From Page 9 of President Obama's June 2013 Climate Plan:
Establishing a New Goal for Energy Efficiency Standards:
In President Obama’s first term, the Department of Energy established new minimum efficiency standards for dishwashers, refrigerators, and many other products. Through 2030, these standards will cut consumers’ electricity bills by hundreds of billions of dollars and save enough electricity to power more than 85 million homes for two years. To build on this success,the Administration is setting a new goal: Efficiency standards for appliances and federal buildings set in the first and second terms combined will reduce carbon pollution by at least 3 billion metric tons cumulatively by 2030 – equivalent to nearly one-half of thecarbon pollution from the entire U.S. energy sector for one year – while continuing to cut families’ energy bills.
Read the White House Fact Sheet or the President's Climate Plan
Read the ASAP blog post
Read Heather Zichal's 3-month update. Heather is the Former Deputy Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change
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