Appliance Standards Awareness Project
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ASAP advocates for appliance, equipment, and lighting standards that cut planet-warming emissions and other air pollution, save water, and reduce economic and environmental burdens for low- and moderate-income households.
DOE Upholds Furnace Efficiency Standard Set to Cut Consumer Costs.
These standards will lower heating bills and carbon emissions by phasing out non-condensing models.
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These standards will lower heating bills and carbon emissions by phasing out non-condensing models.
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DOE Upholds Furnace Efficiency Standard Set to Cut Consumer Costs
A federal court has upheld the Department of Energy’s furnace efficiency rule, requiring all new residential furnaces manufactured after 2028 to be 15% more efficient than today’s models. The DOE says...
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November 10, 2025 at 3:58 PM
DOE Upholds Furnace Efficiency Standard Set to Cut Consumer Costs.
These standards will lower heating bills and carbon emissions by phasing out non-condensing models.
www.achrnews.com/articles/165...
These standards will lower heating bills and carbon emissions by phasing out non-condensing models.
www.achrnews.com/articles/165...
A federal appeals court has upheld Biden-era rules setting tighter standards for gas-powered commercial water heaters and consumer furnaces, in a 2-1 decision yesterday.
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DC Circuit backs DOE efficiency rules for furnaces, water heaters
A divided panel of judges rejected industry groups' arguments that the Biden-era standards violated federal law.
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November 5, 2025 at 5:13 PM
A federal appeals court has upheld Biden-era rules setting tighter standards for gas-powered commercial water heaters and consumer furnaces, in a 2-1 decision yesterday.
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Voters in VA and NJ sent a clear message: they’re done paying the price for politicians who put corporate profits ahead of people.
We look forward to working with @mikiesherrill.bsky.social and @abigailspanberger.com as they move to cut costs for families through homegrown, clean energy.
We look forward to working with @mikiesherrill.bsky.social and @abigailspanberger.com as they move to cut costs for families through homegrown, clean energy.
November 5, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Voters in VA and NJ sent a clear message: they’re done paying the price for politicians who put corporate profits ahead of people.
We look forward to working with @mikiesherrill.bsky.social and @abigailspanberger.com as they move to cut costs for families through homegrown, clean energy.
We look forward to working with @mikiesherrill.bsky.social and @abigailspanberger.com as they move to cut costs for families through homegrown, clean energy.
A decision today by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit protects furnace standards set to reduce heating costs for many households-- saving households replacing an inefficient furnace with a new model an average of $350 over the life of the furnace.
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November 4, 2025 at 6:59 PM
A decision today by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit protects furnace standards set to reduce heating costs for many households-- saving households replacing an inefficient furnace with a new model an average of $350 over the life of the furnace.
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"According to its sponsor Rep. Langworthy, H.R. 3699 is an effort to 'ban the bans'- but the bill goes much further than that, eliminating large swathes of commonsense health and safety protections, and threatening fundamental controls on energy prices."
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October 23, 2025 at 7:07 PM
"According to its sponsor Rep. Langworthy, H.R. 3699 is an effort to 'ban the bans'- but the bill goes much further than that, eliminating large swathes of commonsense health and safety protections, and threatening fundamental controls on energy prices."
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"In marginalized areas, low electricity demand makes the expense of [new] infrastructure hard to justify. Increasing the use of energy-efficient appliances in these areas can attract electricity supply investments [and deliver] climate benefits."
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The Missing Piece of Energy Access: Why 15% of Energy Infrastructure Investment Must Go to Appliances - CLASP
CLASP’s research makes the case that efficient appliances need to be prioritized alongside energy infrastructure expansions to bring electricity to the 666 million people who still need it.
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October 14, 2025 at 6:16 PM
"In marginalized areas, low electricity demand makes the expense of [new] infrastructure hard to justify. Increasing the use of energy-efficient appliances in these areas can attract electricity supply investments [and deliver] climate benefits."
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"The energy efficiency gains we’ve scored in recent decades are a win for everyone. With rollbacks of efficiency standards cropping up in the headlines, it’s important to review just how far we’ve come…and how much better energy efficiency has made our lives."
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October 10, 2025 at 4:34 PM
"The energy efficiency gains we’ve scored in recent decades are a win for everyone. With rollbacks of efficiency standards cropping up in the headlines, it’s important to review just how far we’ve come…and how much better energy efficiency has made our lives."
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Energy-efficient appliances can do more than just bring down energy bills: In concert, they can cut greenhouse gas emissions by 20% of the needed decrease for the world to hit net zero by 2050, according to a new study from @clasp-ngo.bsky.social
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New study finds energy-efficient appliances can cut emissions 20%
The study recommends stringent energy-efficiency standards—which many in Congress are against.
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October 7, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Energy-efficient appliances can do more than just bring down energy bills: In concert, they can cut greenhouse gas emissions by 20% of the needed decrease for the world to hit net zero by 2050, according to a new study from @clasp-ngo.bsky.social
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“The U.S. is really giving up an opportunity if it persists in not being a leader on appliance efficiency. There are others ready and eager to take its place.”
