Electrifying America’s Future Resolution

Sen. Martin Heinrich
D-New Mexico

“Our future depends on our acting now to confront the climate crisis by enacting policies to convert our economy from fossil fuels to clean energy. By making this switch, we will also create millions of new jobs, save American households money on their energy bills and protect lives by improving the air we breathe in our homes and workplaces.”

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
Marc Boom, Director of Federal Affairs, Government Affairs Program

“We are excited to support this resolution that lays out an ambitious plan to electrify America’s homes, vehicles and businesses in beneficial ways for people across our country. It marks a clear path for how to dramatically reduce carbon pollution and utility bills while creating millions of new, good-paying jobs, and securing a better, more equitable future for our communities.”

Environmental Defense Fund (EDF)
Elizabeth Gore, Senior Vice President, Political Affairs

“We commend Senator Heinrich and his colleagues co-sponsoring the Electrifying America’s Future Resolution for recognizing the enormous opportunities to build a healthy and prosperous future for American families and workers in electrifying our economy. The vision for America laid out in this resolution is transformative -- by investing in electrification now the U.S .can cut climate pollution and build a world class economy and workforce for the 21st century."

Sierra Club
Rachel Golden, Deputy Director, Building Electrification Program

“With legislation built on the ideas found in this resolution, we can reduce climate and hazardous air pollution, lower peoples’ monthly energy bills, and put millions of people to work in every corner of the country upgrading our communities for the 21st century. The science is indisputable: we must electrify and we can’t avoid the worst impacts of the climate crisis if we keep making homes dependent on burning fossil fuels like ‘natural’ gas for heating.”

Evergreen Action
Sam Ricketts, Co-Founder

“By investing now to electrify buildings we can lower energy bills, eliminate deadly indoor pollution and create good union jobs in every part of the country — all while fighting the climate crisis. Evergreen applauds Senator Heinrich for his bold leadership on Electrifying America’s Future, and we look forward to our continued partnership in the fight for a just and thriving clean energy future.”

Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI)
Stephanie Green, Senior Principal and Program Lead, Carbon-Free Buildings

“RMI is proud to support Senator Heinrich's Electrifying America’s Future Resolution. Large-scale electrification across multiple sectors of our economy is critical to reduce indoor and outdoor air pollution and to address the climate crisis. Additionally, RMI analyses show that all-electric buildings are cheaper to build and healthier for all American families.”

EarthJustice
Jessica Ennis, Legislative Director for Climate and Energy

“The Electrifying America’s Future Resolution understands the crucial role that electrification will play in tackling the climate crisis, reducing air pollution, and creating jobs, all with an eye towards environmental justice for the communities in our country that have been overburdened with pollution. We applaud Sen. Heinrich’s leadership for introducing this resolution, and look forward to our continued work with Congress to build a just and equitable pollution-free future.”

BlocPower
Donnel Baird, Founder and CEO

“This is America, not ancient Mesopotamia. We do not need to burn fossil fuels to heat and cool our buildings any longer. It’s time to lead the world in creating a giant new industry — electric buildings — with great paying new jobs to make buildings smarter, healthier, greener, more profitable, and more valuable.”

Moms Clean Air Force
Celerah Hewes, New Mexico Field Organizer

“The Electrifying America’s Future Resolution will help families literally breathe easier as we cut more and more pollution from our buildings as well as from construction, transportation, and manufacturing. Moms applaud Senator Heinrich for leading the way in transitioning American homes and businesses and prioritizing public health to address the climate crisis.”

GreenLatinos
Andrea Marpillero-Colomina, Clean Transportation Advocate

“By centering human health and economic wellbeing, the Electrifying America's Future Resolution lays out key building blocks for creating a clean energy economy ... Latino/a/x and other communities disproportionately impacted by our dependence on fossil fuels, and underrepresented as workers in much of the clean energy sector, stand to benefit greatly from the investments and improvements this resolution calls for.”

Elevate
Anne Evens, CEO

“With bold federal leadership like this, tens of millions of homeowners and renters can transition to healthier homes and lower monthly bills, across all income levels. We look forward to specific legislation in the American Jobs Plan that centers equity in the promise of full electrification.”

Sealed
Andy Frank, Founder and President

“We support Senator Heinrich’s Electrifying America’s Future Resolution because decarbonizing our lives is key to combating the climate crisis ... Residential retrofits like heat pumps are widely available, save energy, and help make homes comfortable, healthy, safe, and sustainable.”

Building Electrification Institute (BEI)
Jenna Tatum, Director

“We welcome federal leadership to help accelerate this transition [to fully electric buildings] and ensure that all communities benefit. We commend the senators who have signed on to this resolution and look forward to working with our federal partners to transition away from fossil fuels in a way that creates a more equitable and prosperous future for all.”

Span
Arch Rao, CEO and Founder

“We are still below 2% of homes in the U.S. being powered from renewables, and only a fraction of homes have switched to electric appliances because of the limitations of the traditional electrical panel. This points to an enormous opportunity to invest in modernizing grid-infrastructure, starting at the edge.”

Rewiring America
Alex Laskey, Co-Founder and Executive Chair

"The sweeping vision of this resolution matches the massive mobilization to electrify our economy and our lives the climate crisis demands. The great news is that achieving Senator Heinrich's vision is possible: we can do this with existing technologies and without asking for sacrifice or economic hardship, creating millions of American jobs, improving indoor air quality that impacts our health, and lowering household utility bills.”

