The American Jobs Plan

Submitted by Michelle Dreier, Member Engagemt/Gov't Affairs Manager



With many waiting for their stimulus checks provided by the American Rescue Plan, the White House looks to roll out The American Jobs Plan.

While much of this package looks like economic stimulus packages in the past with the investment in the following:

  • Transportation Infrastructure
  • Clean Drinking water infrastructure
  • Broadband
  • Renewed Electric Grid
  • Retrofitting more than two million homes and buildings to make them more energy efficient.
  • Create good jobs electrifying vehicles

While jobs within the electrical industry could be created by any one of the bullet points above, the last three hold tremendous possibilities for potential projects for electrical contractors. As our economy makes moving to clean energy and strategic electrification a priority, there is so much infrastructure work to do.

The amount of work needed to move from combustion engines to an environment where electric vehicles are main stream is staggering, yet GM has promised to build its last combustion engine vehicles in 2035. Zeus, an electric work truck manufacturer, has called MN homes and is currently building electric work trucks. People’s homes will need electric upgrades to charge EVs. Public charging stations will need to be built out to meet the needs of travelers.

The President is proposing a $174 billion investment to the EV market. His plan will pay to help automakers retool factories and create domestic supply chains for raw materials. It will allow for point of sale rebates and tax incentives to buy American-made EVs. It will support the expanding of the national network of EV chargers by 500,000 by 2030. The plan looks to electrify 20% of the school bus fleet through the Clean Buses for Kids Program. It will also look to electrify the federal fleet, including the US Postal Service.

Read the FACT SHEET: The American Jobs Plan | The White House


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