Rollback of light bulb standards would cost consumers billions — $100 per household each year

For more information, contact Andrew deLaski, 617-515-7755, adelaski@standardsASAP.org

 

Statement by Andrew deLaski, Executive Director, Appliance Standards Awareness Project and Steve Nadel, Executive Director, American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy

Statement of ASAP and ACEEE on Federal Plans to Put Updates to Appliance Standards on Ice

Media Contact: Marianne DiMascio 339-933-8140

The Bipartisan Opportunity of Energy Efficiency

New York Times Op-ed

By Terry Sobolewski and Ralph Cavanagh, NRDC

Partisan fights in Washington can leave the impression that we’re hopelessly divided. The truth is there are plenty of bipartisan solutions to the energy and environmental challenges we face, and energy efficiency is near the top of the list.

25 years of water efficiency across the US

NRDC blog post by Ed Osann

Twenty-five years ago this week, President George H.W. Bush ushered the federal government into our bathrooms. 

This turned out to be a good thing.

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Appliance standards billed as "the little engine that could" by former Assistant Secretaries of Energy

In a letter to House and Senate subcommittees and to DOE Secretary Perry from "the entire group of Senate-confirmed Republican and Democratic Assistant Secretaries of Energy who led the DOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) between 1989 and 2017", standards are billed as the "little engine that could."

Consumer & environmental groups take legal action against Department of Energy
Environmental and consumer groups initiated legal action against the US Department of Energy, filing a lawsuit for illegally delaying ceiling fan standards and a notice of intent to sue for delays on five additional product standards. 
REPORT: HI, CT, MA, RI, and AK Households Save Most on Overall Utility Bills Due to Appliance Standards

ASAP/ACEEE Analysis Ranks All 50 States and DC on Electricity, Gas & Water Bill Savings; NH, NY, VT, CA, and NJ Round Out Top 10 States Where Consumers Save Most Money.