Solar CEO Calls for More Clarity on UFLPA Documentation Requirements
The establishment of a “more practicable enforcement regime” for the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act “needs to be front and center” for the U.S. government, Clearway Energy Group CEO Craig Cornelius said on an earnings call Nov. 2. Speaking during a call held to discuss third quarter earnings by subsidiary Clearway Energy Inc., Cornelius said the government needs to put ports in a position to handle the “dramatic” quantities of equipment that will need to enter the country to meet climate goals and the needs of the power grid.
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“The documentation requirements to enable imports just needs to get more clear and more standardized,” Cornelius said. There’s “quite a lot of conversation going on around just that and I am optimistic that the industry and the government together will figure out a way for this to function effectively going forward,” he said.