DOE Floats First Efficiency Standard Updates After Targeting Trump Rules

After months of reversing Trump-era policies that made it tougher to write more aggressive energy efficiency rules for appliances, the Energy Department (DOE) is proposing the Biden administration’s first updates to specific standards and pledging dozens of additional steps to strengthen standards. DOE is “proposing new energy-saving standards for household appliances and equipment as part of a roadmap to complete 100 actions this year that would save families more than $100 annually on their utility bills,” White House communications director...