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SAN DIEGO ­– California Attorney General Rob Bonta today highlighted a series of recent comment letters urging the Department of Energy (DOE) to strengthen the nation’s energy efficiency program. DOE's longstanding energy efficiency program has resulted in substantial economic and environmental benefits, with more than $2 trillion in projected consumer savings and 2.6 billion tons of avoided carbon dioxide emissions by 2030.

The Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to rescind a rule implemented by the Trump Administration that would have imposed additional procedural obligations on the agency before adopting new energy standards.

Biden administration targets Trump-era rule-making barriers to energy efficiency standards Allan Smith © Provided by NBC News President Joe Biden's massive infrastructure plan calls for hundreds of billions of dollars to retrofit millions of homes with new, energy-efficient appliances, something his administration says would create jobs and help save consumers money. For that to happen, legislation will have to get through Congress. But Biden administration officials are also working behind the scenes to address a different impediment: roadblocks imposed by former President ...

Dive Brief: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NOPR) it says would "remove unnecessary obstacles" to setting appliance efficiency standards, in part by reversing changes to the "process rule" made by the Trump administration. The process rule helps determine how appliance efficiency standards are set and updated. Clean energy advocates say changes approved by President Donald Trump's DOE made the process more lengthy and complicated, and added "arbitrary" savings thresholds required to set standards. Appliance manufacturers argue the Trump-led cha...

Attorney General Becerra Fights to Protect Cost-Saving Energy Efficiency Standards for Consumers and Small Businesses SACRAMENTO – California Attorney General Xavier Becerra today joined a lawsuit challenging two final rules promulgated by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) during the final days of the Trump Administration as part of its longstanding effort to undermine our nation’s energy efficiency program. The rules would protect gas-powered residential furnaces and commercial water heaters from tougher energy efficiency standards – standards that would apply if they were in the...