Senator Susan Collins Named 2026 Clean Energy Champion
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Susan Collins has been recognized as a 2026 Clean Energy Champion by Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions (CRES). This accolade highlights her ongoing efforts to enhance grid resilience, promote energy storage and clean energy technologies, and support investments in the nation’s energy infrastructure.
“CRES has been an important partner in advancing responsible energy policies that strengthen our nation’s economy and energy security, and I am grateful to be recognized by the organization as a Clean Energy Champion,” said Senator Collins. “As Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, I will continue working across the aisle to advance an all-of-the-above energy strategy that helps make energy more reliable and affordable while encouraging American innovation.”
Senator Collins was part of the bipartisan group that negotiated the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which includes the establishment of the Grid Resilience and Innovation Partnerships (GRIP) grant program aimed at modernizing the electric grid. Through this program, Form Energy received a federal award of nearly $150 million for a battery-based energy storage facility on the site of the former Lincoln Paper & Tissue Mill. In August, Senator Collins met with U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright and local leaders to discuss plans for this facility.
The Better Energy Storage Technology (BEST) Act, a bipartisan initiative led by Senator Collins to support research and development in grid-scale energy storage, was signed into law in 2020.
