Congressman Blumenauer invited House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to the Third District of Oregon to see how Recovery Act dollars were being used to stimulate the economy, create new clean energy jobs, and reduce energy costs.

The Congressman and Speaker gathered a group of local stakeholders including Portland Mayor Sam Adams, Tom Kelly of Neil Kelly Co, Connie Ashbrook, Executive Director of Oregon Tradeswomen, and Gregg Kantor , CEO of NW Natural to discuss Clean Energy Works Portland.

Tom Kelly and Connie Ashbrook spoke about how the Clean Energy Works Program, now expanded to all of Oregon, helped hire and provide job training to workers. Gregg Kantor described how the program partnered with local utilities. Later, Congressman Blumenauer, Speaker Pelosi, Mayor Adams, and others toured a NE Portland home whose owners were participants in the Clean Energy Works program and had recently made major energy efficiency upgrades to their home.

Learn more about the Clean Energy Works Program.