WASHINGTON, May 25 -- The U.S. Department of Energy issued the following news on May 24, 2022: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced two awardees to manage the expansion of SolSmart -- a program that has helped hundreds of communities remove red tape to increase solar deployment and expand access to clean energy. DOE also announced that more than 60 new communities accepted U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm's challenge to join SolSmart, including the first Puerto Rican  more