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00:00:52RUNS ABOUT AN HOUR.
00:01:24>> SILENCE.
00:01:28>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. I'D
00:01:30LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK
00:01:36ALEX. RAMONA. ELECTED OFFICIALS
00:01:37TO PROTECT AMERICA. ALL OUR
00:01:42INCREDIBLE DELEGATES FROM THE
00:01:43UK. THE UKRAINE, BEYOND C-SPAN
00:01:49AND THE NATIONAL PRESS CLUB. ME,
00:01:54I'M YOU. TODAY. AS A YOUNG GIRL
00:01:59IN NIGERIA, MY FAMILY
00:02:03EXPERIENCED FREQUENT BLACKOUTS
00:02:06SITTING BY THE FIRE UNDER THE
00:02:09LIGHT OF THE STARS. I WOULD
00:02:12LISTEN TO MY ELDERS TELL
00:02:14STORIES, AND I WAS INSTILLED
00:02:17WITH A SENSE OF COMMUNITY AND
00:02:21PURPOSE I UNDERSTOOD THAT
00:02:24STORIES CAN TELL US ABOUT OUR
00:02:26PAST. MIRROR TO US OUR PRESENT,
00:02:29AND HELP US. BIRTH POSSIBLE
00:02:34FUTURES. NOW, IN THE PRESENT,
00:02:37I'VE BEEN ABLE TO BE A PART OF FANTASTIC PROJECTS LIKE STAR
00:02:40TREK STRANGE NEW WORLDS, THIS IS
00:02:44US, AMERICAN GODS, A PROJECT
00:02:47ABOUT QUEEN JINGA OF ANGOLA,
00:02:48WHICH HAS ALLOWED ME TO PARTNER
00:02:51WITH WORLD FOOD PRIZE WINNER
00:02:54HEIDI KUHN IN REMOVING LANDMINES
00:02:57FROM ANGOLA AND REPLACING WITH
00:02:59AGRICULTURE, REMOVING THE SCARS
00:03:03OF WAR, AND PLANTING THE SEEDS
00:03:05OF PEACE NOW, STANDING HERE WITH
00:03:11THE ELECTED OFFICIALS TO PROTECT
00:03:14AMERICA, OUR DELEGATES FROM
00:03:16UKRAINE, UK AND THE US, I AM
00:03:20REMINDED THAT THE CHOICES WE
00:03:21MAKE WITH OUR ENERGY POLICIES
00:03:25ARE MATTERS OF LIFE, DEATH, AND
00:03:30DIGNITY. RIGHT NOW, FAMILIES ACROSS THE GLOBE FACE A PUNISHING AFFORDABILITY CRISIS.
00:03:34LET US BE CLEAR, OLD GUARD
00:03:37POLICIES THAT DOUBLE DOWN ON FOSSIL FUELS DO NOT SAVE MONEY.
00:03:41THEY HIKE COSTS, TRASH. OUR
00:03:44PUBLIC HEALTH AND DESTABILIZE
00:03:48NATIONS. WHEN THE ADMINISTRATION
00:03:50FAVORS FOSSIL FUEL EXTRACTION OVER INNOVATION, EVERYDAY PEOPLE
00:03:54PAY THE PRICE AT THE PUMP ON THEIR UTILITY BILLS, AND IN THE
00:03:57VERY AIR THAT THEY BREATHE
00:04:01NATIONS SPEND UPWARDS OF $81
00:04:04BILLION EVERY YEAR JUST TO
00:04:06PROTECT OVERSEAS OIL INTERESTS, MONEY THAT SHOULD BE IN THE
00:04:10POCKETS OF WORKING FAMILIES.
00:04:12LOWERING LIVING COSTS AND
00:04:14FUNDING GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE. AS
00:04:18OUR VETERAN LAWMAKERS AND INTERNATIONAL OFFICIALS
00:04:21CONSTANTLY REMIND US WITH THEIR
00:04:24STORIES. A NATION DEPENDENT ON
00:04:26FOSSIL FUELS IS NEVER TRULY
00:04:31SECURE. OUTDATED POLICIES JEOPARDIZE OUR JOBS, CHOKE OUR
00:04:35COMMUNITIES WITH POLLUTION, AND
00:04:36LEAVE THE DOOR OPEN TO CONFLICT.
00:04:40IT IS TIME TO LISTEN TO THE
00:04:41STORIES OF THE FRONT LINES. BY
00:04:47STRENGTHENING ENERGY SECURITY AND ENFORCING ENVIRONMENTAL
00:04:50POLICIES THAT PUT PEOPLE FIRST. WE CAN LIFT UP VULNERABLE
00:04:53COMMUNITIES AND BUILD
00:04:56EVERLASTING PEACE. AS YOUR HOST,
00:04:59IT IS MY DISTINCT PLEASURE TO
00:05:02INTRODUCE OUR WONDERFUL GUESTS.
00:05:05FIRST UP TO THE PODIUM, WE HAVE
00:05:08PAUL FOSTER, A UK MEMBER OF
00:05:11PARLIAMENT FOR SOUTH RIBBLE,
00:05:13CO-CHAIR OF THE UK ALL PARTY PARLIAMENTARY GROUP FOR ARMED
00:05:16FORCES, AND A VETERAN OF THE BRITISH ARMY CORPS OF ROYAL
00:05:20ENGINEERS
00:05:32>> THANK YOU FOR TODAY. AND BEFORE I START, CAN I JUST THANK
00:05:35ALEX AND THE ELECTED OFFICIALS TO PROTECT AMERICA TEAM FOR ALL
00:05:38THE WORK YOU DO? AS YOU KNOW, I'M A
00:05:42>> BRITISH VETERAN, A MEMBER OF THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT, AND IT'S BEEN AN ABSOLUTE PRIVILEGE
00:05:46AND HONOR TO SUPPORT THE WORK THAT YOU'VE BEEN DOING OVER THE
00:05:48WEEKEND. AND I'M ABSOLUTELY DEDICATED TO CONTINUING SUPPORTING EVERYTHING THAT YOU
00:05:52AND THE TEAM DO. SO THANK YOU.
00:05:56OVER 30 YEARS AGO, I SERVED IN
00:05:59THE FIRST GULF WAR ON OPERATION HAVEN IN NORTHERN IRAQ,
00:06:02ALONGSIDE AMERICAN FORCES. OUR MILITARY COLLEAGUES IN SOUTHERN
00:06:06IRAQ AND KUWAIT FOUGHT IN THE DESERT AND WATCHED THE OIL
00:06:10FIELDS BURNING. LIKE MANY WHO SERVED, I HOPE DEEPLY THAT OUR
00:06:13SACRIFICES WOULD BUILD A FUTURE THAT WAS SAFER AND MORE SECURE
00:06:17FOR OUR CHILDREN, OUR
00:06:19CHILDREN'S CHILDREN. YET HERE
00:06:21WE ARE TODAY. I WOULD ARGUE IT IS NOW NOT JUST THE OIL FIELDS
00:06:24THAT ARE BURNING, BUT THE GLOBE
00:06:28IS BURNING. WHEN WE LOOK AT GLOBAL CONFLICT TODAY, WE ARE
00:06:32LOOKING AT THE VOLATILITY OF
00:06:34ACCESS TO FOSSIL FUELS DUE TO
00:06:37CONTINUED DEPENDANCE. FOR
00:06:38DECADES. INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
00:06:41HAVE PIVOTED ON THE GEOGRAPHY OF OIL AND GAS. WE HAVE SEEN HOW
00:06:45GEOPOLITICAL FLASHPOINTS DISRUPT
00:06:49PIPELINES, SPIKE INFLATION, AND LEAVE DOMESTIC NATIONS
00:06:52VULNERABLE TO THE WHIMS OF
00:06:54HOSTILE REGIMES, EXPOSING
00:06:56COUNTRIES TO INTERNATIONAL
00:07:00SHOCKS. FOSSIL FUEL DEPENDANCE IS NOT ONLY A BRITISH OR
00:07:03AMERICAN PROBLEM, IT'S A GLOBAL VULNERABILITY CREATED BY YEARS
00:07:07OF POOR DECISION MAKING, LEADING
00:07:11TO LIMITED ADAPTIVE CAPACITY. TRUE SOVEREIGNTY IS IMPOSSIBLE
00:07:15FOR ANY NATION. IF OUR COLLECTIVE SURVIVAL RELIES ON
00:07:19FOSSIL FUEL IMPORTS AND A GLOBAL
00:07:20COMMODITY MARKET CONTROLLED BY
00:07:23AUTOCRATS, OR PERHAPS EVEN THE
00:07:26HUGE GLOBAL CONGLOMERATES, THAT
00:07:28IS WHY THE TRANSITION TO RENEWABLE ENERGY CANNOT BE A
00:07:32SOLO EFFORT. WE ALL NEED TO
00:07:37TRANSITION TOGETHER. LOOK NOW TO THE UKRAINE, THE HORRIFIC
00:07:41CONFLICT THERE HAS SHOWN US THE RAW REALITY OF MODERN WARFARE,
00:07:45WHERE TRADITIONAL ENERGY GRIDS AND FOSSIL FUEL ROUTES ARE
00:07:49TARGETED TO FREEZE OUT CIVILIANS
00:07:52AND ENFORCE DEPENDENCY. FOR UKRAINE, REBUILDING WITH
00:07:56DECENTRALIZED RENEWABLE POWER IS
00:07:56NOT JUST ABOUT A GREEN FUTURE,
00:08:01IT'S ABOUT SURVIVAL, RESILIENCE,
00:08:02AND CUTTING OFF THE FINANCIAL
00:08:05LIFEBLOOD OF THEIR AGGRESSORS. THE AMBITIOUS UKRAINE MARSHALL
00:08:08PLAN WILL ALLOW UKRAINE TO
00:08:10LEAPFROG INTO A NET ZERO FUTURE,
00:08:13SETTING AN INSPIRATIONAL EXAMPLE
00:08:15TO US ALL. AS THE UK CONTINUES
00:08:20TO ACCELERATE ITS WIND, SOLAR
00:08:21AND NUCLEAR PROJECTS, WE ARE EFFECTIVELY BUILDING A SHIELD.
