Biden Energy Sec Granholm says cost of heating homes this winter will 'be more expensive' than last year

Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm, a former Democratic Michigan governor appointed by President Biden, said Sunday that Americans should expect to pay higher prices to heat their homes this winter.

Granholm, a former Democratic Michigan governor appointed by President Biden, said the president is exploring "all of the tools that he has," including tapping into U.S. oil reserves, to address the rising energy costs.

"We are in a slightly beneficial position, well certainly relative to Europe, because their chokehold of natural gas is very significant. They’re going to pay five times higher," she said. "But we have the same problem in fuels that the supply chains have, which is that the oil and gas companies are not flipping the switch as quickly as the demand requires. So that's why the president has been focused on both the immediate term and the long-term. Let us get off of the volatility associated with fossil fuels and associated with others who don't have our country's interests at heart and invest in moving to clean energy where we will not have this problem."