Appliance standards reduce energy & water use, save consumers and businesses money, and cut greenhouse gas emissions.
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PA lawmakers are weighing efficiency standards for appliances and water fixtures that would help cut utility costs over time.
Annual utility bill savings would approach $291 million by 2035, and total consumer savings could reach $7.7 billion by 2050.
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The Senate ENR Committee heard testimony on S.5338 last week, which would create more obstacles to setting a new efficiency standard, like adding more steps to the process of approving a new standard and also make it easier to cancel old ones.
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Appliance Standards retweeted
Energy Efficiency Day is on October 7th this year!
Energy efficiency helps us save money 💰, cut pollution 🏭, and create jobs 👷.
It's a win-win-win. How will you celebrate #EEday this year?
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"A Department of Energy proposal that would set hurdles for updating efficiency standards for appliances and equipment should be withdrawn, as consumer, environmental, and health organizations argued in a series of comment letters to the agency."
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For too long, big tire companies have sold replacement tires that come with a hidden cost for drivers: they are less efficient than the ones that come with new cars, so you have to buy more gas to go the same distance. 🧵
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Manufacturers already make a range of efficient tires for new cars. For replacement tires, they will have six years to adapt and update models that don’t meet these standards as they refresh their product lines.
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California's new standards will ensure that replacement tires are as efficient as the ones on new cars.
That will save drivers at the pump. It's an affordability win.
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Appliance Standards retweeted
Let’s set the record straight on California’s tire efficiency standard.
Learn more: bit.ly/3U5Zu8q
ALT Text says: CA New Replacement Tire Efficiency Standards Saves Californians $1B in fuel costs every year Supported by industry leaders, including Michelin and Discount Tire No tradeoffs with safety or tire life Small up-front cost pays for itself in months Improves air quality – equivalent of removing 400K cars from road Phased timelines – won’t take full effect until 2033
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Big efficiency win: landmark standards will ensure replacement tires are as efficient as those found on new cars.
The nation’s first tire efficiency standards target an overlooked drag on fuel economy that can cost drivers more at the pump. bit.ly/4ifrwIx
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Californians win with new standards ensuring replacement tires are as efficient as the ones on new cars:
💰 Saves $1 billion (each year!) in fuel costs
🛞 Preserves "safety, performance, and innovation” says major tire maker
🌤️ Reduces air pollution
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A bill introduced last week by Sen. Mike Lee would make it virtually impossible for DOE to update energy efficiency standards for equipment and would give the executive branch new powers that could be used to weaken or revoke existing standards.
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“We write to express our strong opposition to the DOE recently proposed rule for the Appliance and Equipment Standards Program. The proposed rule would make it substantially harder for DOE to build on this progress and adopt new efficiency standards..."
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Appliance Standards retweeted
Today, SEEC Building Resilient Housing Task Force Co-Chairs @CongressMin & @RepJohnnyO, with 37 colleagues, sent a letter to DOE Secretary Chris Wright opposing a recently proposed rule that will make it substantially harder to adopt new cost-saving, efficiency standards.
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Here’s just some of what energy efficiency improvements and demand flexibility measures made between now and 2050 could do.
Learn more in our new report.
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Improving energy efficiency in buildings, transportation, and industry in the U.S. could save about $4.8 trillion in energy and related costs in the next decades—equivalent to almost $31,000 per household.
Our new report⬇️
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A proposed rule announced by the Trump administration today would create roadblocks for future administrations updating efficiency standards for appliances and equipment, putting major cost-saving advances at risk.
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