00:08:25BUT FOR THAT SHIELD TO PROTECT
00:08:27THE FREE WORLD, WE MUST ALL
00:08:30STAND TOGETHER. I URGE ALL OUR INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS,
00:08:33INCLUDING OUR HOSTS, HERE TODAY IN THE UNITED STATES, TO VIEW
00:08:37THE GREEN TRANSITION THROUGH
00:08:41THIS EXACT LENS. EVERY WIND TURBINE ERECTED, EVERY SOLAR
00:08:44PANEL ARRAY DEPLOYED, AND EVERY CLEAN GRID SECURED ACROSS THE
00:08:48GLOBE IS A DIRECT STRIKE AGAINST
00:08:51THE GEOPOLITICAL LEVERAGE OF
00:08:53HOSTILE REGIMES. UNLIKE GAS, NOBODY CAN RATION THE WIND.
00:08:57NOBODY CAN TURN OFF THE SUN THIS
00:09:01IS NO LONGER JUST AN ENVIRONMENTAL DEBATE. FOR ME,
00:09:04IT'S A COLLECTIVE, STRATEGIC
00:09:07NECESSITY. BY INVESTING HEAVILY IN RENEWABLES WORLDWIDE, WE
00:09:11PROTECT OUR PLANET, SECURE OUR
00:09:12ECONOMIES, AND PERMANENTLY DENY
00:09:15HOSTILE ACTORS THE POWER TO
00:09:17DICTATE OUR FUTURE. IN 1979,
00:09:22PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER SAID
00:09:23THIS. THIS INTOLERABLE
00:09:27DEPENDANCE ON FOREIGN OIL
00:09:28THREATENS OUR ECONOMIC INDEPENDENCE AND THE VERY
00:09:32SECURITY OF OUR NATION. HE WENT
00:09:32ON TO SAY, THE ENERGY CRISIS IS
00:09:37REAL. IT IS WORLDWIDE. IT IS
00:09:41CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER TO OUR NATION. THESE ARE FACTS, AND WE
00:09:44SIMPLY MUST FACE THEM. I REMIND
00:09:46YOU, WHO SAID THAT IN 1979. TO
00:09:53CONCLUDE, 30 YEARS AGO, I WAS IN IRAQ FIGHTING FOR A BETTER WORLD
00:09:56FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. TODAY, I
00:09:59AM STILL DETERMINED WE ACHIEVE THIS. I MAY NO LONGER BE IN
00:10:03UNIFORM, BUT I AM NOT GIVING UP
00:10:06THE FIGHT. LET US BUILD A NEW GLOBAL SHIELD TOGETHER. THANK
00:10:10YOU VERY MUCH.
00:10:13>> [APPLAUSE] [APPLAUSE]
00:10:16>> DEEPLY INSIGHTFUL. THANK YOU.
00:10:19PAUL. AND NEXT, WE HAVE ALEX
00:10:23CORNELL, WHO'S THE PRESIDENT AND CO-FOUNDER OF ELECTED OFFICIALS
00:10:25TO PROTECT AMERICA, WHO IS ALSO A FORMER MAINE STATE
00:10:29REPRESENTATIVE AND A USMC COMBAT
00:10:33VETERAN.
00:10:35>> YOU AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE BEING HERE. AND TO OUR
00:10:39DISTINGUISHED GUESTS FROM AROUND
00:10:42THE WORLD. UM, AS YOU MENTIONED, I'M ALEX. I'M PRESIDENT OF
00:10:46ELECTED OFFICIALS TO PROTECT AMERICA ON THE INTERNATIONAL SIDE, ELECTED OFFICIALS TO
00:10:50PROTECT THE EARTH AND OUR MISSION IS TO PROTECT OUR LANDS,
00:10:54WATERS, AND DEMOCRACY NATIONALLY
00:10:57AND GLOBALLY AND WHEN I DEPLOYED
00:11:01TO THE MIDDLE EAST, IT BECAME
00:11:03VERY CLEAR TO ME HOW ENERGY IS
00:11:08TIED TO OUR NATIONAL SECURITY
00:11:11FOR INSTANCE, IT WAS DUSK, AND WE'RE ON A PATROL, AND IT'S
00:11:14VERY HAZY OUT, SO YOU COULDN'T
00:11:17SEE VERY FAR. AND WE CAME ACROSS
00:11:20A LINE OF CARS, TRACTORS, TRAILERS, AND EVERYTHING. AND WE
00:11:24WERE WONDERING, WHY WERE THEY
00:11:26LINED UP FOR? AS FAR AS THE EYE COULD SEE. AND EVENTUALLY WE GOT
00:11:30TO THE FRONT AND FOUND OUT THAT
00:11:32THEY WERE WAITING FOR OIL TO
00:11:34FUEL THEIRSELVES. AND OF COURSE, THERE'S A CURFEW, SO WE HAD TO
00:11:38BREAK THIS UP. BUT THEY WERE
00:11:41WILLING TO RISK THEIR LIVES BECAUSE OF THIS DEPENDANCE ON A
00:11:45SINGLE SOURCE OF ENERGY NOW,
00:11:48FAST FORWARD, WE'RE PRETTY MUCH
00:11:51DOING THE SAME THING, BUT THROUGH CHOKEPOINTS ALL ACROSS
00:11:53THE WORLD, BETWEEN THE STRAIT OF
00:11:56HORMUZ, THE BAB EL MANDEB, THE
00:11:59STRAIT OF MALACCA, AND THROUGH
00:12:02THE MILITARY AND STATE
00:12:03DEPARTMENT, I'VE BEEN ABLE TO
00:12:07VISIT ALL THESE STRAITS, AND THEY'RE NOT VERY EASY TO GET THROUGH. THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ,
00:12:11AS WE ALL KNOW, IS 20% OF THE
00:12:14WORLD'S ENERGY GOING THROUGH THERE. THE STRAIT OF MALACCA IS
00:12:1850% OF THE WORLD'S ENERGY. AND
00:12:22AS A RESULT, SORRY, 30%. AND THE
00:12:24TOTAL OF 50%. THAT'S HALF THE
00:12:26WORLD'S ENERGY GOING THROUGH
00:12:29TRUE CHOKEPOINTS ACROSS THE
00:12:32GLOBE. AND 40% OF THE GLOBAL
00:12:34TRADE IS ENERGY. IMAGINE THE
00:12:38FREEDOM WE WOULD HAVE IF WE
00:12:41DIDN'T DEPEND ON TRANSPORTING 40% OF OUR TRADE AND HAVING TO
00:12:44GO THROUGH TWO CHOKEPOINTS THAT
00:12:46TAKE UP HALF OF THE GLOBAL
00:12:50ENERGY. THIS IS WHY CLEAN, DISTRIBUTED ENERGY IS A SOLUTION
00:12:53THAT DEMOCRATIZES ENERGY AND
00:12:56EMPOWERS OUR COUNTRIES. AND UNFORTUNATELY, THE U.S. CAN
00:12:59NEVER BE ENERGY INDEPENDENT WITH FOSSIL FUELS UNLESS WE HAVE AN
00:13:03INSANE AMOUNT OF INVESTMENT IN
00:13:06RETOOLING THE GAS REFINERIES AND
00:13:07OIL REFINERIES. BECAUSE WHAT WE
00:13:12PRODUCE IS LIGHT, SWEET OIL, AND
00:13:15WE EXPORT THAT. AND THEN WE
00:13:16IMPORT THE OIL THAT IS THE
00:13:19HEAVY, SOUR CRUDE, BECAUSE WE'RE
00:13:23VERY GOOD AT REFINING IT. AND AS
00:13:25A RESULT, IT'S NOT WORTH THE INVESTMENT TO CHANGE OUR
00:13:29REFINERIES, NOR CAN WE EVEN CONNECT ALL OUR OIL FACILITIES
00:13:33TO THE REFINERIES. SO THE SOLUTION FOR THE UNITED STATES
00:13:37IS VERY CLEARLY DISTRIBUTED.
00:13:39CLEAN ENERGY, BECAUSE WE HAVE IT
00:13:42ABUNDANTLY ACROSS THE U.S. ON
00:13:46THE NORTHEAST, MAINE HAS OVER 40 NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS WORTH OF
00:13:49OFFSHORE WIND, AND EVEN MORE THROUGH THE NORTHEAST. AND AS WE
00:13:53GO, SOUTH IS ABUNDANT, ABUNDANT
00:13:59SOLAR ENERGY. AND THE MIDWEST IS
00:14:00ALREADY MANY STATES THAT ARE HEAVILY AGRICULTURAL DEPENDENT
00:14:04ARE A THIRD, POWERED BY WIND ENERGY. AND, OF COURSE, ON THE
00:14:06WEST COAST, WE HAVE AMAZING
00:14:09POTENTIAL WITH OFFSHORE WIND.
00:14:11WITH OVER 120 NUCLEAR POWER
00:14:17PLANTS WORTH. AND FOR REFERENCE, A NUCLEAR POWER PLANT IS ABOUT A GIGABYTE GIGAWATT WORTH OF
00:14:20ENERGY. AND AS WE MOVE TOWARDS
00:14:24THE EAST, UKRAINE, SADLY, IS THE
00:14:26WORLD'S EXAMPLE OF WHY WE
00:14:29CANNOT BE DEPENDENT ON A FOSSIL
00:14:31FUEL DICTATOR. BUT IT'S BEEN
00:14:36AMAZINGLY HEARTWARMING AND INNOVATIVE AND EXCITING TO SEE
00:14:39WHAT UKRAINE HAS DONE TO COMBAT THIS DEPENDANCE ON FOSSIL FUELS
00:14:43AND FUND THAT IS, FUNDING A
00:14:45DICTATOR WHO IS SADLY KILLING
00:14:48WOMEN AND CHILDREN AND COMMUNITY
00:14:51MEMBERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY
00:14:56INDISCRIMINATELY. ONLY 0.46 OF THE SOLAR CAPACITY, AND 0.4% OF
00:14:59THE WIND POTENTIAL WITHIN ABOUT TEN KILOMETERS OF THE UKRAINE'S
00:15:03GRID, COULD POWER THE ENTIRE
00:15:07COUNTRY. AND UKRAINE IS
00:15:10DEFINITELY TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THAT. WITH INSTALLING OVER 1.5GW
00:15:13OF DISTRIBUTED SOLAR SINCE THE
00:15:15FULL SCALE INVASION. THAT'S ABOUT A NUCLEAR POWER PLANT AND
00:15:18A HALF WORTH OF ENERGY WHEN IT
00:15:22COMES TO WIND 19 TURBINES ARE
00:15:25LOCATED 100KM FROM THE FRONT
00:15:27LINES, AND ALL OF THEM ARE STILL
00:15:31STANDING BECAUSE IT'S ACTUALLY REALLY HARD TO HIT A WIND TURBINE. IT'S LIKE A TOOTHPICK
00:15:34IN A FIELD. AND THE MISSILE THAT CAN EFFECTIVELY DO THAT COSTS
00:15:38MORE THAN THE TURBINE. SO YOU HAVE TO OCCUPY THE AREA,
00:15:40BASICALLY. AND THAT EXPANSION IS
00:15:46HAPPENING. SO THAT'LL 19 WILL TURN INTO 64 TURBINES RELATIVELY
00:15:49SOON TO POWER HALF A GIGAWATT
00:15:50WORTH OF ENERGY. THIS IS
00:15:55INSPIRING TO SEE BECAUSE THEY'VE HAD TO DO IT OUT OF SURVIVAL.
