Recently, I had the pleasure of attending PHCC’s Legislative Conference in Washington DC. While I have attended similar advocacy events in the past for manufacturers and distributors of HVACR products, this was my first congressional fly-in event for the plumbing, heating and cooling contractor.
Many of the issues PHCC’s members were discussing were familiar — repealing the estate tax, relieving regulatory burden, completing tax reform, etc. — but the focus was, of course, on the installer and consumer, both of whom often bear a disproportionate amount of the financial brunt of changes in things like vehicle fuel economy standards, health care costs under the Affordable Care Act, tax credits for certain energy technologies (which can help make or break a sale), and more.