House Small Business Committee

Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Workforce Development Subcommittee

Wealth for the Working Class: The Clean Energy Economy

2360 Rayburn
Tue, 27 Jul 2021 14:00:00 GMT

The clean energy economy has seen robust growth in recent decades and now presents the opportunity for widespread wealth creation that benefits American small businesses, their workers, and consumers. It has the potential to create millions of good-paying jobs spread across tens of thousands of businesses while simultaneously lowering energy prices for consumers.

This hearing will focus on workforce development initiatives in the clean energy economy, discuss Congressional proposals regarding clean energy, and explore the potential for the growth this industry could unleash.

Hearing memo

Witnesses
  • Leticia Colon De Mejias, Chief Executive Officer of Energy Efficiencies Solutions and Co-chair for the Building Performance Association, Energy Efficiencies Solutions
  • James Hasselbeck , Director of Operations , ReVision Energy, Inc., South Portland, ME
  • Samuel Gilchrist, Western Campaigns Director, Natural Resources Defense Council, Denver, CO
Republican witness
  • Tom Greer, Proprietor and Owner, Hub City Brewing Co., Belen, NM, Testifying on behalf of the Consumer Energy Alliance