00:15:58THE UNITED STATES CAN DO THIS
00:16:00FOR OUR ECONOMIC SECURITY AND
00:16:03AFFORDABILITY, AND WE SHOULD NOT HAVE. WARS HAVE TO LEAD US INTO
00:16:07THE CLEAN ENERGY FUTURE. WHEN IT
00:16:12COMES TO AFFORDABILITY, THOUGH,
00:16:14THIS IS WHERE IT IS EXTREMELY
00:16:16EXCITING TO SEE THE TRAJECTORY.
00:16:20IT IS EXPONENTIAL. BATTERIES
00:16:23WENT DOWN 45% IN COST LAST YEAR.
00:16:26THAT'S 93% SINCE 2010. SOLAR
00:16:30HAS DECREASED IN COST FROM OVER $100 A WATT TO LESS THAN $0.10 A
00:16:34WATT. NOW. AND IF YOU LOOK AT
00:16:38THIS GLOBALLY, THE WORLD CROSSED
00:16:43THE ONE TERABYTE INSTALLATION OF
00:16:47SOLAR IN 2022. NOW, IN THAT'S
00:16:50ENOUGH, BY THE WAY, TO POWER THE UNITED STATES AT PEAK ENERGY
00:16:53DEMAND AN ADDITIONAL ONE TERABYTE TOOK LESS THAN THREE
00:16:57YEARS TO BUILD, AND NOW, IN
00:17:012026, WE'RE AT THE THREE
00:17:03TERABYTE THRESHOLD. SO YOU CAN SEE THIS CHANGE ISN'T SMALL.
00:17:07IT'S EXPONENTIALLY HAPPENING.
00:17:10THE COST OF BATTERY AND SOLAR ARE DECREASING AT THE
00:17:13EXPONENTIAL RATE. AND SO FOSSIL FUELS ARE NOW MORE EXPENSIVE,
00:17:17LESS SECURE. AND WE'RE DEPENDENT ON A CERTAIN NUMBER OF CHOKE
00:17:20POINTS TO GET THEM THROUGH. AND A MAJORITY OF THE FOSSIL FUELS
00:17:23ARE PRODUCED BY STATES THAT ARE
00:17:27DICTATORSHIPS. AND IN A WORLD
00:17:30WHERE THREE QUARTERS OF THE ENERGY RIGHT NOW IS RELIANT ON
00:17:34FOSSIL FUELS, THIS IS VERY
00:17:37DANGEROUS AND EXPENSIVE THE
00:17:40POTENTIAL, THOUGH, IS THAT 92%
00:17:44OF THE COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD HAVE TEN TIMES THE POWER IN
00:17:47RENEWABLE POTENTIAL THAN THE
00:17:49CURRENT DEMAND. AND WHAT THIS
00:17:51MEANS IS PEOPLE DO NOT HAVE TO
00:17:55LINE UP FOR THEIR FUEL, LIKE I
00:17:56EXPERIENCED IN IRAQ. IT MEANS
00:18:00THAT COUNTRIES AND NATIONS AND
00:18:02REGIONS HAVE. CAN ENERGY,
00:18:05SOVEREIGNTY AND SECURITY AT AN AFFORDABLE RATE THAT ALLOWS
00:18:09FOLKS TO HAVE THE HEAT AND THE
00:18:11COOLING THEY NEED TO SURVIVE? AN
00:18:15ENERGY SYSTEM THAT IS BUILT AROUND A FEW LARGE POWER PLANTS
00:18:18AND A FEW CHOKE POINTS WORLDWIDE, IS AN ENERGY SYSTEM
00:18:22THAT IS DESIGNED TO BE TARGETED
00:18:24IN A FEW PLACES WE CAN BRING
00:18:27ENERGY SECURITY AND AFFORDABLE
00:18:30TO OUR NATIONS WITH CLEAN,
00:18:33DISTRIBUTED FREEDOM, WITH
00:18:37ENERGY. LET'S BUILD A MORE PROSPEROUS ENERGY SECURITY AND
00:18:40AFFORDABLE ENERGY FOR EVERYONE
00:18:42TOGETHER. THANK YOU.
00:18:47>> [APPLAUSE] [APPLAUSE]
00:18:50>> THANK YOU ALEX. VERY INFORMATIVE. NEXT UP, WE HAVE
00:18:54JEFFREY ELDER AND NIAGARA COUNTY
00:18:58LEGISLATOR AND MINORITY LEADER IN NEW YORK, WHO IS A U.S. AIR
00:19:01FORCE VETERAN OF 27 YEARS AND FORMER EMPLOYEE OF THE PENTAGON,
00:19:05FEMA, HOMELAND SECURITY, AND THE
00:19:08U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT.
00:19:21>> THANK YOU, ALEX, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE TODAY.
00:19:24AND THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS, ALL OF
00:19:27OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS. THANK YOU
00:19:29ALL FOR BEING HERE. AND
00:19:31WONDERFUL WASHINGTON, D.C. AS THE ATTENDEE SAID, I'M JEFFREY
00:19:35ELDER, I'M THE MINORITY LEADER OF THE NIAGARA COUNTY
00:19:38LEGISLATURE. AND, UM, LONG
00:19:41BEFORE I ENTERED ELECTED OFFICE, PUBLIC SERVICE BECAME THE
00:19:45FOUNDATION OF MY LIFE. I SPENT
00:19:48OVER 26 YEARS IN THE UNITED
00:19:50STATES AIR FORCE, AND SAW AND
00:19:52INCLUDING 16 YEARS SERVING
00:19:55ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE. DURING THAT TIME, I HAD THE PRIVILEGE
00:19:59OF SERVING PRESIDENTS FROM BOTH
00:20:02POLITICAL PARTIES. I WITNESSED
00:20:05HISTORY, I WITNESSED HISTORY
00:20:08UNFOLD FROM A UNIQUE VANTAGE
00:20:09POINT, INCLUDING THE EVENTS ON
00:20:13SEPTEMBER 11th, 2001. I WANT TO
00:20:16JUST TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO TALK ABOUT ENERGY. RIGHT NOW, OUR
00:20:20COUNTRY IS FACING AN
00:20:23AFFORDABILITY CRISIS. FAMILIES
00:20:26ARE PAYING MORE AND MORE FOR THE BASIC NECESSITIES OF LIFE, AND
00:20:30ENERGY COSTS ARE SIGNIFICANTLY A
00:20:32PART OF THAT BURDEN. AT THE SAME
00:20:35TIME, WE ARE EXPERIENCING AN
00:20:38INCREASINGLY SEVERE WEATHER
00:20:42EVENTS THAT CHALLENGE OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, OUR EMERGENCY
00:20:44RESPONSE SYSTEMS, AND ALL OF OUR
00:20:48COMMUNITIES. THAT IS WHY I AM SO DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE
00:20:51FEDERAL POLICIES THAT MOVE OUR
00:20:53NATION AWAY FROM CLEAN ENERGY INVESTMENTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL
00:20:57PROTECTION. THIS IS NOT SIMPLY
00:21:01AN ENVIRONMENTAL DEBATE. IT'S AN
00:21:05ECONOMIC SECURITY ISSUE. IT'S AN
00:21:07ENERGY SECURITY ISSUE. IT'S A
00:21:10PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE. AND IT'S A
00:21:13NATIONAL SECURITY ISSUE. THE THE
00:21:15UNITED STATES SHOULD BE PURSUING
00:21:18EVERY RELIABLE SOURCE OF ENERGY
00:21:22THAT CAN MAKE US MORE SECURE AND
00:21:23REDUCE COSTS FOR ALL OF OUR
00:21:27AMERICAN FAMILIES, WIND, SOLAR, AND, OF COURSE, BEING FROM
00:21:30NIAGARA FALLS, I WANT TO THROW
00:21:32HYDRO IN THERE. THEY HAVE
00:21:38DEMONSTRATED THEY ALL CAN PLAY AN INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT ROLE
00:21:40IN OUR NATION'S ENERGY FUTURE.
