An official at the Department of Energy who ran the loan guarantee program that backed bankrupt solar panel manufacturer Solyndra has resigned, according to the Washington Post.
Jonathan Silver testified before the House Energy and Commerce Committee last month, and deflected questions by emphasizing that he was tapped to head the DOE’s Loan Programs Office in Nov. 2009, which was months after the Solyndra loan was made.
In the Washington Post, story, the DOE tried to discourage the assumption that the resignation was related to the Solyndra controversy, claiming that Silver had planned to leave at the end of the fiscal year once all the money allocated to the program had expired. The fiscal year ended on Sept. 30.
