{"id":336255,"date":"2024-07-12T13:26:16","date_gmt":"2024-07-12T11:26:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=336255"},"modified":"2024-07-12T13:26:18","modified_gmt":"2024-07-12T11:26:18","slug":"23-state-coalition-challenges-new-federal-regulations-on-washing-machines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=336255","title":{"rendered":"23 State Coalition Challenges New Federal Regulations on Washing Machines"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Editor\u2019s Note:<\/em> As part of President Joe Biden\u2019s all-of-government approach to fighting climate change, his administration has imposed dozens of new regulations limiting peoples\u2019 choices in appliances and fixtures, modes of transportation, and housing. As of January 2024, Congress had passed 14 Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolutions<\/a> overturning regulations adopted by the Biden administration, including seven environment related regulations. Among the latter Congress passed a CRA concerning oil and gas emission standards, which Biden signed, and vehicle emission standards and electric vehicle charging station rules, which Biden vetoed among 11 other CRA resolution vetoes he issued. The states have also been active in opposing the Biden administration\u2019s climate regulations, arguing in multiple court cases that the rules are illegal expansions of executive authority and impose unnecessary and expensive limits on consumer freedom. For example, a coalition of 25 state Attorney Generals (AGs)<\/a> have sued to block the Biden administration\u2019s electric vehicle mandates and 11 state AGs have<\/a> sued to block new water and energy efficiency standards for dishwashers. Now, even as Congress is considering CRA resolutions overturning administration rules on gas furnaces<\/a>, dishwashers, and refrigerators<\/a>, a group of 23 state AGs have sent a letter to U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm asking her to withdraw recently finalized energy and water efficiency rules for washing machines. The Center Square\u2019s Bethany Blankly discusses the AGs\u2019 efforts in the guest post below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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By Bethany Blankley<\/strong> | The Center Square contributor<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(The Center Square) \u2013 Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody is leading a 23-state coalition of attorneys general opposing another Biden administration regulation on home appliances, this time on washing machines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They did so as the U.S. House is poised to vote on two bills this week that would restrict Biden administration regulations on dishwashers and refrigerators, among other household appliances. Republicans say the regulations will only further drive up costs and make them less affordable than they already are, The Center Square reported<\/a><\/strong>. House Democrats have been encouraged to vote against the bills, arguing they are a political ploy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A new U.S. Department of Energy regulation on washing machines is the \u201clatest overreach into the livelihoods of middle-class Americans,\u201d Moody said. The administration is now \u201cweaseling its way into laundry rooms in an attempt to further its radical energy policies by implementing harmful and costly standards on washing machines.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The AG coalition sent a letter<\/a><\/strong> to DOE Secretary Jennifer Granholm, asking her to abandon a new rule the DOE promulgated or \u201cproceed with notice and comment rulemaking\u201d before enacting it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The DOE proposed new energy conservation standards for residential clothes washers in March 2023 through a new federal rule as part of an overall energy conservation program. The DOE received numerous comments supporting and opposing it and after months of impasse the rule went nowhere. Then, advocacy organizations and home appliance manufacturers agreed to a joint statement in September 2023 and the DOE finalized the rule in March 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Energy Policy and Conservation Act \u201cgrants DOE the power to regulate residential clothes washers for energy conservation,\u201d the AGs explain. \u201cThat grant of authority is not limitless. DOA must also consider the economic burden such regulations will impose on consumers and manufacturers, and whether such burden is economically justified.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By statute, DOE \u201cmay only issue direct final rule if a joint statement is submitted by interested parties who fairly represent the relative points of view and satisfy the standards,\u201d they said. Because the joint statement \u201cwas the result of administrative arm-twisting, it did not address issues raised by important stakeholders during the period for comments on the proposed rule,\u201d they wrote to Granholm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers stressed the rule would \u201celiminate consumer features, reduces choice, significantly increases cost, and\/or negatively impacts product performance.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A study it conducted with Bellomy Research found that the rule would negatively impact low-income households. More than half of U.S. households wouldn\u2019t be able to afford purchasing a more energy efficient washer, the research found, resulting in households purchasing used washers or not purchasing one at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whirlpool argues the rule is not economically justified. Its research found a 25% increase in cost for consumers and a potential 31% loss in industry net present value, which could result in more than 8,000 American job losses. It also criticized DOE for failing to conduct a supply chain analysis in North America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The joint statement includes advocacy groups like the Alliance for Water Efficiency, the Natural Resource Defense Council, Earthjustice and Others that \u201cdo not represent the interests of everyday consumers, and their input should not be given significant weight by DOE,\u201d the AGs argue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While states like California and Massachusetts support the rule, \u201cmany states do not,\u201d the 23 AGs argue. \u201cDOE cannot cherry pick the States with which it is politically aligned to circumvent the ordinary rulemaking process.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Referring to the rule as \u201cBiden\u2019s war on washing machines,\u201d Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill said the president \u201ccontinues his attack on Louisiana citizens. This time, his bureaucratic tyrants want to dictate how you wash and dry your clothes. I\u2019ll continue to push back on these ill-conceived policies that only hurt hardworking Louisianans and how they operate their households.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

U.S. Rep. Debbie Lasko, R-Arizona, who introduced the Hands Off Our Home Appliances Act, said she was \u201csaddened that we would need such a bill.\u201d After the U.S. House passed the bill in May, she said, \u201cNo government bureaucrat should ever scheme to take away Americans\u2019 appliances in the name of a radical environmental agenda, yet that is exactly what we have seen under the Biden administration.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The bill requires that any new energy efficiency standards be cost-effective and prevents household appliances from being banned by the federal government based on fuel usage. It is unlikely to pass the Democratic-controlled Senate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Depending on Granholm\u2019s response, the coalition is expected to sue to ask a federal court to halt the rule from going into effect, arguing it is illegal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Originally published by <\/em>The Center Square<\/a>. Republished with permission<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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