Costs of the new appliance . I would say that these standards have very different affects on different households based on some of the characteristics i mentioned and also some that i state as well in my written testimony. For instance, if you live in texas, maybe its more benefit for you to have an Efficient Air conditioner but do you care how efficient your furnace is . In that case you may not save money by getting an efficient furnace. So i would say that different situations geographical area would have an impact on it . Absolutely. And you indicated the use of the product, obviously, would have an impact on it. And you mentioned, i think, some elderly people who maybe use it less would have less benefit from it as well, is that correct . That is correct. And the Department Notes that in its analysis. So all of us make comments about, oh, this is going to save money and so forth, but it certainly is possible in many instances, i would assume, that lowincome people and elderly are
Winning documentaries at student cam. Org. Industry leaders testified about proposed Energy Efficiency rules for Household Appliances at a house energy and commerce subcommittee hearing. They talked about the possible effect of regulations on Consumer Prices and efficiency of large appliances, including dishwashers, re refrigerators and washing machines. This is two hours and 10 minutes. Like to call the hearing to order this morning. And im going to thank our panel of witnesses for being with us. Im going to introduce you right before we right before you give your Opening Statements and ill introduce you individually at that time. I would like to recognize myself for five minutes for an Opening Statement. Todays hearing is entitled Home Appliance energy firsefficiency standards. Since 1987 weve had energy efficience standards for certain appliances. It came about because back in 1975 there was a federal Energy Policy act that established that format. The Reagan Administration was sued
Commissioner ferrigno it expend commissioner makras commissioner meiberger commissioner paskinjordan commissioner stansbury will not be present we have quorum thank you very much ladies and gentlemen, the first one on the genocide a closed session for item 3 mr. Clerk, call item 3 for me and action item closed session. Any Public Comment . Were going to take Public Comment now before closed session no, no Public Comment okay. Thats because we started on time and our Public Comment didnt get the memo okay. Thats the secret everyone were going to go into closed session. Okay weve come out of closed session he united a vote or need to take a motion not to disclose what weve talked about in closed session so moved well take that without objection. Lets the house rehabilitate that commissioner paskinjordan is not here well take that without objection. The motion passed unanimously thank you, everyone at this time, id like to do something to accommodate the number of folks that are here the
Item 3 mr. Clerk, call item 3 for me and action item closed session. Any Public Comment . Were going to take Public Comment now before closed session no, no Public Comment okay. Thats because we started on time and our Public Comment didnt get the memo okay. Thats the secret everyone were going to go into closed session. Okay weve come out of closed session he united a vote or need to take a motion not to disclose what weve talked about in closed session so moved well take that without objection. Lets the house rehabilitate that commissioner paskinjordan is not here well take that without objection. The motion passed unanimously thank you, everyone at this time, id like to do something to accommodate the number of folks that are here the pob welcomed id like to have director huhuh irrational not here i was going to invite director huhuh i wish to make a presentation to accommodate the great number of folks to you wont have to wait until the end of the agenda to make your comments fair
And working in conjunction with bart to see if theres a way a joint line can be done those are some of my thoughts on the issues. Commissioner johnson. Thank you, thank you very much for this presentation ill excited about next week i appreciate all the information we got toy and except for today that was supposed to be last week and for next week im is a starting to digging than moving forward some of the other available plans on mta website and a lot of great material since i asked for the hearing for a while i will have just. Couple of questions and comments and hopefully be able to focus for next week and not take two much time why did he personally think this is important so you mention that the mta has a big team that works on larger projects to make sure their integrated into the planning process ive seen it offhand on the Hunters Point team and mta really was ive seen how mta was super involved and how land use and transportation amongst other topics really went hand in hand i