Pence denied request to help Carrier in 2014
By Rebecca Savransky - 12/01/16 08:57 PM EST
Vice President-elect Mike Pence reportedly refused to help Carrier in 2014, when he denied a request from the company to veto a bill rolling back Indiana's energy efficiency program, Politico reported Thursday.
Carrier's parent company, United Technologies Corp., along with GE, Johnson Controls and Honeywell asked Pence in a joint letter sent in March 2014 to not support the bill.
In the letter, the group said that rolling back the energy program would take away about 380 direct jobs and more than 1,200 indirect jobs.
The request was focused on protecting the Energizing Indiana program. The program gave buyers reduced costs for lighting products, free residential walk-through efficiency audits and rebates for installing energy efficiency equipment, according to Politico.
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http://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/308421-pence-denied-request-to-help-carrier-in-2014
