to the Evers administration, in Wisconsin alone, plans to roll back clean energy investments will mean a $300 annual increase on household energy bills by 2035.
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