good news!"But even if DOE has water-usage authority over the relevant appliances, the Department…failed to adequately consider the negative consequences of the Repeal Rule, including the substitution effects of energy-and-water-wasting rewashing, prewashing, and handwashing," the court ruled. "And in all events, the 2022 DOE…failed to adequately consider the impact of the energy conservation program on 'performance characteristics.'"
It remains unclear if the Biden administration will appeal.
"A federal appeals court shut down part of Biden's effort, striking down administration mandates targeting everyday dishwashers and laundry machines," O.H. Skinner, the executive director for the Alliance for Consumers, said in a statement after the ruling. "Importantly, the court also explained that the left's 'energy efficient' appliances simply do not live up to their billing because making people wash things twice is the opposite of being good for consumers or 'efficient.'"
