Clean Energy Infrastructure and the Workforce to Build It
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CLEAN ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE WORKFORCE TO BUILD IT HEARING BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENERGY OF THE COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND COMMERCE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED SIXTEENTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION FEBRUARY 27, 2019 Serial No. 116–10 ( Printed for the use of the Committee on Energy and Commerce govinfo.gov/committee/house-energy energycommerce.house.gov U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE 36–527 PDF WASHINGTON : 2019 VerDate Mar 15 2010 12:46 Dec 04, 2019 Jkt 037690 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 5011 Sfmt 5011 P:\116TH CONGRESS\116X10ENERGYWORKFORCE\116X10ENERGYWORKFORCEWOR CED-24 with DISTILLER COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND COMMERCE FRANK PALLONE, JR., New Jersey Chairman BOBBY L. RUSH, Illinois GREG WALDEN, Oregon ANNA G. ESHOO, California Ranking Member ELIOT L. ENGEL, New York FRED UPTON, Michigan DIANA DEGETTE, Colorado JOHN SHIMKUS, Illinois MIKE DOYLE, Pennsylvania MICHAEL C. BURGESS, Texas JAN SCHAKOWSKY, Illinois STEVE SCALISE, Louisiana G. K. BUTTERFIELD, North Carolina ROBERT E. LATTA, Ohio DORIS O. MATSUI, California CATHY MCMORRIS RODGERS, Washington KATHY CASTOR, Florida BRETT GUTHRIE, Kentucky JOHN P. SARBANES, Maryland PETE OLSON, Texas JERRY MCNERNEY, California DAVID B. MCKINLEY, West Virginia PETER WELCH, Vermont ADAM KINZINGER, Illinois BEN RAY LUJA´ N, New Mexico H. MORGAN GRIFFITH, Virginia PAUL TONKO, New York GUS M. BILIRAKIS, Florida YVETTE D. CLARKE, New York, Vice Chair BILL JOHNSON, Ohio DAVID LOEBSACK, Iowa BILLY LONG, Missouri KURT SCHRADER, Oregon LARRY BUCSHON, Indiana JOSEPH P. KENNEDY III, Massachusetts BILL FLORES, Texas TONY CA´ RDENAS, California SUSAN W. BROOKS, Indiana RAUL RUIZ, California MARKWAYNE MULLIN, Oklahoma SCOTT H. PETERS, California RICHARD HUDSON, North Carolina DEBBIE DINGELL, Michigan TIM WALBERG, Michigan MARC A. VEASEY, Texas EARL L. ‘‘BUDDY’’ CARTER, Georgia ANN M. KUSTER, New Hampshire JEFF DUNCAN, South Carolina ROBIN L. KELLY, Illinois GREG GIANFORTE, Montana NANETTE DIAZ BARRAGA´ N, California A. DONALD MCEACHIN, Virginia LISA BLUNT ROCHESTER, Delaware DARREN SOTO, Florida TOM O’HALLERAN, Arizona ---- PROFESSIONAL STAFF JEFFREY C. CARROLL, Staff Director TIFFANY GUARASCIO, Deputy Staff Director MIKE BLOOMQUIST, Minority Staff Director (II) VerDate Mar 15 2010 12:46 Dec 04, 2019 Jkt 037690 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 P:\116TH CONGRESS\116X10ENERGYWORKFORCE\116X10ENERGYWORKFORCEWOR CED-24 with DISTILLER SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENERGY BOBBY L. RUSH, Illinois Chairman SCOTT H. PETERS, California FRED UPTON, Michigan MIKE DOYLE, Pennsylvania Ranking Member JOHN P. SARBANES, Maryland ROBERT E. LATTA, Ohio JERRY MCNERNEY, California, Vice Chair CATHY MCMORRIS RODGERS, Washington PAUL TONKO, New York PETE OLSON, Texas DAVID LOEBSACK, Iowa DAVID B. MCKINLEY, West Virginia G. K. BUTTERFIELD, North Carolina ADAM KINZINGER, Illinois PETER WELCH, Vermont H. MORGAN GRIFFITH, Virginia KURT SCHRADER, Oregon BILL JOHNSON, Ohio JOSEPH P. KENNEDY III, Massachusetts LARRY BUCSHON, Indiana MARC A. VEASEY, Texas BILL FLORES, Texas ANN M. KUSTER, New Hampshire RICHARD HUDSON, North Carolina ROBIN L. KELLY, Illinois TIM WALBERG, Michigan NANETTE DIAZ BARRAGA´ N, California GREG WALDEN, Oregon (ex officio) A. DONALD MCEACHIN, Virginia TOM O’HALLERAN, Arizona LISA BLUNT ROCHESTER, Delaware FRANK PALLONE, JR., New Jersey (ex officio) (III) VerDate Mar 15 2010 12:46 Dec 04, 2019 Jkt 037690 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 P:\116TH CONGRESS\116X10ENERGYWORKFORCE\116X10ENERGYWORKFORCEWOR CED-24 with DISTILLER VerDate Mar 15 2010 12:46 Dec 04, 2019 Jkt 037690 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 P:\116TH CONGRESS\116X10ENERGYWORKFORCE\116X10ENERGYWORKFORCEWOR CED-24 with DISTILLER CONTENTS Page Hon. Bobby L. Rush, a Representative in Congress from the State of Illinois, opening statement ................................................................................................ 1 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 3 Hon. Fred Upton, a Representative in Congress from the State of Michigan, opening statement ................................................................................................ 3 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 5 Hon. Frank Pallone, Jr., a Representative in Congress from the State of New Jersey, opening statement .......................................................................... 