00:21:44BUSINESSES ARE INVESTING IN THESE TECHNOLOGIES BECAUSE THEY
00:21:47SEE THE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY THAT IS AVAILABLE WHEN
00:21:51GOVERNMENT POLICIES DISCOURAGE
00:21:54THESE INVESTMENTS, WE RISK
00:21:56LOSING JOBS, SLOWING INNOVATION
00:21:59AND INCREASING CERTAINTY FOR BUSINESSES, AND MAKING OURSELVES
00:22:03MORE DEPENDENT ON OLDER AND
00:22:06POTENTIALLY MORE VOLATILE ENERGY
00:22:08SYSTEMS. AND WHEN OUR
00:22:11ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONS ARE WEAKENED, THE CONSEQUENCES ARE
00:22:14NOT DISTRIBUTED EQUALLY. WORKING
00:22:20FAMILIES AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE COMMUNITIES OFTEN BEAR THAT BURDEN. THERE ARE MORE
00:22:24LIKELY TO LIVE NEAR THOSE INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES. THE
00:22:27HIGHWAYS, THE POWER PLANTS AND
00:22:32OTHER SOURCES OF POLLUTION. FOR ME, I KNOW THIS PERSONALLY. I
00:22:35GREW UP IN NIAGARA FALLS, IN THE LOVE CANAL. MANY OF YOU MIGHT
00:22:38HAVE HEARD THE LOVE CANAL, BUT
00:22:41WHEN I MOVED FROM THE LOVE
00:22:45CANAL, I WENT RIGHT NEXT TO THE A GOODYEAR PLANT IN NIAGARA
00:22:47FALLS, WHERE RESIDENTS CONTINUE
00:22:50TO ADVOCATE FOR STRONGER PROTECTIONS FOR CLEANER AIR. SO
00:22:53WHEN I TALK ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL
00:22:57POLICY, I DON'T SEE IT AS AN ABSTRACT POLITICAL ARGUMENT. I
00:22:59SEE PEOPLE, I SEE FAMILIES, AND
00:23:05I SEE NEIGHBORHOODS AS AS LOCAL
00:23:08ELECTED OFFICIALS, WE MIGHT NOT CONTROL WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE
00:23:10FEDERAL POLICY RIGHT NOW, BUT WE
00:23:13DO HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO
00:23:15LEAD WHERE WE CAN WE CAN INVEST
00:23:17IN ENERGY EFFICIENCY. WE CAN
00:23:21SUPPORT ENERGY DEVELOPMENT, AND WE CAN STRENGTHEN OUR
00:23:23INFRASTRUCTURE. WE CAN PROTECT OUR AIR AND WATER. WE. AND THAT
00:23:26IS OUR DUTY. WE CAN WORK WITH
00:23:31BUSINESSES TO CREATE GOOD PAYING
00:23:33JOBS. AND IN EMERGING
00:23:36INDUSTRIES. AND WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT OUR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
00:23:39COMMUNITIES HAVE A VOICE IN THE
00:23:41DECISIONS THAT AFFECT THEIR
00:23:44HEALTH. I BELIEVE WE CAN HAVE A STRONG ECONOMY AND A CLEAN
00:23:47ENVIRONMENT. WE CAN CREATE JOBS
00:23:50IN PUBLIC HEALTH. WE CAN
00:23:54STRENGTHEN ENERGY SECURITY AND REDUCE OUR DEPENDANCE ON FOSSIL
00:23:57FUELS. THESE GOALS ARE NOT
00:23:59CONTRADICTORY, CONTRADICTORY.
00:24:01THEY'RE CONNECTED. MY MESSAGE
00:24:03TODAY IS SIMPLE AMERICA SHOULD
00:24:06NOT RETREAT FROM THE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES OF TOMORROW. WE
00:24:10SHOULD BE THE LEADER. WE OWE
00:24:15THIS TO OUR WORKING FAMILIES. WE OWE THIS TO OUR VETERANS. WE OWE
00:24:19THIS TO OUR CHILDREN. AND WE
00:24:21DEFINITELY OWE IT TO THE GENERATION THAT WILL INHERIT THE
00:24:24DECISIONS THAT WE MAKE TODAY.
00:24:27LEADERSHIP MEANS PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE. LET'S MAKE SURE
00:24:30THAT THE FUTURE IS CLEANER,
00:24:32HEALTHIER, AND MORE AFFORDABLE
00:24:34FOR AND MORE SECURE. SO I THANK
00:24:37YOU ALL, AND
00:24:45>> DEEPLY EVOCATIVE. THANK YOU.
00:24:47NEXT UP, WE HAVE TANYA ANDERSON,
00:24:49A GEORGIA STATE SENATOR AND AIR
00:24:52FORCE RESERVE VETERAN. ALL RIGHT.
00:24:56>> [APPLAUSE]
00:25:03>> YOU FOR THAT BEAUTIFUL
00:25:05INTRODUCTION. AND TO ALEX, MY
00:25:07HERO I'M AN AIR FORCE VETERAN,
00:25:12BUT I ABSOLUTELY RESPECT EACH AND EVERYONE WHO HAS SERVED US.
00:25:15AND THANK YOU TO OUR VETERANS
00:25:18WHO ARE HERE. UM, BUT TO ALEX,
00:25:20WHO WAS LEADING THIS EFFORT, I AM MORE THAN HAPPY AND HONORED
00:25:23TO BE A PART OF THIS WONDERFUL
00:25:27GROUP. SIR, THE CLIMATE CRISIS
00:25:29HAS MADE SUMMERTIME TOO HOT IN
00:25:35THE SOUTH, BUT PARTICULARLY IN GEORGIA. WHEN IT RAINS, IT CAN
00:25:39POUR, SOMETIMES FLOODING CERTAIN
00:25:42AREAS. WE'VE BEEN UNDER EXTREME HEAT WARNINGS TOO MANY TIMES
00:25:45THIS SUMMER, PARTICULARLY JULY,
00:25:47THE FOURTH WEEKEND. THE ENTIRE
00:25:51SOUTH CENTRAL, SOUTHEASTERN AND
00:25:54NORTHEASTERN AREAS WERE IMPACTED
00:25:57GREATLY, WITH OVER 250 MILLION AMERICANS BEING IMPACTED DURING
00:26:01THAT WEEKEND, AND AT LEAST 44
00:26:04HEAT RELATED HEAT RELATED DEATHS AND HUNDREDS OF MEDICAL
00:26:07TREATMENTS. AS A GIRL OF THE
00:26:09SOUTH, BORN AND RAISED AND STILL LIVING THERE, THIS WAS ONE OF
00:26:13THE HOTTEST SUMMERS I'VE EVER
00:26:16EXPERIENCED. RESIDENTS CANNOT CONTINUE TO AFFORD TURNING ON
00:26:20AND OFF THE AC, BUT WITHOUT IT,
00:26:22THEY ARE AT RISK OF HEAT STROKE
00:26:26OR WORSE. WE NEED CLIMATE
00:26:29MITIGATION EFFORTS AND MORE
00:26:32DEPLOYED IN CLEAN ENERGY, NOT
00:26:34FEDERALLY BACKED INCENTIVES FOR
00:26:38FOSSIL FUEL CORPORATIONS. ADMINISTRATION POLICIES HAVE
00:26:41INCREASED EVERYONE'S COSTS,
00:26:45MAKING HOUSEHOLD BUDGETS SKYROCKET. ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE COMMUNITIES THAT I SERVE ARE HIT
00:26:48HARDEST, FROM GAS AND FOOD
00:26:50COSTS, INCENTIVE INCREASES, AS
00:26:53WELL AS FROM MORE AIR POLLUTION.
00:26:58SINCE THE IRAN WAR BEGAN, WAR
00:27:00BEGAN. OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONS
00:27:03HAVE PROFITED AND SKYROCKETED
00:27:05FROM QUARTERS AND TIMES. BEFORE.
00:27:09WE PAID MORE TO FILL UP OUR GAS TANKS. WHILE CHEVRON REPORTED A
00:27:13NET INCOME OF 12.2 BILLION FOR
00:27:15THE SECOND QUARTER, A MORE THAN
00:27:18FIVE FOLD INCREASE ON THE SAME
00:27:21PERIOD LAST YEAR, EXXON REPORTED
00:27:24A PROFIT OF 14.5 BILLION, DOUBLE WHAT IT MADE IN THE SAME PERIOD
00:27:27A YEAR AGO, AND ITS HIGHEST
00:27:33QUARTERLY PROFIT SINCE RUSSIA'S 2022 INVASION OF UKRAINE.
00:27:36ACHIEVING ENERGY SECURITY DEPENDS ON THE DEPLOYMENT OF
00:27:40MORE RENEWABLE ENERGY, CONTINUED
00:27:42ENERGY EFFICIENCIES, CLIMATE
00:27:44RESILIENCE MEASURES, AND CRITICAL ENVIRONMENTAL
00:27:48PROTECTIONS, NOT DEEPENING DEPENDENCY ON FOSSIL FUELS. OVER
00:27:52THE LAST TWO YEARS, WIND AND
00:27:54SOLAR MADE UP 95 AND 90%,
00:27:57RESPECTIVELY, OF THE NEW ENERGY ADDED TO THE NATIONAL GRID DUE
00:28:00TO THE TAX CREDITS ISSUED BY THE
00:28:03PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION. THOSE
00:28:06TAX CREDITS WILL BENEFITS WILL
00:28:08END SOON. IN GEORGIA, THE SOLAR
00:28:12FOR ALL PROGRAM, FUNDED BY THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION'S SIGNATURE
00:28:15CLIMATE BILL, THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT, PROVIDED 7
00:28:19BILLION IN ACCESS TO THE SOLAR
00:28:23ENERGY AND ENERGY BILL.
00:28:25ASSISTANCE TO 1 MILLION LOW
00:28:27INCOME HOUSEHOLDS ACROSS THE
00:28:29UNITED STATES THAT WOULDN'T HAVE RECEIVED IT OTHERWISE.
00:28:32GEORGIA'S PIECE OF THE PIE WAS
00:28:34156 MILLION. GEORGIA'S BRIGHT
00:28:37HOPED TO HELP 16 MILLION LOW
00:28:40INCOME FAMILIES, AND IT REDUCED
00:28:43THEIR ELECTRICITY BILLS IN ITS
00:28:46FIRST 24 HOURS. NEARLY 500
00:28:48ELIGIBLE HOUSEHOLDS APPLIED TO
00:28:51PARTICIPATE. SOLAR FOR ALL WAS
00:28:54JUST GETTING GOING WHEN ITS
00:28:56FUNDING WAS YANKED BY THE TRUMP
00:28:58ADMINISTRATION. THE PROGRAM WAS
00:29:00INSTALLING SOLAR PANELS ON HOMES AND ENVIRONMENTALLY.
