January 28, 2021 Former Gov. Jennifer Granholm was grilled this week by members of the U.S. Senate Energy Committee about her track record on energy issues in Michigan, and among other things claimed that a newspaper op-ed describing the failure of "green-energy" subsidies she promoted here was inaccurate. She implied taxpayers did not lose any money in one particular corporate subsidy deal she was asked about, which is not accurate. Granholm made the claim at a Jan. 27 hearing by the committee on whether to confirm her nomination by President Joseph Biden as the U.S. Secretary of Energy. The op-ed cited by the former governor was written by Jarrett Skorup, director of marketing and communications for the Mackinac Center for Public Policy. It came up when Republican Sen. John Barrasso asked Granholm about her Michigan track record on energy issues.