AHRI Stresses Job Creation and Phase-Down Aspects of HFC Bill in Testimony
Also downplays preemption concerns
ARLINGTON, Va. — In written testimony to the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, the head of the Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI) stressed that when Congress, through S. 2754, the American Innovation and Manufacturing Act, establishes a national structure to phase down the production and use of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), the result will be job creation and trade benefits while ensuring the continued availability of the chemicals for those industries and applications for which no viable alternative is currently available.
Representing the more than 320 manufacturers of air conditioning, heating, refrigeration, and water heating equipment, AHRI President and CEO Stephen Yurek provided the testimony as part of a "paper hearing" before the bill's committee of jurisdiction.