00:29:03ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND LOW
00:29:06INCOME COMMUNITIES SO RESIDENTS
00:29:07COULD GET RELIEF. YEAH, THEY
00:29:10NEEDED RELIEF DURING THE
00:29:12SUMMERTIME WITHOUT WORRY ABOUT HIGH ELECTRICITY COSTS. WHEN
00:29:15THEY TURN ON THEIR AC. FOR
00:29:19COMMUNITIES, IT WAS DEPLOYED IN,
00:29:22IT WORKED. OUR STATE AND OTHERS ARE SUING THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
00:29:26OVER THE FUNDING. THE FACT IS,
00:29:29COMMUNITIES I SERVE ARE TIRED OF
00:29:31BEING GIVEN PROMISES THAT ARE
00:29:34ONLY BEING BROKEN WHEN THE
00:29:37BIOLAB CHEMICAL PLANT EXPLODED
00:29:39IN MY DISTRICT, IT SPREAD A
00:29:41TOXIC PLUME OF CHEMICALS INTO
00:29:44THE AIR THAT BLANKETED COMMUNITIES ALL THE WAY IN
00:29:47ATLANTA, 20 MILES AWAY I WORKED
00:29:50WITH OUR CONGRESSIONAL
00:29:53DELEGATION TO ENSURE THE COMPANY STOPPED PRODUCING THOSE CHEMICAL
00:29:57TOXIC TOXINS FOR POOLS IN OUR
00:30:01BACKYARDS. AND GUESS WHAT? WE
00:30:04WERE SUCCESSFUL. WE MADE SURE
00:30:06THAT OUR COMMUNITY WAS SAFE.
00:30:09LAWMAKERS IN GEORGIA ARE CONTINUALLY FIGHTING FOR OUR
00:30:12COMMUNITIES, AND WE WILL DO SO. THERE IS NO LOGIC FOR THE
00:30:16ACTIONS OF THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TARGETING
00:30:20ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE GRANTS AND COMMUNITIES. THE PRESIDENT'S
00:30:24ANTI CLEAN ENERGY INITIATIVES, ALONG WITH THE WEAKENING OF
00:30:27ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS, HAVE JEOPARDIZED OUR ENERGY SECURITY,
00:30:31PUBLIC HEALTH, AND MANY HAVE
00:30:34LOST JOBS OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS. WIND AND SOLAR MADE UP 95
00:30:38AND 90%, RESPECTIVELY. OF THE NEW ENERGY ADDED TO THE NATIONAL
00:30:42GRID DUE TO TAX CREDITS ISSUED BY THE PREVIOUS
00:30:45ADMINISTRATION'S ADMINISTRATION.
00:30:51BUSINESSES KNOW THEY ARE RELIABLE AND EASIER AND CHEAPER TO INSTALL. WE HAVE THE POWER IN
00:30:55LOCAL AND STATE GOVERNMENT TO PROTECT OUR PEOPLE. WE PREFER
00:30:58WORKING WITH A FEDERAL
00:31:00GOVERNMENT THAT UNDERSTANDS
00:31:02CLEAN AIR, WATER AND LAND ARE
00:31:05THE RIGHTS WE ALL SHARE. WE
00:31:07PREFER A FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT
00:31:11UNDERSTANDS THE AFFORDABILITY AND STRESS, THE AFFORDABILITY
00:31:13STRESS. THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE
00:31:16SUFFERING FROM THE HEALTH AND
00:31:18SAFETY OF OUR COMMUNITIES SHOULD
00:31:22BE A PRIORITY, NOT AN OPTION.
00:31:25THANK YOU.
00:31:27>> [APPLAUSE] [APPLAUSE] >> THAT WAS GALVANIZING. THANK
00:31:31YOU AND NOW WE HAVE RON PEARCE,
00:31:37WHO FORMERLY WAS THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF SMALL DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS
00:31:41UTILIZATION FOR THE DEPARTMENT
00:31:44OF ENERGY AND A U.S. ARMY MAJOR
00:31:50VETERAN FROM LOUISIANA.
00:31:50>> THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU
00:31:55ALEX. AND LPA TEAM, FOR ALLOWING
00:31:57ME TO PARTICIPATE WITH SUCH A
00:32:01DISTINGUISHED PANEL. AND WE CAN.
00:32:02OF ENLIGHTENED ACTIVITY AROUND
00:32:08CLEAN ENERGY AND RENEWABLE, UH,
00:32:11RENEWABLES. LET ME JUST SAY,
00:32:12FIRST OF ALL, UM, THAT WHAT ALL
00:32:19OF YOU ARE DOING HERE, THAT ALEX
00:32:21AND THE LP TEAM HAVE BROUGHT
00:32:25TOGETHER FROM OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN UKRAINE, FROM OUR
00:32:29BRITISH MPS, FROM OUR BRAZILIAN
00:32:32LAWMAKERS, AND OUR LOCAL ELECTED
00:32:35OFFICIALS LIKE STATE SENATOR
00:32:36ANDERSON, THAT YOU JUST HEARD
00:32:41FROM. WHAT YOU ARE DOING IS CRITICAL, AND YOU ARE MAKING
00:32:44SUCH HEADWAY BY BEING THE TIP OF
00:32:48THE SPEAR. YOU'VE HEARD SOME OF
00:32:51THE FACTS AROUND THE.
00:32:56INITIATIVES AND THE REDUCTION
00:32:58IN, UH, CLEAN AND GREEN ENERGY
00:33:03PRICES THAT ELECTED OFFICIALS,
00:33:06LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS ALL AROUND THE WORLD ARE LEADING.
00:33:09AND I CAN'T TELL YOU ENOUGH
00:33:12THAT HOW PROUD I AM TO BE. IN A
00:33:15SMALL WAY, PART OF THIS. I'M NOT AN ELECTED OFFICIAL, BUT I
00:33:19GREATLY SUPPORT WHAT ALL OF YOU ARE DOING IN EACH OF YOUR
00:33:22COMMUNITIES. AND AS OUR FRIEND
00:33:25FROM THE UK SAID, AND HE
00:33:27HIGHLIGHTED WHAT, UH, PRESIDENT
00:33:29CARTER MENTIONED BACK IN 1979, I
00:33:33WAS PROUD TO SERVE AS A
00:33:34POLITICAL APPOINTEE IN THE
00:33:38PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION AT THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, CREATED BY
00:33:42PRESIDENT CARTER IN 1976. IT WAS
00:33:48AN ADVANCE, UH, VISIONARY LOOK, THAT HE KNEW THE PROBLEMS THAT
00:33:51WE WERE FACING BACK THEN,
00:33:54INSTITUTED A DEPARTMENT TO MAKE
00:33:56SURE THAT WE ARE ADDRESSING
00:33:59THESE ISSUES. IN MY TIME IN SERVING AT THE DEPARTMENT OF
00:34:02ENERGY, TWO THINGS THAT THE
00:34:04PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION DID THAT
00:34:07ARE CRITICAL, THAT WE DON'T
00:34:10SOUND, UP AND YELL FROM THE
00:34:12HIGHEST MOUNTAIN TOPS. ENOUGH OF
00:34:15YOU HEARD, SENATOR, UH, ANDERSON
00:34:19MENTIONED SOME OF IT, THE
00:34:20INFLATION REDUCTION ACT, 370
00:34:24BILLION, WITH A, B, CLEAN
00:34:28ENERGY, GREEN ENERGY, RENEWABLE
00:34:32ENERGY INITIATIVES THAT WENT OUT ACROSS THIS COUNTRY. THE
00:34:35BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW,
00:34:38AN ADDITIONAL 75 BILLION CLEAN,
00:34:43GREEN, RENEWABLE ENERGY INITIATIVES, INITIATIVES WENT
00:34:47OUT ACROSS THESE UNITED STATES.
00:34:49AND DESPITE DESPITE WHAT THIS
00:34:53ADMINISTRATION IS TRYING TO DO, THIS CURRENT ADMINISTRATION AND
00:34:57TURNING BACK THE CLOCK, FOCUSING
00:35:01ON FOSSIL FUELS IS DETRIMENTAL.
00:35:04BUT AS YOU HEARD, WE IN THE
00:35:09PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION MADE AN INVESTMENT THAT HAS TAKEN HOLD
00:35:13AND CAN'T BE CLAWED BACK. AND
00:35:15WHEN IT IS CLAWED BACK, I AM SO
00:35:22INSPIRED TO HEAR REPRESENTATIVES
00:35:25LIKE STATE SENATOR ANDERSON.
00:35:28MISTER PAUL FOSTER, OTHERS IN
00:35:32THE AUDIENCE AT THE LOCAL LEVEL ARE SAYING, NO, WE'RE NOT GOING
00:35:35TO STOP. THESE INVESTMENTS ARE
00:35:37NECESSARY. IT GETS US AWAY FROM
00:35:43FOSSIL DIRTY. UM, ENERGY. AND WE'RE GOING TO FIGHT FOR THEM.
00:35:46SO THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION MADE THE INVESTMENT. IT WENT
00:35:49OUT, IT TOOK HOLD. AND I'M SO
00:35:52INSPIRED THAT YOU, LOCAL
00:35:54OFFICIALS ARE FIGHTING TO KEEP
00:35:57THOSE INITIATIVES IN PLACE. THE OTHER THING THAT THOSE
00:36:01INVESTMENTS DID WAS WORK WITH
00:36:04OUR AMAZING NATIONAL LABS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
00:36:07THOSE PROGRAMS AND THE
00:36:10ADVANCEMENT AND SUSTAINMENT OF
00:36:13CLEAN GREEN ENERGY INITIATIVES ARE STILL GOING ON. YOU DON'T
00:36:16HEAR ABOUT IT ENOUGH BECAUSE
00:36:19PEOPLE LIKE ME SHOULDN'T SHOULD SHOUT AND SPEAK ABOUT IT. MORE
00:36:23ARE TAKING PLACE AT OUR NATIONAL
00:36:24LABS. NEW INITIATIVES THAT WILL
00:36:28ADVANCE AND SUSTAIN CLEAN
00:36:31ENERGY. AND WHAT I'M SO HAPPY
00:36:33ABOUT TO SHARE IS THAT THOSE INITIATIVES TAKING PLACE AT OUR
00:36:37NATIONAL LABS, THEY'RE GOING TO
00:36:39BE PUT TO USE IN THE BRIGHT
00:36:41FUTURE THAT OUR UKRAINIAN,
00:36:43UKRAINIAN BROTHERS AND SISTERS
00:36:47WILL SUSTAIN IN THE COMING YEARS AS THEY FIGHT FOR FREEDOM IN
00:36:50THEIR HOMELAND. UKRAINE WILL BECOME A MODEL, A MODEL FOR THE
00:36:54REST OF THE WORLD, OF HOW WE CAN
00:36:58SUSTAIN CLEAN, GREEN, RENEWABLE
00:37:01ENERGIES. AND AS MY FRIEND ALEX
00:37:04SAID, NOT WORRY ABOUT A FOREIGN DICTATOR, A FOREIGN DIRTY FUEL
00:37:07DICTATOR, TRYING TO TAKE IT
00:37:09OVER. SO THE FUTURE IS BRIGHT.