6 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 7 Hon. Richard Hudson, a Representative in Congress from the State of North Carolina, opening statement ............................................................................... 8 WITNESSES Gilbert Campbell, Cofounder, Volt Energy ............................................................ 10 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 13 Answers to submitted questions ...................................................................... 141 Katie Walthall Mehnert, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Pink Petro and Experience Energy ........................................................................................ 16 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 18 Answers to submitted questions ...................................................................... 142 Vien Truong, President, Dream Corps ................................................................... 24 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 26 Answers to submitted questions 1 ................................................................... 146 James Simpson, Manager, Military Talent Acquisition, Pike Enterprises, LLC ........................................................................................................................ 29 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 31 Answers to submitted questions ...................................................................... 149 Leticia Colon de Mejias, Chief Executive Officer, Energy Efficiences Solutions, LLC, and Policy Co-Chair, Home Performance Coalition ................................. 36 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 39 Answers to submitted questions ...................................................................... 155 Anne R. Pramaggiore, Senior Executive Vice President, Exelon Corporation, and Chief Executive Officer, Exelon Utilities .................................................... 43 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 45 Answers to submitted questions ...................................................................... 159 SUBMITTED MATERIAL H.R. 1315, the Blue Collar to Green Collar Jobs Development Act of 2019 ....... 94 Letter of February 27, 2019, from Jason Hartke, President, Alliance to Save Energy, to Mr. Rush, submitted by Mr. Rush ................................................... 113 Letter of February 26, 2019, from Joni Davis and Stan Sherrill, Duke Energy, to Mr. Rush, submitted by Mr. Rush .................................................................. 114 Letter of February 26, 2019, from Abigail Ross Hopper, President and Chief Executive Officer, Solar Energy Industries Association, to Mr. Pallone, et al., submitted by Mr. Rush .................................................................................. 115 1 Questions submitted to Ms. Truong were answered by Michelle Romero, National Director of Green For All, Dream Corps. (V) VerDate Mar 15 2010 12:46 Dec 04, 2019 Jkt 037690 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 P:\116TH CONGRESS\116X10ENERGYWORKFORCE\116X10ENERGYWORKFORCEWOR CED-24 with DISTILLER VI Page Letter of February 26, 2019, from Valerie Segovia, Director for Outreach and Development, Nuclear Power Institute, Texas A&M University System, to Mr. Rush and Mr. Upton, submitted by Mr. Rush ....................................... 117 Letter of February 27, 2019, from Mary Miller, President, Center for Energy Workforce Development, to Mr. Rush and Mr. Upton, submitted by Mr. Rush ...................................................................................................................... 121 Report of the National Urban League, Washington Bureau, ‘‘The Digital Revolution: Electrification & Smart Communities, The Benefits and the Barriers,’’ by Donald Cravins, Jr., and Gavin H. Logan, submitted by Mr. Rush ...................................................................................................................... 126 Article of January 18, 2019, ‘‘In Minneapolis, low-income neighborhoods see influx of clean energy investment,’’ by Frank Jossi, Energy News Network: Minnesota, submitted by Mr. McEachin ............................................................ 136 VerDate Mar 15 2010 12:46 Dec 04, 2019 Jkt 037690 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 P:\116TH CONGRESS\116X10ENERGYWORKFORCE\116X10ENERGYWORKFORCEWOR CED-24 with DISTILLER CLEAN ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE WORKFORCE TO BUILD IT WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2019 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENERGY, COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND COMMERCE, Washington, DC. The subcommittee met, pursuant to call, at 10:30 a.m., in room