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World’s carbon-neutral aspirations may hinge on appliance efficiency: CLASP
“There is such a huge disconnect between what our research shows is needed ... and what the U.S. government is saying would be good for the world,” said Ari Reeves, CLASP senior director of research.
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October 6, 2025 at 3:05 PM
“The U.S. is really giving up an opportunity if it persists in not being a leader on appliance efficiency. There are others ready and eager to take its place.”
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"Lowering or eliminating appliance standards & cutting incentives for high-efficiency products—especially at a time when manufacturing powerhouses are investing in U.S. markets—will have a negative long-term impact on domestic manufacturing growth."
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Rolling back appliance efficiency rules could imperil the US manufacturing boom
The Trump administration’s onshoring ambitions are on their way to being compromised by its anti-efficiency policies.
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October 1, 2025 at 5:15 PM
"Lowering or eliminating appliance standards & cutting incentives for high-efficiency products—especially at a time when manufacturing powerhouses are investing in U.S. markets—will have a negative long-term impact on domestic manufacturing growth."
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Trump's DOE has added “climate change,” “green,” "emissions," and “decarbonization” to its growing “list of words to avoid” at its Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy -- the latest in a series of efforts to dispute, silence and downplay climate change.
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Energy Dept. adds ‘climate change’ and ‘emissions’ to banned words list
It is the latest in a series of Trump administration efforts to dispute, silence or downplay climate change.
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September 29, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Trump's DOE has added “climate change,” “green,” "emissions," and “decarbonization” to its growing “list of words to avoid” at its Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy -- the latest in a series of efforts to dispute, silence and downplay climate change.
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“By attacking appliance efficiency standards, Republicans are making it clear their allegiances lie with the corporate executives that fund their campaigns, not with the constituents they represent who are struggling with high energy bills.”
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Republicans take aim at DOE’s appliance efficiency program
The federal appliance and equipment standards program “has strayed far from its original intent and now yields the minimum energy efficiency benefits,” said Rep. Brett Guthrie, R-Ky.
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September 22, 2025 at 6:54 PM
“By attacking appliance efficiency standards, Republicans are making it clear their allegiances lie with the corporate executives that fund their campaigns, not with the constituents they represent who are struggling with high energy bills.”
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House Republicans on the Energy & Commerce Committee are using a legislative hearing tomorrow to tout their slate of harmful bills aimed at not only scaling back federal standards but full-on attacking the well-functioning appliance standards program as a whole.
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House GOP focuses on reversing energy efficiency rules
An Energy and Commerce panel will discuss bills to roll back appliance and building efficiency standards.
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September 15, 2025 at 8:00 PM
House Republicans on the Energy & Commerce Committee are using a legislative hearing tomorrow to tout their slate of harmful bills aimed at not only scaling back federal standards but full-on attacking the well-functioning appliance standards program as a whole.
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⚡ Big news from ACEEE: We’ve named Jennifer Layke as our next executive director. Full announcement:
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September 15, 2025 at 3:10 PM
⚡ Big news from ACEEE: We’ve named Jennifer Layke as our next executive director. Full announcement:
www.aceee.org/press-releas...
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Manufacturers Warn Trump’s Proposed Energy Efficiency Rollbacks Would Strand Investments, Advantage Foreign Factories.
ASAP found that manufacturers & their associations submitted more than 30 opposing the rollbacks and not a single one in support.
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ASAP found that manufacturers & their associations submitted more than 30 opposing the rollbacks and not a single one in support.
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September 9, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Manufacturers Warn Trump’s Proposed Energy Efficiency Rollbacks Would Strand Investments, Advantage Foreign Factories.
ASAP found that manufacturers & their associations submitted more than 30 opposing the rollbacks and not a single one in support.
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ASAP found that manufacturers & their associations submitted more than 30 opposing the rollbacks and not a single one in support.
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We cannot meet our energy demands affordably without clean energy. Energy efficiency programs help reduce costs by reducing demand.
House Republicans’ energy appropriations bill undermines these goals by slashing the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy by nearly 50%.
I voted no.
House Republicans’ energy appropriations bill undermines these goals by slashing the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy by nearly 50%.
I voted no.
September 4, 2025 at 6:08 PM
We cannot meet our energy demands affordably without clean energy. Energy efficiency programs help reduce costs by reducing demand.
House Republicans’ energy appropriations bill undermines these goals by slashing the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy by nearly 50%.
I voted no.
House Republicans’ energy appropriations bill undermines these goals by slashing the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy by nearly 50%.
I voted no.
If passed, H.R. 4626 will give Trump new powers to attack efficiency standards, raising costs for families & businesses -- as well as set new roadblocks for future administrations trying to update standards. Please help advocate against this harmful bill!
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September 5, 2025 at 7:19 PM
If passed, H.R. 4626 will give Trump new powers to attack efficiency standards, raising costs for families & businesses -- as well as set new roadblocks for future administrations trying to update standards. Please help advocate against this harmful bill!
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Senators Coons, Collins, Reed, and Shaheen have introduced bipartisan legislation to reauthorize the federal government’s cornerstone energy efficiency initiative – the Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP).
