Protecting Home Appliances: Ending Unrealistic Energy Efficiency Standards
This act aims to prevent the introduction of overly strict energy efficiency standards for home appliances that could increase prices or limit product availability. It ensures that future standards consider consumer costs and technological feasibility, thereby protecting household budgets and product choices.
Key points
New energy efficiency standards for home appliances will only be introduced if they are technologically feasible and economically justified, aiming to prevent price increases and limit product choices.
The changes are designed to protect consumers from additional costs related to purchasing, installing, and maintaining energy-efficient appliances, ensuring that energy savings outweigh these costs.
The act prohibits standards that could reduce the utility or performance of appliances, as well as those that might lead to reduced market competition or price discrimination.
The introduction of new or revised standards for distribution transformers has been halted, which may impact electricity costs and availability.
Introduced
Citizen Poll