DOE Call For Efficiency Program Priorities Sparks Early Stakeholder Clash

Appliance manufacturers and energy efficiency advocates are clashing over what the Energy Department (DOE) should prioritize in its efficiency standards program, which is slated to play a key role in the Biden administration’s climate agenda, including its review of a Trump-era rule governing standard setting. Their competing comments come in response to a Feb. 19 request for information on priorities for DOE’s appliance standards program, allowing various outside groups to pitch specific rulemakings they would like the department to advance...