00:37:14DESPITE THE THE FOCUS TO TURN
00:37:16BACK THE CLOCK, FOCUS ON FOSSIL
00:37:20ENERGIES. JUST KNOW, AND I'M PROUD TO SAY, AS BEING PART OF
00:37:23THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION, THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION, THOSE
00:37:27INVESTMENTS WERE MADE. THEY'RE STILL GOING ON. I APPRECIATE ALL
00:37:30THAT YOU'RE DOING AT YOUR LOCAL
00:37:32LEVELS TO SUSTAIN THEM. AND WE
00:37:36WILL SHOW THE WORLD THROUGH AN EXAMPLE, WHAT OUR UKRAINIAN
00:37:39BROTHERS AND SISTERS, HOW CLEAN, GREEN, RENEWABLE FUTURES CAN
00:37:42BRING BACK A WHOLE FREE NATION
00:37:45IN THE FUTURE. SO DO NOT BE, UH,
00:37:52WHAT'S THE WORD I'M LOOKING FOR? DO NOT BE DISCOURAGED. DO
00:37:56NOT BE DISCOURAGED. THE FUTURE IS BRIGHT. AND THANK YOU ALL FOR
00:37:59WHAT YOU'RE DOING AT YOUR LOCAL
00:38:01LEVEL AND CONTINUE TO DO IT. YOU
00:38:03HAVE THE SUPPORT OF SO MANY PEOPLE IN YOUR COMMUNITY AND
00:38:07AROUND THE WORLD, AROUND THE WORLD. SO THANK YOU AGAIN TO
00:38:11ALEX AND LPA FOR LEADING THIS. AND LET'S GO FORWARD.
00:38:13>> [APPLAUSE]
00:38:22>> DEEPLY INSPIRING. I BELIEVE
00:38:23WE HAVE RIGHT NOW. ALEXANDER
00:38:27ROMANYSHYN FROM THE FIRM DEPUTY
00:38:30MINISTER OF ECONOMY IN UKRAINE,
00:38:33MEMBER OF ICE GROUP.
00:38:36>> THANK YOU. UM, IT'S MY HONOR
00:38:38TO BE HERE. AND FIRST OF ALL, I
00:38:42WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU. ALL
00:38:44AMERICANS PEOPLE WHO SUPPORT
00:38:47UKRAINE DURING ALL THESE DAYS,
00:38:49DURING THE WAR, DURING TERRIBLE
00:38:52TIMES, WHICH WE ARE ALL
00:38:55EXPERIENCED. AND I'M MUCH
00:38:58APPRECIATE TEAMS, AND ALEX
00:39:01PERSONALLY FOR BRINGING THE LIKE
00:39:03MINDED TO THIS ROOM FROM AROUND
00:39:06THE WORLD, FROM THE UK, FROM THE
00:39:10US, FROM THE UKRAINE, AND IT'S
00:39:14REALLY IMPORTANT TO CONTINUE THE
00:39:18DIALOG ABOUT SUPPORTING UKRAINE
00:39:20AND ABOUT BUILDING RESILIENCE,
00:39:26UKRAINE. AS AN EXAMPLE, AND TALKING ABOUT RESILIENCE. IT'S
00:39:29NOT ONLY ABOUT MANY, MANY ISSUES
00:39:35IN OUR LIFE. AND ONE OF MY
00:39:36PERSONAL STORY FROM THE WAR WAS
00:39:40LIKE, I WAS OUTSIDE OF THE
00:39:42COUNTRY IN THE FIRST DAY OF THE
00:39:44INVASION, BUT MY KIDS STILL IN
00:39:48THE TOWN, AND I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT
00:39:49TO DO BECAUSE THEY WERE WATCHING
00:39:52THE TANKS ON THE STREET. MY
00:39:56GRANDMOTHER HELPED TO EVACUATE
00:39:56THEM, AS WE UNDERSTAND AT THAT
00:40:02TIME WHAT IS INSECURITY MEANS.
00:40:06AT THE SAME TIME, EUROPE STILL
00:40:10SENDING BILLIONS OF DOLLARS GAS.
00:40:17AND IT WAS THE SAME DICTATOR
00:40:21WHICH SENT TANKS TO UKRAINE.
00:40:25THESE TWO STORIES IS VERY IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND. THE
00:40:28LINK BETWEEN THEM. AFTER THAT
00:40:31POINT, EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS
00:40:34THAT. MEANS INDEPENDENCE IN
00:40:38ENERGY AND WHAT WE ARE BUILDING
00:40:43NOW AS UKRAINE, WE ARE BUILDING
00:40:45UNDER THE ATTACK, THE
00:40:48DECENTRALIZED SYSTEM RENEWABLES.
00:40:52AND WHY, I EXPLAIN YOU WHY.
00:40:54BECAUSE WHEN YOU HIT SOME PART
00:40:57OF THE CITY AND DISTRIBUTE SOME
00:41:01ENERGY SOURCES, YOU WILL STILL
00:41:04BE RESILIENT BECAUSE OTHER DISTRIBUTED ENERGY SOLAR WINDS
00:41:07WILL STILL OPERATE. SO THE
00:41:09SCHOOL CAN OPERATE, THE
00:41:11BUSINESSES CAN WORK, GET ACCESS
00:41:15TO ELECTRICITY. UH, AND MEANS
00:41:17THAT DISTRIBUTED ENERGY SYSTEM IS MORE RESILIENT. AND AS MY
00:41:21COLLEAGUES, EXPERTS IN THE
00:41:28FIELDS EXPLAINED, IT'S CHEAPER, MORE PROFITABLE, AND TALKING
00:41:29ABOUT PROFITABILITY OF, UM, THIS
00:41:35PART OF ENERGY PROJECTS, I CAN
00:41:38SAY THAT ALREADY DEMONSTRATED.
00:41:41AND BY THE WAY, WE ENGAGED MANY
00:41:44INTERNATIONAL UK, FROM POLAND,
00:41:49WHO INVESTED ALREADY, AND THERE IS SOME CONCERN HOW WE CAN
00:41:52INVEST IN UKRAINE DURING THE WAR
00:41:54TIME. BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT
00:41:58ALL COUNTRIES, MANY OUR PARTNERS
00:42:05BUSINESSES. FOR EXAMPLE, THE UK, THE EU CREATED UKRAINE
00:42:09FACILITIES EQUALS TO 5 BILLION, 50 BILLION. AND IT'S BLENDED
00:42:12FINANCE, IT'S GUARANTEE SCHEMES. IT'S FOR INSURANCE, WHICH ALL
00:42:15EUROPEAN COMPANIES CAN APPLY.
00:42:18AND PARTICIPATE IN THE
00:42:23INVESTMENT THE UK CREATED THE
00:42:24SCHEME THROUGH
00:42:33TO DE-RISK AND INVEST IN
00:42:35RENEWABLES AND OTHER SOURCES.
00:42:39RIGHT NOW. SO MY MESSAGE IS SO
00:42:40PROJECT EXIST.
00:42:53TECHNOLOGY EXISTS, AND ACTUALLY
00:42:54WHAT ALREADY WAS BUILT MANY,
00:42:57MANY SUCCESSFUL STORY IN
00:43:00RENEWABLES DUE TO INFLATION REDUCTION ACT IS A GREAT MODEL
00:43:03TO REPLICATE IN UKRAINE RIGHT
00:43:05NOW, BECAUSE AVENUE IS EXISTING.
00:43:07WHAT IS MISSING PART IS JUST
00:43:14ACCESS AND LOCAL PARTNERS. SO
00:43:15WHAT I'M LIKE AN ADVISOR TO THE
00:43:18STATE UKRAINE. DO WE CREATED YOU
00:43:27SINGLE POINT PLATFORM, WHICH YOU
00:43:30CAN GET ACCESS TO ALL UKRAINIAN
00:43:31PROJECTS COUNTRY YOU ARE, AND
00:43:39ALL BUSINESSES CAN APPLY RIGHT
00:43:39NOW TO SELECT THE PROJECT AND BE
00:43:43NAVIGATED THROUGH ALL INVESTMENT CYCLE INVESTING IN UKRAINE. SO
00:43:47MY MESSAGE IS VERY CLEAR. WILL
00:43:52END. WE ARE WORKING RIGHT NOW
00:43:55AND IT'S TIME TO INVEST IN
00:43:58UKRAINE RIGHT
00:44:05>> THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL. THANK
00:44:07YOU. AND NOW WE HAVE ROMAN
00:44:13PRYLUKY CITY COUNCIL MEMBER,
00:44:15CIVIL ACTIVIST, DOCTOR WITH
00:44:18DHAKA. HEINRICH, DIRECTOR OF
00:44:20ENERGY SECURITY, MARSHALL PLAN
00:44:23FOR UKRAINE.
00:44:37>> MORNING EVERYONE. MY NAME IS
00:44:40ROMAN AND I'M THE SECRETARY OF
00:44:42THE PRYLUKY CITY COUNCIL
00:44:59DIRECTOR OF ENERGY SECURITY, MARSHALL PLAN FOR UKRAINE. WE'RE
00:45:01GOING TO BE TELLING YOU ABOUT
00:45:03OUR CITY THAT LIVES THROUGH THE
00:45:06WAR.