And many others:

Abstract Edge • Act Now Coalition • Acterra: Action for a Healthy Planet • Activate Global Inc. • Advanced Energy Economy • Ajax Strategies • Alternative Energy Development Group LLC • American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy • Arcadia • Aspiration • Association for Energy Affordability • BeniSol • Beyond Efficiency Inc. • Bidgely • Blue Lake Clean Energy Group LLC • Boston Clean Energy Coalition • Carbon Free Palo Alto • Carbon Free Silicon Valley • Center for American Progress • Center for Civic Policy • CFE Industries LLC • ChargerHelp Inc. • Chesapeake Climate Action Network • Cinergi Group LLC • Citizen Energy LLC • Citizens’ Climate Lobby, Monadnock (NH) Chapter • Citizens Utility Board Illinois • City of Ann Arbor • City of Pittsburgh • CLASP • Clean Energy for America • Clean Power Coalition of Southeast Wisconsin • Clean Power Lake County • Climate Action Alliance of the Valley • Climate Change Resources • Climate Changemakers • Climate Rail Alliance • Community Development Corporation of PHP • Community Housing Partners • Dandelion Energy • Data for Progress • David Energy • Dvele Inc. • EcoWorks • EDPR NA Distributed Generation • Elders Climate Action Massachusetts • Electrify Now • Elmworks Inc. • Energy Development Consultants LLC • Energy Smart Colorado • Energy Storage Association • Enphase Energy • Environment America • Environment California • Environment Colorado • Environment Connecticut • Environment Florida • Environment Georgia • Environment Illinois • Environment Maine • Environment Maryland • Environment Massachusetts • Environment Missouri • Environment New Jersey • Environment North Carolina • Environment Oregon • Environment Texas • Environment Virginia • Environment Washington • Environmental Defenders of McHenry County • FlexCharging • Francis J Consulting • Fresh Energy • Fujitsu General America • Generation180 • Greenvest • Greenwork • G2VP • Harvest Thermal • Huck Capital • Illinois Environmental Council • Inclusive Prosperity Capital • Institute for Market Transformation • Interfaith Earth Network of Southeastern Wisconsin • Iowa Environmental Council • Jonathan Rose Companies • Land Art Generator • LaPlaca and Associates LLC • Lumen Energy Inc. • Massachusetts Climate Action Network • Menlo Spark • Michigan Clinicians for Climate Action • Michigan Energy Options • Michigan Environmental Council • Michigan League of Conservation Voters • MIT Center for Bits and Atoms • Mothers Out Front, Tompkins County • Mountain Prairie LLC • Nancy E Anderson Associates • NanoSpray LLC • National Parks Conservation Association • New Buildings Institute • New Ecology Inc. • New Mexico Voices for Children • New York Geothermal Energy Organization • New Yorkers for Clean Power • No Sharon Gas Pipeline • North Range Concerned Citizens • npc Solar • Octopus Energy • Ohm Connect • PennEnvironment • Phius • Physicians for Social Responsibility • Pipe Line Awareness Network for the Northeast • Pivot Energy • Policy Solutions Institute • Posigen, Inc. • PowerOptions • Progress Noe Valley • Project Green Home • Purpose Venture Group • Recurve • Redwood Energy • Remake Architecture LLC • RENEW Wisconsin • Respiratory Health Association • Scale Microgrid Solutions • Silicon Valley Youth Climate Action • Simply Living • Solar Mosaic Inc. • Solstice • Southwest Energy Efficiency Project • Strafford Climate Action • Sunfolding Inc. • Sunrise Bay Area • Sunrun Inc. • Swift Solar • The Climate Mobilization • The Enviro Show • Unitarian Universalist Advocacy Network of Illinois • Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto, Green Sanctuary • Unite North Metro Denver • United Church of Christ Environmental Justice Ministry • Vector Green Power and Materials LLC • Veduta • Vermont Climate & Health Alliance • Vermont Interfaith Power and Light • Voltus Inc. • Vote Solar • Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility • Wisconsin Advocates for Public Health • Wisconsin Environment • Wisconsin Health Professionals for Climate Action • Zero Emission Transportation Association (ZETA) • 350 Bay Area Action • 350 Central Mass • 350 Chicago • 350 Conejo / San Fernando Valley • 350 Everett • 350 Madison

New York Times
Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico

Guest Essay: Your Next Car and Clothes Dryer Could Help Save Our Planet

“Our future depends on our acting now to confront the climate crisis by enacting policies to convert our economy from fossil fuels to clean energy. By making this switch, we will also create millions of new jobs, save American households money on their energy bills and protect lives by improving the air we breathe in our homes and workplaces.”

Washington Post
Rachel Pannett

An Australian Inventor Wants to Stop Global Warming by Electrifying Everything

“Last year, Griffith started a policy group called ‘Rewiring America’ to push the idea of mass electrification. They have been talking to lawmakers in Washington, including Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) who introduced a resolution in the Senate on May 18 that is inspired by Griffith’s ideas and calls for widespread electrification of American homes and businesses and new financing to help pay for it.”

The Hill
Rachel Frazin

Senate Democrats Unveil Resolution Calling for Carbon-Free Electric Sector by 2035

“The measure, led by Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), says the goal should be achieved through mechanisms such as incentivizing deployment of electric heaters and ending fossil fuel subsidies. President Biden has likewise called for a carbon-free power sector by 2035, and House Democrats also laid out this goal in legislation earlier this year.”

Politico
Kelsey Tamborrino

IEA Lays Out Narrow Road to Net-Zero

“Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), joined by nine other Democrats, will today introduce a resolution calling for accelerating the electrification of households, buildings, and businesses. Backers argue speeding electrification around the country would address climate change, while creating millions of jobs with strong labor standards.”

Reuters

U.S. Democrat Unveils Resolution to Electrify the Economy

“Heinrich's non-binding Electrifying America's Future Resolution includes calls for electrifying polluting sectors like construction and transportation, expanding interregional transmission capacity, boosting financing for electric technologies and modernizing building codes to encourage adoption of electric appliances.”