Home Appliance Protection and Affordability Act

Key Points

• Would limit the Energy Department from setting new or tougher energy- or water-saving rules unless they are proven doable to build and worth the cost for families.
• Would require a detailed cost-and-jobs analysis before new standards can take effect, including impacts on low-income households and differences by region and climate.
• Would block new standards unless they produce meaningful energy or water savings, and unless the product’s performance (like lifespan and compatibility) would not get worse.
• Would let people petition to change or even cancel existing standards if they raise costs, don’t save much energy or water, aren’t feasible, or make products hard to buy in the U.S.
• Would permanently stop the Energy Department from creating new or updated efficiency standards for distribution transformers (while keeping current rules in place).

Impact Analysis

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