CEI Urges DOE To Drop Carbon ‘Cost’ In Measuring Efficiency Benefits

A free-market group is urging the Energy Department (DOE) to drop its use of the social cost of carbon (SCC) when developing appliance efficiency standards, though opponents of the Trump administration’s deregulatory agenda are already fighting agencies’ use of a narrowed approach to the SCC in court. DOE earlier this month granted a petition from the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) to revise its efficiency standard for dishwashers, with the group arguing a 2016 standard is causing unacceptably long cycle times...