Solyndra Founder Gronet ‘Appalled’ by Loan Delay, E-Mails Show
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Solyndra LLC’s founder, seeking $535 million in U.S. loan guarantees, said he was appalled when the Bush administration delayed action on aid to the solar-panel manufacturer.
“Many people worked through the holidays to make sure we were doing our part to stay on track,” Chris Gronet said in a post-midnight e-mail to an Energy Department official on Jan. 12, 2009. Gronet, who was also the company’s chief executive officer, spurned an apology from an Energy Department official.