Nine AGs Challenged Department of Energy For Blocking Energy Efficiency Standards
MARCH 31, 2017
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman led a coalition of nine attorneys general in filing a petition for review “challenging the [Energy] Department’s delay in issuing its Energy Conservation Standard for Ceiling Fans. The Department of Energy has estimated that over a thirty-year period this standard would save enough electricity to power between 10 and 35 million U.S. households for a year. The Standard for Ceiling Fans should have gone into effect on March 20, 2017, but has now been delayed twice.”
- Documents: Petition for ReviewCA Press Release
- Document Type: Petitions Press Releases/Statements
- States: California Connecticut Illinois Maine Massachusetts New York Oregon Vermont Washington
- Agencies: Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
- Issues: Energy & Energy Efficiency Energy Efficiency
- Era: Trump Administration
- Outcome: Win
- Explanation of Outcome:The agency stopped delaying and issued a final regulation. Read the regulation here.
- Action Type: Litigation