D.C. Circuit Upholds Efficiency Rules For Gas Furnaces, Water Heaters

The D.C. Circuit is upholding several Biden-era rules that tighten efficiency standards for gas-fired home furnaces and commercial water heaters, rejecting long-pending claims from the natural gas sector that the standards violate key limits in the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA). A split Nov. 4 decision from a three-judge panel in American Gas Association (AGA), et al. v. Department of Energy (DOE), et al . finds that DOE was justified in determining that an appliance’s use of “condensing” or...