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Congress·In Committee·about 1 year ago

Commercial Water Heaters: Blocking New Energy Standards

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Key Points

  • This resolution seeks to cancel a Department of Energy rule that set new energy efficiency requirements for commercial water heaters. If this measure passes and is signed into law, the energy standards would be completely thrown out and would have no legal effect.
  • The rule being challenged affects large buildings like hotels, hospitals, and apartment complexes that rely on heavy-duty water heating systems. Critics of the standards often argue that the new requirements could make equipment more expensive for businesses to buy and maintain.
  • This action uses a special process that allows Congress to review and reject rules made by federal agencies. If successful, it would stop the government from enforcing these specific energy-saving rules and prevent the agency from passing a similar rule in the future without new permission from Congress.

Milestones

2 milestones2 actions
Jan 9, 2025House

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Jan 9, 2025

Introduced in House

Source Information

Document Type

Congressional Bill

Official Title

Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Energy relating to "Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Commercial Water Heating Equipment".

Bill NumberHJRES 15
Congress119th Congress
ChamberHouse of Representatives
Latest ActionReferred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

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