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Draft efficiency bill provisions would reverse progress says NRDC

The US Congress should strengthen energy efficiency programmes and adopt policies that would save taxpayer dollars, promote job growth, and cut pollution, not delay or weaken them, The NRDC has told US lawmakers.
Draft efficiency bill provisions would reverse progress says NRDC

National Resources Defense Council (NRDC) efficiency expert Elizabeth Noll has testified before the House Subcommittee on Energy and Power with regard to draft energy efficiency legislation. Noll said that the NRDC opposes the draft’s Section 4124 to block the Department of Energy from finalizing a much-needed update to efficiency standards for non-weatherized gas furnaces.

She added that the move would especially hurt moderate and low-income families struggling to pay energy bills and that renters in particular could end up paying more without an updated standard. Property owners are likely to continue to buy cheaper, less-efficient furnaces and so Congress should let the open and transparent Department of Energy (DOE) process continue.

“Every American home, building, and appliance that we make more efficient saves money and cuts pollution, and moves our nation closer to a more sustainable and prosperous future” Noll said. “Smart federal policies are essential to achieving the energy efficiency progress that consumers want and that America needs in order to continue to prosper.”

Federal programmes like the DOE’s appliance efficiency standards programme, first authorized by Congress in 1987, could save Americans $1.8 trillion on their utility bills through 2030. In 2014 those standards avoided the pollution equivalent to the emissions from nearly 500 million cars through 2014. Furthermore, American manufacturers will continue to innovate, meeting efficiency standards while delivering the same or better performance.

Noll said that the NRDC also opposes Sections 4115 and 4131. The first of these seeks to block the phase-out of fossil fuels in federal buildings, which has an enormous potential to reduce pollution and leverage the benefits of efficiency to reduce the $6 billion the government spends on energy in its buildings. Section 4131 would hamstring the Department of Energy from using its expertise during the process for developing model building energy codes that deliver valuable savings for homeowners and renters nationwide.

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National Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
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Jay
It seems that Republicans that now control congress have firmly painted themselves into a corner. They say, with legislation like this, that saving energy is of no concern, either for citizens or for the environment. The Republicans will suffer enormously from their energy agenda, which is first and foremost protect their extraction-industry supporters. Sad, the Republicans used to be an interesting and responsible party, now it is just a bunch of dead-end factions wrangling about in absolute horse manure, with huge doses of hypocrisy on energy, immigration, income inequality, and it seems all the major issues of the day.
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