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Press Release: Senators Coons, Collins, Reed, and Shaheen Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Reauthorize Weatherization Assistance Program | Stock News
Senators Coons, Collins, Reed, and Shaheen introduce a bipartisan bill to extend the Weatherization
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August 26, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Senators Coons, Collins, Reed, and Shaheen have introduced bipartisan legislation to reauthorize the federal government’s cornerstone energy efficiency initiative – the Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP).
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The Trump administration wants to eliminate the energy-efficiency program, but bakers, builders, hot tub lobbyists, and chemical companies are trying to save it.
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The unlikely coalition fighting to keep Energy Star labels on your appliances
The Trump administration wants to eliminate the energy efficiency program, but bakers, builders, and chemical companies are trying to save it.
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August 11, 2025 at 5:49 PM
The Trump administration wants to eliminate the energy-efficiency program, but bakers, builders, hot tub lobbyists, and chemical companies are trying to save it.
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CFA joined over 15 comment letters with the
@asapstandards.bsky.social, calling on the Department of Energy to uphold #energy and #water conservation standards. #DOE
@asapstandards.bsky.social, calling on the Department of Energy to uphold #energy and #water conservation standards. #DOE
CFA Calls on the Department of Energy to Uphold Energy and Water Conservation Standards · Consumer Federation of America
The Consumer Federation of America joined over 15 comment letters with the Appliance Standards Awareness Project, calling on the Department of Energy to uphold energy and water conservation standards....
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July 31, 2025 at 12:31 PM
CFA joined over 15 comment letters with the
@asapstandards.bsky.social, calling on the Department of Energy to uphold #energy and #water conservation standards. #DOE
@asapstandards.bsky.social, calling on the Department of Energy to uphold #energy and #water conservation standards. #DOE
Consumers Want Efficient Appliances.
22,774 consumers signed a petition coordinated by @consumerreports.org urging the Department of Energy to withdraw proposals to slash existing appliance efficiency standards
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22,774 consumers signed a petition coordinated by @consumerreports.org urging the Department of Energy to withdraw proposals to slash existing appliance efficiency standards
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July 23, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Consumers Want Efficient Appliances.
22,774 consumers signed a petition coordinated by @consumerreports.org urging the Department of Energy to withdraw proposals to slash existing appliance efficiency standards
advocacy.consumerreports.org/research/con...
22,774 consumers signed a petition coordinated by @consumerreports.org urging the Department of Energy to withdraw proposals to slash existing appliance efficiency standards
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There are just a few weeks left to tap federal programs that make purchasing EVs, heat pumps & solar panels more affordable.
“This bill is going to take away a lot of assistance from consumers. If consumers are able to make the investment now, it will help them out."
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“This bill is going to take away a lot of assistance from consumers. If consumers are able to make the investment now, it will help them out."
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Congress is killing clean energy tax credits. Here's how to use them before they disappear.
There are just a few weeks left to take advantage of federal tax credits that make purchasing an EV, heat pump, or solar panels more affordable.
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July 14, 2025 at 7:20 PM
There are just a few weeks left to tap federal programs that make purchasing EVs, heat pumps & solar panels more affordable.
“This bill is going to take away a lot of assistance from consumers. If consumers are able to make the investment now, it will help them out."
grist.org/buildings/co...
“This bill is going to take away a lot of assistance from consumers. If consumers are able to make the investment now, it will help them out."
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Household solutions including smart, efficient electric appliances save consumers money, while also benefiting the broader energy system by mitigating gas supply gaps, managing peak electricity demand, and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
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Homes, not power plants, are key to slashing energy costs
Embargoed till 9 July 2025 (IEEFA Australia): New independent modelling has shown that household energy upgrades could slash residential energy bills across Australia by 80 to 90% for a typical househ...
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July 9, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Household solutions including smart, efficient electric appliances save consumers money, while also benefiting the broader energy system by mitigating gas supply gaps, managing peak electricity demand, and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
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Co-chairs of the U.S. Climate Alliance—Gov Newsom & Gov Evers—issued the following statement in response to passage of the reconciliation bill that will increase energy costs, worsen pollution, and jeopardize industries, jobs, and investments across America.
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July 7, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Co-chairs of the U.S. Climate Alliance—Gov Newsom & Gov Evers—issued the following statement in response to passage of the reconciliation bill that will increase energy costs, worsen pollution, and jeopardize industries, jobs, and investments across America.
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“The bill will raise energy costs and make it harder to keep the lights on. Taking away incentives for energy-saving improvements would raise monthly bills for families and businesses. It will only exacerbate the growing strain on the electric grid."
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Congress’s Megabill Would Raise Energy Costs, Strain Electric Grid
The sweeping tax and domestic policy bill would terminate numerous energy efficiency programs and incentives
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July 2, 2025 at 5:08 PM
“The bill will raise energy costs and make it harder to keep the lights on. Taking away incentives for energy-saving improvements would raise monthly bills for families and businesses. It will only exacerbate the growing strain on the electric grid."
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