<div style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:black;"><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 14px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(23, 41, 46);"><span style="font-family: tahoma, verdana, segoe, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;"><strong style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;">350 Milwaukee Meeting</strong></span><br><strong><span style="font-size: 15px;">Tuesday, May 9, 7 - 8:30pm</span></strong></span><br><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, verdana, segoe, sans-serif;"><a href="https://weebly.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=56f3e66baa557be38f9bfb69d&id=e7e4a00f32&e=b6ce0c8f4b" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; cursor: pointer; overflow-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(109, 198, 221);" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"><strong>Your Zoom Meeting Link</strong></span></a></span></span><br><br><span style="font-size: 19px;"><strong><span style="font-family: tahoma, verdana, segoe, sans-serif;">The Inflation Reduction Act & Electrification</span></strong></span><br><span style="font-size: 17px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, verdana, segoe, sans-serif;"><strong style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;">Phil Smith</strong></span></span><br><span style="font-size: 15px;"><a href="https://weebly.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=56f3e66baa557be38f9bfb69d&id=c4db843b8b&e=b6ce0c8f4b" style="cursor: pointer; overflow-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(109, 198, 221);" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"><strong><span style="font-family: arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif;">Citizens' Climate Lobby - </span>Waukesha Chapter</strong></span></a></span><br> </div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif;">The presentation will summarize the <img align="right" height="166" src="https://mcusercontent.com/56f3e66baa557be38f9bfb69d/images/5d161bc8-6a30-abd1-93d7-4a622c6d5075.jpg" width="250" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; border: 0px; outline: none; width: 250px; min-height: 166px; margin: 10px; height: auto !important;">expected reductions in greenhouse gasses resulting from the IRA along with the tax and point of sale rebates included in the act. Heat pump space heaters, heat pump water heaters, electric stoves, electric service upgrades, home weatherization, solar panels and electric vehicles will be discussed.</span></span><br><br><br><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;">What is the IRA?</strong></span></span><span style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif;"> (Hint: Not an Individual Retirement Account)</span></span><br><br><span style="font-family: arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif;">"The <a href="https://weebly.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=56f3e66baa557be38f9bfb69d&id=0d22adbf20&e=b6ce0c8f4b" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; cursor: pointer; overflow-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(109, 198, 221);" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">Inflation Reduction Act of 2022</span></a> is the most significant climate legislation in U.S. history, offering funding, programs, and incentives to accelerate the transition to a clean energy economy and will likely drive significant deployment of new clean electricity resources. Most provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 became effective 1/1/2023." - EPA<br style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;">"The <strong style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;">Inflation Reduction Act of 2022</strong> (<strong style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;">IRA</strong>) is a landmark<sup id="yiv3663052143cite_ref-1" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;"><a href="https://weebly.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=56f3e66baa557be38f9bfb69d&id=e34d1c5b01&e=b6ce0c8f4b" style="cursor: pointer; overflow-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(109, 198, 221);" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">[1]</a></sup><sup id="yiv3663052143cite_ref-2" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;"><a href="https://weebly.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=56f3e66baa557be38f9bfb69d&id=f851502f68&e=b6ce0c8f4b" style="cursor: pointer; overflow-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(109, 198, 221);" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">[2]</a></sup> <a href="https://weebly.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=56f3e66baa557be38f9bfb69d&id=329c4dcc38&e=b6ce0c8f4b" title="Law of the United States" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; cursor: pointer; overflow-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(109, 198, 221);" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">United States federal law</span></a><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"> </span>which aims to curb <a href="https://weebly.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=56f3e66baa557be38f9bfb69d&id=8b331c7f81&e=b6ce0c8f4b" title="Inflation" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; cursor: pointer; overflow-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(109, 198, 221);" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">inflation</span></a> by <a href="https://weebly.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=56f3e66baa557be38f9bfb69d&id=6334b04b14&e=b6ce0c8f4b" title="Deficit reduction in the United States" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; cursor: pointer; overflow-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(109, 198, 221);" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">reducing the deficit</span></a>, lowering <a href="https://weebly.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=56f3e66baa557be38f9bfb69d&id=bf474db5ca&e=b6ce0c8f4b" title="Prescription drug prices in the United States" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; cursor: pointer; overflow-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(109, 198, 221);" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">prescription drug prices</span></a>, and investing into domestic energy production while promoting <a href="https://weebly.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=56f3e66baa557be38f9bfb69d&id=ceb033f202&e=b6ce0c8f4b" title="Clean energy" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; cursor: pointer; overflow-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(109, 198, 221);" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">clean energy</span></a>." - Wikipedia<br style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;"><strong style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;">A different view:</strong><br style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;">"A green energy firm with <a href="https://weebly.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=56f3e66baa557be38f9bfb69d&id=6792da6818&e=b6ce0c8f4b" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; cursor: pointer; overflow-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(109, 198, 221);" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">close ties to the White House</span></a> was among the very first companies to take advantage of tax incentives in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), Democrats' flagship climate package." - Fox News</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 14px;"><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </div><hr><span style="font-family: arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;">Time: Tuesday, May 9, 7 - 8:30pm</strong><br style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;"><a href="https://weebly.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=56f3e66baa557be38f9bfb69d&id=7f23fcbbff&e=b6ce0c8f4b" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; cursor: pointer; overflow-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(109, 198, 221);" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"><strong>Join Zoom Meeting</strong></span></a><br style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;">Meeting ID: 818 7303 5880<br style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;">Passcode: 809467</span><br><br><span style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif;">Dial by your location<br style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;">        +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)<br style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;">Find your local number: <a href="https://weebly.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=56f3e66baa557be38f9bfb69d&id=2728d80283&e=b6ce0c8f4b" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; cursor: pointer; overflow-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(109, 198, 221);" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kqojPZ0qE</span></a></span></span><br> <hr><span style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;">Update on in-person meetings: </strong></span>The Steering Committee is looking at details.</span></div></div>