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Appliance Standards Awareness Project @asapstandards.bsky.social · 8h

A decision today by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit protects furnace standards set to reduce heating costs for many households-- saving households replacing an inefficient furnace with a new model an average of $350 over the life of the furnace.

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Appliance Standards Awareness Project @asapstandards.bsky.social · 12d

"According to its sponsor Rep. Langworthy, H.R. 3699 is an effort to 'ban the bans'- but the bill goes much further than that, eliminating large swathes of commonsense health and safety protections, and threatening fundamental controls on energy prices."
www.publichealthlawcenter.org/commentary/2...

Appliance Standards Awareness Project @asapstandards.bsky.social · 21d

"In marginalized areas, low electricity demand makes the expense of [new] infrastructure hard to justify. Increasing the use of energy-efficient appliances in these areas can attract electricity supply investments [and deliver] climate benefits."

www.clasp.ngo/research/all...
@clasp-ngo.bsky.social

The Missing Piece of Energy Access: Why 15% of Energy Infrastructure Investment Must Go to Appliances - CLASP

CLASP’s research makes the case that efficient appliances need to be prioritized alongside energy infrastructure expansions to bring electricity to the 666 million people who still need it.

www.clasp.ngo

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Appliance Standards Awareness Project @asapstandards.bsky.social · 25d

"The energy efficiency gains we’ve scored in recent decades are a win for everyone. With rollbacks of efficiency standards cropping up in the headlines, it’s important to review just how far we’ve come…and how much better energy efficiency has made our lives."

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Appliance Standards Awareness Project @asapstandards.bsky.social · 28d

Energy-efficient appliances can do more than just bring down energy bills: In concert, they can cut greenhouse gas emissions by 20% of the needed decrease for the world to hit net zero by 2050, according to a new study from @clasp-ngo.bsky.social

www.techbrew.com/stories/2025...

New study finds energy-efficient appliances can cut emissions 20%

The study recommends stringent energy-efficiency standards—which many in Congress are against.

www.techbrew.com

Appliance Standards Awareness Project @asapstandards.bsky.social · 29d

“The U.S. is really giving up an opportunity if it persists in not being a leader on appliance efficiency. There are others ready and eager to take its place.”

www.utilitydive.com/news/worlds-...

World’s carbon-neutral aspirations may hinge on appliance efficiency: CLASP

“There is such a huge disconnect between what our research shows is needed ... and what the U.S. government is saying would be good for the world,” said Ari Reeves, CLASP senior director of research.

www.utilitydive.com

Appliance Standards Awareness Project @asapstandards.bsky.social · Oct 1

"Lowering or eliminating appliance standards & cutting incentives for high-efficiency products—especially at a time when manufacturing powerhouses are investing in U.S. markets—will have a negative long-term impact on domestic manufacturing growth."

www.latitudemedia.com/news/rolling...

Rolling back appliance efficiency rules could imperil the US manufacturing boom

The Trump administration’s onshoring ambitions are on their way to being compromised by its anti-efficiency policies.

www.latitudemedia.com

Appliance Standards Awareness Project @asapstandards.bsky.social · Sep 29

Trump's DOE has added “climate change,” “green,” "emissions," and “decarbonization” to its growing “list of words to avoid” at its Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy -- the latest in a series of efforts to dispute, silence and downplay climate change.

www.politico.com/news/2025/09...

Energy Dept. adds ‘climate change’ and ‘emissions’ to banned words list

It is the latest in a series of Trump administration efforts to dispute, silence or downplay climate change.

www.politico.com

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Appliance Standards Awareness Project @asapstandards.bsky.social · Sep 22

“By attacking appliance efficiency standards, Republicans are making it clear their allegiances lie with the corporate executives that fund their campaigns, not with the constituents they represent who are struggling with high energy bills.”

www.utilitydive.com/news/republi...

Republicans take aim at DOE’s appliance efficiency program

The federal appliance and equipment standards program “has strayed far from its original intent and now yields the minimum energy efficiency benefits,” said Rep. Brett Guthrie, R-Ky.

www.utilitydive.com

Appliance Standards Awareness Project @asapstandards.bsky.social · Sep 15

House Republicans on the Energy & Commerce Committee are using a legislative hearing tomorrow to tout their slate of harmful bills aimed at not only scaling back federal standards but full-on attacking the well-functioning appliance standards program as a whole.
www.eenews.net/articles/hou...

House GOP focuses on reversing energy efficiency rules

An Energy and Commerce panel will discuss bills to roll back appliance and building efficiency standards.

www.eenews.net

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ACEEE @aceee.org · Sep 15

⚡ Big news from ACEEE: We’ve named Jennifer Layke as our next executive director. Full announcement:
www.aceee.org/press-releas...

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Appliance Standards Awareness Project @asapstandards.bsky.social · Sep 9

Manufacturers Warn Trump’s Proposed Energy Efficiency Rollbacks Would Strand Investments, Advantage Foreign Factories.

ASAP found that manufacturers & their associations submitted more than 30 opposing the rollbacks and not a single one in support.

appliance-standards.org/blog/manufac...

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Rep. Jennifer McClellan @mcclellan.house.gov · Sep 4

We cannot meet our energy demands affordably without clean energy. Energy efficiency programs help reduce costs by reducing demand.

House Republicans’ energy appropriations bill undermines these goals by slashing the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy by nearly 50%.