00:45:23THE LAST WINTER HAS BEEN VERY
00:45:26DIFFICULT FOR US. THE TEMPERATURES HAVE BEEN DROPPING
00:45:29TO -25 CELSIUS. AND DURING THOSE
00:45:32TIMES, WE HAD A LIGHT ONLY THREE
00:45:34HOURS A DAY. . THE WORK OF THE
00:45:45HOSPITALS AND THE OBJECTS OF THE
00:45:47CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE. WE HAVE BEEN SUPPLYING THROUGH
00:45:51GENERATORS GENERATORS ARE USING
00:45:57A LOT OF DIESEL. DURING THOSE
00:46:07TIMES, WE HAVE ALL THE TIMES THE
00:46:08BOMBINGS, THE SHELLINGS, AND THE
00:46:14DESTRUCTION.
00:46:22DURING ONE OF SUCH BOMBINGS, THE CITY COUNCIL BUILDING WHERE I
00:46:24WORK HAS BEEN DESTROYED
00:46:34. DURING SUCH SHELLING, THERE
00:46:36HAS BEEN A MEETING OF THE
00:46:38EXECUTIVE TEAM OF MY CITY.
00:46:48THANKFULLY, MY TEAM WAS ABLE TO
00:46:51ESCAPE AND THEY DIDN'T WEREN'T
00:46:53HURT DURING THIS ATTACK.
00:47:06THE TIME WHEN THE CRITICAL
00:47:09INFRASTRUCTURE IS BEING HIT, WE DON'T GET ANY WATER OR LIGHT
00:47:13FOR DAY OR DAYS
00:47:26>> BALLISTIC. >> THE. THE MISSILES HIT NOT ONLY THE CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE. BUILDINGS. THEY
00:47:30ALSO HIT THE RESIDENTIAL. WHERE PEOPLE LIVE. ONE OF SUCH HIT HAS
00:47:34BEEN HAPPENED RECENTLY. DURING
00:47:36THE ATTACK WITH THE BALLISTIC
00:47:39MISSILE.
00:47:47THIS ATTACK HAS HAPPENED BETWEEN TWO SUPERMARKETS, A LOT OF
00:47:50PEOPLE WERE INJURED.
00:47:54>> IT'S
00:47:59>> AND THIS IS NOT ONE CASE SCENARIO. THIS HAS BEEN
00:48:01HAPPENING FOR MANY, MANY TIMES.
00:48:11EVERY
00:48:19DAY WE HAVE ABOUT TEN AIR RAID ALARMS. SOMETIMES THEY EMIT
00:48:21ALARM CAN LAST FOR THE WHOLE
00:48:26NIGHT. THAT NIGHT, PEOPLE ARE
00:48:31SPENDING IN THE SHELTER. AND
00:48:34NEXT MORNING, THEY'RE GOING TO WORK. AND THEY ARE CONTINUING
00:48:36WITH THEIR LIVES. EVERY DAY WE
00:48:45GET HIT OR THE MISSILES ARE
00:48:48FLYING, AND DRONES THROUGH OUR
00:48:50CITY
00:49:00WEEK, OUR CITY IS GETTING HURT
00:49:03AND GETTING HIT BY THE MISSILE.
00:49:09>> MR.. >> LOOKING AT THAT, A LOT OF
00:49:11PEOPLE ARE LEAVING THE CITY.
00:49:19>> CORYZA. >> WHICH AFFECTS OUR HUMAN
00:49:21CAPITAL AND CREATES THE, UH,
00:49:26WORK CRISIS. THIS HAPPENS ALL
00:49:33AROUND UKRAINE.
00:49:41WHY THE TOPIC THAT WE ARE DISCUSSING TODAY IS REALLY
00:49:45IMPORTANT, NOT ONLY FOR MY COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO FOR THE
00:49:48WHOLE COUNTRY FOR US IS THE
00:49:55WINTER OF 2026, 2027 , AND THE
00:50:04PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING IN MY COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS THE PEOPLE
00:50:08OF THE WHOLE COUNTRY, NEED TO
00:50:10HAVE A CHANCE TO SURVIVE THAT'S
00:50:17WHY ALREADY TODAY, WE NEED TO
00:50:18HAVE A DISTRIBUTED ENERGY. WE
00:50:24NEED A STABLE ENERGY SYSTEM. THE
00:50:35CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE SHOULD
00:50:36HAVE BEEN FUNCTIONING
00:50:40UNINTERRUPTED.
00:50:45>> UKRAINE. >> I'M REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, FOR ALL OF THE
00:50:49HELP THAT WE ARE RECEIVING
00:50:57INVESTMENTS INTO THE ENERGY
00:50:58SECURITY OF UKRAINE. TO ALL OF
00:51:06THE DEVELOPERS, AS WELL AS ALL
00:51:08OF THE DEVELOPERS AND CREATORS
00:51:10OF THE ENERGY SECURITY MARSHALL
00:51:12PLAN OF UKRAINE. IS REALLY
00:51:18IMPORTANT FOR US. THIS IS OUR SURVIVAL.
00:51:21>> IT'S OUR
00:51:27>> OF OUR WHOLE WORLD >> [APPLAUSE]. [APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU.
00:51:30>> [APPLAUSE] >> WHAT AN EYE OPENING ACCOUNT.
00:51:34THANK YOU SO MUCH, RAHMAT. AND
00:51:36NOW, ROUNDING US OFF, IT WILL BE
00:51:39SVETLANA ROMANKO, AN ENVIRONMENTAL LAWYER, FOUNDER
00:51:42AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF RAZOM.
00:51:47WE STAND.
00:51:47>> [APPLAUSE] [APPLAUSE]
00:51:58>> GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. UM END OF LATE MARCH, I WAS WALKING
00:52:01DOWN THE STREET IN UKRAINE WITH
00:52:04MY FATHER. I WAS SUCH A NICE
00:52:07MOMENT TO ME BECAUSE MY FATHER HAD A BIRTHDAY THAT DAY, AND HIS
00:52:10FORMER CHIEF OF POLICE, YOU, YOU, YOU, YOU CAN FEEL THE SENSE
00:52:14OF JUSTICE THAT SURROUNDS ME AND HIM. UM, WHEN WE EVEN JUST
00:52:17INTERACT AND WALK TOGETHER. AND
00:52:20WE HAD SUCH A NICE LUNCH, AND IT WAS A BRILLIANT, LIKE,
00:52:23BEAUTIFUL, SHINY DAY IN UKRAINE.
00:52:25AND WE WERE HAPPY TO BE THERE AT
00:52:29THAT VERY MOMENT. AND, UH, WE WALKED PAST THIS STREET. AND IF
00:52:33YOU 15 MINUTES LATER, WE DID
00:52:36THAT, THERE WAS AN EXPLOSION AND
00:52:38A DRONE HIT. AS A FAMILY, FATHER AND DAUGHTER WHO WERE WALKING
00:52:42THE SAME STREET. BUT JUST 15
00:52:43MINUTES LATER THAN WE WERE. AND
00:52:51BLACK SMOKE, HEARING THIS, UH,
00:52:53TERRIBLE SOUNDS. AND WE, WE, WE WERE ABLE TO SEE THE DEAD
00:52:57BODIES. WE WANTED TO HELP THEM,
00:53:02BUT IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE. THEY DIDN'T MADE IT THROUGH THAT
00:53:06DAY. THE REASON WHY THEY WERE
00:53:07WALKING, IT WAS THEY JUST WERE
00:53:10ABOUT TO VISIT THEIR WIFE AND
00:53:13MOTHER, WHO JUST GAVE BIRTH TO
00:53:17THEIR NEWBORN FAMILY MEMBER. AND
00:53:19THEY NEVER, EVER DID THAT IS NOT
00:53:23JUST MY UNIQUE EXPERIENCE. THIS
00:53:27IS THE REALITY. THE FAMILY IN UKRAINE ARE BEING, LIVING
00:53:29THROUGH THIS FOR LIKE FOUR,
00:53:31FOUR, FOUR AND A HALF YEARS. AND
00:53:34I BELIEVE EVERYONE WHO HAS A
00:53:37FAMILY OR WHO HAS NOT JUST CAN
00:53:40CONNECT DEEPLY AND RELATE TO
00:53:44THOSE VALUES, BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, THIS IS SOMETHING WE
00:53:45LIVE FOR. THAT'S WHY THERE IS
00:53:51SUCH A REALITY BEHIND WHAT I
00:53:54INTEND TO SAY TODAY. AND FIRST
00:53:56OF ALL, I AM INCREDIBLY PROUD TO
00:53:59STAY HERE, TO STAY ALONGSIDE ALL OF YOU HERE IN THIS ROOM. AND
00:54:03VETERANS, MEN AND WOMEN WHO MADE
00:54:09THEIR IMPRESSIVE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SECURITY. I BELIEVE YOU
00:54:10KNOW WHAT THAT REALLY MEANS. AND WE CAN DISCUSS IT PROFOUNDLY,
00:54:14HOW TO BUILD THE ENERGY SECURITY
00:54:16THAT WOULD NOT POWER ANOTHER
00:54:19DICTATOR'S TERRAIN AND HOLD
00:54:21THEIR POWER TO GET TIRED OF
00:54:23THESE GRIPS OF POWER, AND TO
00:54:27MAKE ALL, LIKE FAMILIES THROUGH
00:54:30THE THROUGH THE LOSS, DESTRUCTION THAT THOUSANDS, TENS
00:54:34OF THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES ARE
00:54:36GOING RIGHT NOW IN UKRAINE AND
00:54:39WHEN WE SPEAK ENERGY SECURITY,
00:54:41WE ARE NOT SPEAKING SOME ABSTRACT CONCEPTS, UH, LIKE
00:54:44WHEN, WHAT PERCENTAGE? LIKE,
00:54:47WHEN ARE WE ABLE TO GET THAT
00:54:50PERCENTAGE THIS IS SLIGHTLY MORE
00:54:54THAN THAT. THIS IS LIKE HOW WE
00:54:57OVERCOME THE FOSSIL FUEL
00:55:00DEPENDENCY THAT, UH, PEOPLE SAY
00:55:03BRINGS A LOT THINGS TO OUR
00:55:08COMMUNITIES. I WILL START FROM THE ENERGY AFFORDABILITY. AND
00:55:11LET'S COMPARE WHAT IS HAPPENING
00:55:13NOW IN THE US. AND WHAT'S
00:55:16HAPPENING IN UKRAINE. AS OUR COUNTRIES HAVE BEEN SUCH
00:55:18REMARKABLE PARTNERS. AND WE ARE SO DEEPLY GRATEFUL TO EVERYONE
00:55:22IN THIS COUNTRY FOR PROVIDING US THEIR HEARTS AND MINDS AND THEIR
00:55:26FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO WITHSTAND THIS DICTATOR, WHICH I BELIEVE
00:55:29WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DO SO.
