Opower, Inc. v. Efficiency 2.0, LLC

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APPENDIX/EXHIBIT by Opower, Inc.. (Attachments: # 1 Appendix 1, # 2 Appendix 2, # 3 Appendix 3, # 4 Appendix 4, # 5 Appendix 5, # 6 Appendix 6, # 7 Appendix 7, # 8 Appendix 8, # 9 Appendix 9, # 10 Appendix 10, # 11 Appendix 11, # 12 Appendix 12, # 13 Appendix 13, # 14 Appendix 14, # 15 Appendix 15, # 16 Appendix 16, # 17 Appendix 17, # 18 Appendix 18, # 19 Appendix 19, # 20 Appendix 20, # 21 Appendix 21, # 22 Appendix 22)(Karol, Peter)

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March 05, 2010

Remarks by the President on Clean Energy Jobs
OPOWER, Arlington, Virginia
11:43 A.M. EST
THE PRESIDENT:  Good morning, everybody.  It is great to be here at OPOWER.  And just looking around, this
looks like a fun place to work.  (Laughter.)  The work you do here, as we just heard, is making homes more energy
efficient, it's saving people money, it's generating jobs and it's putting America on the path to a clean energy
future.  And I understand last year that you doubled your workforce thanks to Bonnie -- (applause) -- you’re hoping
to hire another hundred workers this year.  And so this is a model of what we want to be seeing all across the
country.  Our goal for the economy is to show similar job growth in the months ahead.
This morning we learned that in February our economy lost an additional 36,000 jobs.  Now, this is actually better
than expected, considering the severe storms all along the East Coast are estimated to have had a depressing
effect on the numbers.  And it shows that the measures that we’re taking to turn our economy around are having
some impact.  But even though it's better than expected, it's more than we should tolerate.
Far too many Americans remain out of work.  Far too many families are still struggling in these difficult economic
times.  And that's why I'm not going to rest, and my administration is not going to rest, in our efforts to help people
who are looking to find a job; to help business owners who want to expand feel comfortable hiring again.  And
we're not going to rest until our economy is working again for the middle class, and for all Americans.
And that's why my immediate priority is not only providing relief to people who are out of work, but also to help the
private sector create jobs and put America back to work.  Earlier this week, after breaking through a political
logjam that some of you probably saw if you were watching TV, Congress passed and I signed into law a bill that
extends unemployment insurance to help people who've been laid off get through these hard times.  It also
extended COBRA so that folks who've lost their jobs don't lose their health insurance, and it extended financing for
small businesses, and makes it possible for 2,000 furloughed transportation workers to go back to work.

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Now, both the House and the Senate have passed a bill that would give businesses a payroll tax refund for every
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expanding, the tax credit may help them decide to hire even more workers more quickly.  So instead of a hundred,
maybe we get 110, 115.  We'll see.  (Applause.)
This bill would also encourage small companies to expand by permitting them to write off expenses for new
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look forward to signing it into law.
Now, even as we fight to help the private sector create more jobs, and even as we fight to bring about a full
economic recovery, we know that there have been success stories all across America.  OPOWER is one of those

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success stories.  This is a company that works with utilities to help folks understand their energy costs and how
they can save money on their energy bills.  And for the press, if you weren't able to hear, this board testifies to the
number of kilowatt hours that have been saved, the amount of money that's gone back into consumers' pockets,
and the amount of carbon that has been taken out of the atmosphere as a consequence of the great work that
these people at OPOWER are doing.
Now, part of the reason I suspect you're growing is that you're doing your jobs well.  But I also know that a big part
of the reason is that you're seizing the opportunities of the future.  The jobs of tomorrow will be jobs in the clean
energy sector, and this company is a great emblem for that.  That's why my administration is taking steps to
support a thriving clean energy industry across this country -- an industry that's making solar panels, and building
wind turbines, producing cutting-edge batteries for fuel-efficient cars and trucks, and helping consumers get more
control over their energy bills.
And that's also why earlier this week I urged Congress to enact a new initiative we're calling Homestar that would
offer homeowners rebates for making their homes more energy-efficient -- rebates worth up to $1,500 for
individual home upgrades and up to $3,000 for retrofitting their entire home.  So if they're getting this good
information from OPOWER and they see that, boy, that drafty window is costing me a couple of hundred bucks a
year, they're now going to have an incentive to go to Home Depots or go to Lowes to hire a certified contractor
and make the changes that will ultimately pay for themselves, improve our environment, and improve our
economy.
I want to thank, by the way, your home state senator, Mark Warner, for his great work on Homestar in the Senate.
Think about the way that the rebates we're talking about could help spur private sector job growth.  It could not
only help businesses like OPOWER to help consumers make their homes more energy efficient, it's also going to
create business for the local contractors and the companies hired to upgrade homes.  These companies then, in
turn, have to purchase supplies and that creates business for retailers.  These retailers would need to restock their
shelves, and that creates business for manufacturers.  And almost all the goods that are required to make homes
more energy efficient are actually produced right here in the United States of America.  It's very hard to ship an
energy-efficient window across an ocean.
So, yes, people who are out of work right now need some immediate relief.  Yes, we need to extend
unemployment insurance and COBRA to help Americans weather these tough times.  And, yes, we've got to do
everything we can to help the private sector create jobs right now.
But even as we do, we also need to replicate the success of clean energy companies like OPOWER.  We need to
invest in the jobs of the future and in the industries of the future, because the country that leads in clean energy
and energy efficiency today, I'm absolutely convinced, is going to lead the global economy tomorrow.  I want that
country to be the United States of America.  I want companies like OPOWER to be expanding and thriving all
across America.  It's good for consumers.  It's good for our economy.  It's good for our environment.
It's wonderfully exciting to be here.  And I think when you look at this group that's gathered here, you can see the
future in this company.  So thanks for the great work you guys are doing.  Let's see if we can replicate your
success all across the country.
Thank you very much, everybody.  (Applause.)
END
11:52 A.M. EST

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