Jay Inslee: “speaking in favor of the amendment, I think one of the reasons we have not moved forward on energy as much as we have is…”

“speaking in favor of the amendment, I think one of the reasons we have not moved forward on energy as much as we have is the vision of new technologies is difficult to visualize. I want to show Members a home located in Loudoun County, Virginia, Hillsboro, Virginia. It is owned by Alden and Carol Hathaway. It was built for a total of $365,000. It incorporates solar photovoltaic cells in the roof panels, in the shingles themselves. It has an in-ground heat pump, and it is a net zero energy-using home today in Loudoun County, Virginia. During the year, it is zero. It qualifies as a net zero use under energy qualifications, and that is happening today for essentially what it costs to build a house in Loudoun County today. This is a real thing that is here. It is not some sort a figment of our wild imagination, and the reason this works is a phenomenon the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Oberstar) has used as the basis for that amendment, and this show the price of solar photovoltaic starting at about $1 in 1980 per kilowatt, and has continued to decline in a radical reduction in cost down to about 20-25 cents per kilowatt at this time, which is exactly what the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Barton) stated, and he is always right about these things. That is about where it is today.”