Cisco DeVries, CEO of OhmConnect, Issues Statement on the House Select Committee's Climate Crisis Action Plan to Reach Net-Zero Emissions by 2050

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Jul 01, 2020, 09:52 ET

SAN FRANCISCO, July 1, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- "I applaud the House Select committee on their action plan to tackle the climate crisis. It is our moral imperative to address and resolve this crisis as rapidly as possible, and this plan promises to do so while also tackling urgent economic and health objectives. We have to think big, and we do not have the luxury of focusing on just one crisis at a time. As Speaker Nancy Pelosi said, the plan is a 'bold step for climate action now.'

"This plan commits to net-zero emissions by 2050, while creating millions of jobs and saving tens of thousands of lives every year. In particular, we strongly support the recommendation to modernize and update the rules governing wholesale power markets to support renewable energy, electrify homes, enable them to make smarter use of electricity through demand response, and invest in disadvantaged and vulnerable communities, which often bear high environmental burdens due to fossil-fuel energy generation. This effort is long overdue.

"I look forward to working with the rest of our industry, as well as Congress, to make sure this bold step is in deeds and not just words."

About Cisco DeVries and OhmConnect:

Cisco DeVries has over 20 years experience in the energy sector. He served as an aide to the U.S. Secretary of Energy during the Clinton Administration, was chief of staff to the Mayor of Berkeley, and designed one of the most successful clean energy products, "Property Assessed Clean Energy" (PACE), which won the Scientific American World Changing Idea Award. Cisco is the CEO of OhmConnect, California's leading clean energy program that incentives residents to lessen their energy consumption when the grid is stressed.

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