The House on Tuesday is scheduled to consider two bills to block stricter energy efficiency standards for dishwashers and refrigerators as Republicans continue a push against the Biden administration’s updates.
The refrigerator bill from Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R-Iowa, and the dishwasher bill from Rep. Nick Langworthy, R-N.Y., would prevent the Energy Department from finalizing or enforcing standards that are “not technologically feasible or economically justified.”
The bills would also prevent the standards from being implemented unless they result in a “significant conservation of energy,” and the department determines they will not increase consumer costs.
