The Biden administration revealed its plans to reduce the United States’ carbon emissions by targeting air conditioners in new energy efficiency standards. The Department of Energy (DOE) claimed the energy standards would reduce air pollution and save American consumers $1.5 billion annually.
Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said, “Today’s announcement builds on the historic actions President Biden took last year to strengthen outdated energy efficiency standards, which will help save on people’s energy bills and reduce our nation’s carbon footprint. DOE will continue to engage with our public and private sector partners to finalize additional proposals like today’s that lower household energy costs and deliver the safer, healthier communities that every American deserves.”
From Fox News:
"What these mandates, what these standards do is enforce a level of efficiency that doesn't make sense," Ben Lieberman, a senior fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, told Fox News Digital in an interview last week. "And they compromise product quality. We've already seen this to an extent with cost of clothes washer standards." "That's another problem — this is a regulatory program that's very long in the tooth and you're getting to the point where clothes washers — this might be the fifth time they've been regulated," he continued. "So we're really chasing after diminishing or nonexistent marginal returns."
