WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Energy Department did its homework on a $535 million loan guarantee it gave to now-bankrupt solar panel maker Solyndra, Energy Secretary Steven Chu plans to tell lawmakers at a hearing on Thursday.
Republicans are expected to grill Chu on taxpayer-funded aid to Solyndra, brandishing e-mails from government officials and investors that they say show the loan was rushed, poorly supervised and ill-advisedly restructured.
