CALIFORNIA AGREES TO REVISE EFFICIENCY STANDARDS TO MIRROR ENERGY STAR

The consumer electronics industry and EPA have successfully convinced the California Energy Commission (CEC) to revise time lines in several of the state's mandatory efficiency standards to mirror the voluntary Energy Star program run by EPA and the Department of Energy. Industry officials say the timing issue was crucial, because the effectiveness of the Energy Star program could have been undermined if the state's standards had been stricter or taken effect earlier. The program allows products that meet its efficiency...