I voted no.

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Appliance Standards Awareness Project @asapstandards.bsky.social · Sep 5

If passed, H.R. 4626 will give Trump new powers to attack efficiency standards, raising costs for families & businesses -- as well as set new roadblocks for future administrations trying to update standards. Please help advocate against this harmful bill!

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Appliance Standards Awareness Project @asapstandards.bsky.social · Aug 26

Senators Coons, Collins, Reed, and Shaheen have introduced bipartisan legislation to reauthorize the federal government’s cornerstone energy efficiency initiative – the Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP).

www.coons.senate.gov/news/press-r...

Press Release: Senators Coons, Collins, Reed, and Shaheen Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Reauthorize Weatherization Assistance Program | Stock News

Senators Coons, Collins, Reed, and Shaheen introduce a bipartisan bill to extend the Weatherization

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Appliance Standards Awareness Project @asapstandards.bsky.social · Aug 11

The Trump administration wants to eliminate the energy-efficiency program, but bakers, builders, hot tub lobbyists, and chemical companies are trying to save it.

grist.org/energy/unlik...

The unlikely coalition fighting to keep Energy Star labels on your appliances

The Trump administration wants to eliminate the energy efficiency program, but bakers, builders, and chemical companies are trying to save it.

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Consumer Federation of America @consumerfed.bsky.social · Jul 31

CFA joined over 15 comment letters with the
@asapstandards.bsky.social, calling on the Department of Energy to uphold #energy and #water conservation standards. #DOE

CFA Calls on the Department of Energy to Uphold Energy and Water Conservation Standards · Consumer Federation of America

The Consumer Federation of America joined over 15 comment letters with the Appliance Standards Awareness Project, calling on the Department of Energy to uphold energy and water conservation standards....

consumerfed.org

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Appliance Standards Awareness Project @asapstandards.bsky.social · Jul 23

Consumers Want Efficient Appliances.

22,774 consumers signed a petition coordinated by @consumerreports.org urging the Department of Energy to withdraw proposals to slash existing appliance efficiency standards

advocacy.consumerreports.org/research/con...

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Appliance Standards Awareness Project @asapstandards.bsky.social · Jul 14

There are just a few weeks left to tap federal programs that make purchasing EVs, heat pumps & solar panels more affordable.

“This bill is going to take away a lot of assistance from consumers. If consumers are able to make the investment now, it will help them out."

grist.org/buildings/co...

Congress is killing clean energy tax credits. Here's how to use them before they disappear.

There are just a few weeks left to take advantage of federal tax credits that make purchasing an EV, heat pump, or solar panels more affordable.

grist.org

Appliance Standards Awareness Project @asapstandards.bsky.social · Jul 9

Household solutions including smart, efficient electric appliances save consumers money, while also benefiting the broader energy system by mitigating gas supply gaps, managing peak electricity demand, and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

ieefa.org/articles/hom...

Homes, not power plants, are key to slashing energy costs

Embargoed till 9 July 2025 (IEEFA Australia): New independent modelling has shown that household energy upgrades could slash residential energy bills across Australia by 80 to 90% for a typical househ...

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Appliance Standards Awareness Project @asapstandards.bsky.social · Jul 7

Co-chairs of the U.S. Climate Alliance—Gov Newsom & Gov Evers—issued the following statement in response to passage of the reconciliation bill that will increase energy costs, worsen pollution, and jeopardize industries, jobs, and investments across America.

usclimatealliance.org/press-releas...

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Appliance Standards Awareness Project @asapstandards.bsky.social · Jul 2

“The bill will raise energy costs and make it harder to keep the lights on. Taking away incentives for energy-saving improvements would raise monthly bills for families and businesses. It will only exacerbate the growing strain on the electric grid."

www.aceee.org/press-releas...

Congress’s Megabill Would Raise Energy Costs, Strain Electric Grid

The sweeping tax and domestic policy bill would terminate numerous energy efficiency programs and incentives

www.aceee.org

Appliance Standards Awareness Project @asapstandards.bsky.social · Jun 30

"The Trump administration's push to dismantle Energy Star and [appliance and equipment efficiency] standards marks a pivotal shift in U.S. energy policy—one that threatens to unravel decades of progress in energy efficiency."

www.ainvest.com/news/energy-...

The Energy Efficiency Rollback: A Consumer Crisis and Investor Opportunity in the Making

www.ainvest.com

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LCV – League of Conservation Voters 🌎 @lcv.org · Jun 25

"We’re dismantling substantial portions of the most important climate policy the U.S. has ever passed."

With hundreds of millions experiencing extreme heat, we need more climate action, not less.

📱 Call your senators at 202-224-3121 and tell them to protect clean energy & kill the Big Ugly Bill.

Repeal of Clean Energy Law Will Mean a Hotter Planet, Scientists Warn

Republicans plan to terminate billions of dollars in clean energy tax credits. Experts say that will mean more greenhouse gas emissions and more dangerous heat.

www.nytimes.com

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Appliance Standards Awareness Project @asapstandards.bsky.social · Jun 25

"Energy-efficiency experts say that eliminating these regulations would drive costs up for American consumers. Without them, running household appliances would become more expensive, draining more natural resources and adding more pollution to our environment."

www.thecooldown.com/green-busine...

Energy Abundance Won’t Fix Electricity Bills

Efficiency standards can still help consumers.

www.theatlantic.com