The Energy Department is dealing with bureaucratic hurdles to undo Trump era rules, allowing inefficient appliances to stay on the market.
Biden’s Energy Department has worked to start the process of changing the rules for a number of appliances. But its work has been hampered by the deep state . The Post noted that 33 appliances are overdue for energy efficiency standard updates. But first,
the current Energy Department has to deal with all the roadblocks put in place by its Trump predecessor. The Post noted that while Biden directed all executive agencies to identify Trump era rules blocking climate action and fix them by the end of 2021, a number of the 13 rules the Energy Department identified remain unfinished. Among them are the incandescent bulb, dishwasher, and clothes washer and dryer rules. An American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy
published last week found that the lightbulb rule is stalled because the Office of Management and Budget is slow-walking it. That analysis also found that the Energy Department still has to finalize updates to a broader Trump-era
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