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- The Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources heard testimony Wednesday on the Energy Efficiency Reform Act.
- The Energy Efficiency Reform Act would make it much more difficult for the Department of Energy to update energy efficiency standards for home appliances including dishwashers, washing machines, and boilers — the three appliance categories named in the available testimony excerpt.
Why it matters: By narrowing the Department of Energy's authority to revise efficiency rules, the bill would raise the procedural bar for updates on dishwashers, washing machines, and boilers — the specific appliance categories cited in Wednesday's testimony — potentially freezing future consumer-facing energy savings targets on those products.
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