00:55:31AND I AM DEEPLY GRATEFUL TO
00:55:34VETERANS, YOURS AND OURS. AND
00:55:36THANKS, AOC AND ALEX, FOR GETTING ALL THIS AMAZING
00:55:40COMMUNITY TOGETHER. I HOPE YOU
00:55:41CAN EXPAND AND INCLUDE UKRAINIAN
00:55:44VETERANS AS WELL WHEN THEY WIN AT THE BATTLEFIELD AND THEY COME
00:55:48HOME AND THEY WILL GET THEIR CLEAN JOBS, WHICH WE WILL MAKE
00:55:51FOR THEM. I BELIEVE IN THE VERY
00:55:54NEAR FUTURE, AND WE WILL BE
00:55:56HAPPY TO LIKE TO BE A PART OF
00:56:00THIS TRANSITION. BUT HOW? LIKE WHAT ENERGY CRISIS MEANS FOR OUR
00:56:03COMMUNITIES? BECAUSE FAMILY FAMILIES ARE GOING THROUGH THE
00:56:06SAME ENERGY AFFORDABILITY CRISIS
00:56:10HERE IN THE US AND IN UKRAINE. I KNOW THAT MEAN GROCERIES, YOU
00:56:14KNOW, BECAUSE WE SPEAK ENERGY.
00:56:16BUT WHEN WE PAY FOR ENERGY BILLS
00:56:19IN THE US, THE PRICES HAVE RISEN
00:56:21FOR 7%, LIKE FASTER THAN
00:56:25INFLATION. AND IT'S NOT THE END. THEY ARE PREDICTED TO, TO
00:56:29INCREASE FOR 11%, WHILE IN
00:56:31UKRAINE. IT'S GOING TO BE 20%. WHEN WE HAVE AN ENERGY, BECAUSE
00:56:34WE, WE, WE ARE LIVING THROUGH
00:56:37THE BLACKOUTS. AND SOMETIMES WE
00:56:39ONLY ALLOW TO HAVE POWER FOR ONE
00:56:42HOUR. AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO POWER THE HOUSE
00:56:45AND LIGHT THE FAMILIES. AND, UM,
00:56:49YEAH. AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN AMERICA, THE STATES THAT ARE
00:56:53INSTALLING RENEWABLES THIS THE
00:56:56FASTEST, LIKE IOWA, LIKE SOUTH DAKOTA, LIKE NEW MEXICO. THEY
00:56:59ARE SEEING THE LARGEST DECREASE
00:57:02IN PRICES AT THIS VERY MOMENT. AND THERE ARE UKRAINIAN
00:57:05COMMUNITIES THAT, EVEN AT THIS
00:57:07DIRE CONDITIONS LIKE 90,000 OF
00:57:13HOUSEHOLDS, HAVE FOUND SOME MONEY. EVEN IF YOU IMAGINE IT'S
00:57:16HARD TO DO IN UKRAINE, AND THEY
00:57:19INSTALL SOLAR, AND THEY WILL HAVE THE THEY, THEY WILL BE ABLE
00:57:22TO PAY FOR THEMSELVES AND BE
00:57:25ENERGY INDEPENDENT FOR THE YEARS AHEAD. ALSO, SMALL AND LOCAL
00:57:29BUSINESSES ARE TRYING THEIR BEST
00:57:32TO KEEP AFLOAT. AND THE POWER,
00:57:35ENERGY THEY INSTALLED. SO FAR,
00:57:38IT AMOUNTS ALL. ALMOST ONE
00:57:40GIGAWATT GIGAWATT, WHICH IS
00:57:42HUGE. SO THEY CAN. THEY KEEP FUNCTIONING BECAUSE AT THE END
00:57:46OF THE STORY, THEY WILL HAVE TO
00:57:48REBUILD UKRAINE, AND THEY ARE THE IMPORTANT TO, TO, TO PAY
00:57:51ATTENTION TO. SO AMERICA HAS
00:57:53SUCH A LUXURY OF CHOICE RIGHT
00:57:56NOW. PLEASE DON'T WASTE IT. YOU
00:57:58CAN MAKE THIS ENERGY TRANSITION
00:58:01SO FAST AND REALLY FAST AND FURIOUS AND EFFECTIVE, AND YOU
00:58:04CAN HELP SO MANY COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD, LIKE MY COUNTRY, TO
00:58:07OVERCOME THE ENERGY CRISIS. AND
00:58:14I AM SO HOPEFUL THAT WE LIKE INVESTMENTS. UH, WHEN WE SPEAK
00:58:16ABOUT THE LUXURY OF CHOICE A
00:58:18EVOLVES AS WELL. AND, UH, WHAT
00:58:22DRIVES THE ENERGY TRANSITION IN THE US, IT'S STILL A MARKET
00:58:26INVESTMENTS, JOB OPPORTUNITIES, STATE SUBSIDIES, INFLATION
00:58:29REDUCTION ACT, WHICH I BELIEVE YOU WILL FIGHT FOR AND MANY
00:58:32OTHER THINGS. WHILE IN UKRAINE.
00:58:34IT'S PURELY SURVIVAL DRIVEN. WE
00:58:39ALSO, WE ALL INSTALL RENEWABLES TO SURVIVE, BUT WE WANT TO KEEP GOING WITH THAT. WE DON'T WANT
00:58:42TO GO BACK TO THE BLOODY ENERGY,
00:58:44RUSSIAN ENERGY, AND OVERALL DICTATORS ENERGY THAT HAVE LED
00:58:48US. THAT HAS LED US TO THIS
00:58:51POINT AND TO THIS ORAL DESTRUCTION, AND ALSO, JUST TO
00:58:55GIVE A POSITIVE EXAMPLE OF
00:58:57INVESTMENT, UH, SO 1.4 BILLION
00:59:00JUST WERE JUST INVESTED INTO
00:59:02POLTAVA. IT'S A CITY IN EASTERN
00:59:04UKRAINE, WHICH IS QUITE CLOSE TO
00:59:08THE BATTLEFIELD, ACTUALLY, TO
00:59:09BUILD A ONE SINGLE WIND FARM
00:59:13THAT WILL POWER THOUSANDS OF HOMES. AND ALSO THE PUBLIC
00:59:16BUILDINGS. AND THIS IS SUCH A BRIGHT EXAMPLE THAT UKRAINE HAS
00:59:20ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY, AND IT'S
00:59:22ATTRACTIVE FOR INVESTORS. AND,
00:59:24UH, EVEN NOW. SO WE LIKE MORE
00:59:27GREEN JOBS WILL BE CREATED IN
00:59:30UKRAINE, UH, LIKE 2 MILLION. WE COUNTED THAT. AND 1 MILLION OF
00:59:34VETERANS WHO WILL COME BACK FROM
00:59:37THE BATTLEFIELD WILL BE HAPPY TO
00:59:39HELP US TO BUILD THE, BUILD THE
00:59:42GRID AND HELP US FOLLOW ON. AND,
00:59:46UM, SO MY MESSAGE, MY MESSAGE, I
00:59:49HAVE MANY THOSE MESSAGES, BUT TO AMERICAN LEADERS, BUT THE MAIN,
00:59:53MOST IMPORTANT ONE IS UM, DON'T
00:59:58WAIT UNTIL RESILIENCE BECOMES
01:00:01THE URGENCY. JUST ACT TOWARDS IT
01:00:04AND BE THE FORCE THAT CAN BRING
01:00:07THE CHANGE HERE, HOME. AND ALSO
01:00:09EXPAND IT TO UKRAINE AND ENERGY
01:00:13SECURITY. MARSHALL PLAN IS REMARKABLE PLAN WHICH CAN HELP
01:00:17US WIN OVER RUSSIA, WHICH CAN
01:00:20HELP US TO SPEAK TO YOU. AND,
01:00:22YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I KNOW, I
01:00:25KNOW, UM, HOW QUICKLY THE
01:00:29DISTANCE BETWEEN THE ORDINARY
01:00:30DAY AND THE CATASTROPHE CAN
01:00:37DISAPPEAR. IN MY CASE, IT WAS 15 MINUTES AS A FAMILY DIDN'T MAKE
01:00:40THOSE 15 MINUTES TO MY, TO MY,
01:00:41TO MY ENTIRE REGRET. AND PLEASE,
01:00:45WHATEVER MINUTES YOU HAVE, DON'T WASTE IT. >> [APPLAUSE]
01:00:47>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
01:00:50>> [APPLAUSE]
01:00:57>> DEEPEST GRATITUDE TO ALL OF
01:00:59YOU FOR SHARING YOUR STORIES.
01:01:04THEY ARE SO DEEPLY IMPACTFUL AND
01:01:08LIKE THE MOTTO OF THE UKRAINE
01:01:11ENERGY MARSHALL PLAN REMINDS US,
01:01:14PROTECT UKRAINE, PROTECT THE
01:01:19PLANET. THANK YOU
01:01:27AND NOW WE ARE OPEN FOR
01:01:30QUESTIONS.
01:01:37>> WELL, WE'RE AT 12. >> OH, NO QUESTIONS.
01:01:41>> LET THEM KNOW WE CAN FOLLOW
01:01:42UP WITH QUESTIONS INDIVIDUALLY OR JUST.
01:01:46>> YOU CAN FOLLOW US INDIVIDUALLY, WHETHER ON THE
01:01:49WEBSITE OR ON SOCIAL MEDIA, AND
01:01:52FOLLOW UP WITH ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE ABOUT THE MEETING THAT
01:01:55YOU HAVE GOTTEN TO BE A PART OF
01:02:01TODAY. THANK YOU.
01:02:11>> NICE WORK EVERYONE. >> IT WAS TIGHT.
01:02:13>> I MEAN, BUT THAT'S
01:02:21LOST WORDS AND. YOU WERE