Posted on 09/18/2010 12:26:58 PM PDT by goldendays
Energy Department Says It Has Mandate to Force Market Transformation for Household Appliances
Assistant Secretary of Energy Cathy Zoi said Thursday that the U.S. Department of Energy has a mandate to issue regulations that will determine what household appliances are available to Americans in the future.
as a mandate to issue regulations to determine what household appliances are available to Americans in the future.
Speaking at the inaugural meeting of the recently reestablished Secretary of Energy Advisory Board (SEAB), Zoi pointed to four tactics the Obama administration intended use to advance the deployment of clean energy. The first three were government subsidies for private-sector green energy projects, special tax incentives for green energy projects and low-interest government-backed loans for green energy projects.
The fourth one, which the secretary and I love, said Zoi, is where we have a mandate. Where we can actually just issue regulations and do market transformation. Zoi was referring to authority the department has under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975 as amended by the Energy Policy Act of 2005. That law gives the DOE the power to set efficiency standards for energy-consuming products.
Thats an existing statute that this department of energy is going to make work really hard, Zoi said. Weve already issued appliance standards that are going to save the American public somewhere between $250 billion and $300 billion over the next 20 years just by getting the crummy stuff off the market.
Energy Secretary Steven Chu, who also spoke at the meeting, announced in April that the department had finalized five new higher energy efficiency standards for commercial clothes washers, small electric motors, water heaters, direct heating equipment and pool heaters. Standards for 10 additional categories of products are expected to be finalized by the end of next year, according to a DOE spokeswoman. These will include new standards for refrigerators, microwave ovens, residential and mobile home furnaces, fluorescent light ballasts, residential clothes washers and dryers, room and central air conditioners, and battery chargers.
Were going to update [the standards] more frequently said Zoi. We have the power to do that in the statute. Before becoming President Barack Obamas assistant secretary of energy for energy efficiency and renewable energy, Zoi served as environmental adviser to President Bill Clinton and the founding CEO of former Vice President Al Gores Alliance for Climate Protection.
Zoi said that stricter federal energy efficiency standards will drive innovation and are cost effective.
As the secretary [Chu] says, Were going to make people save money for themselves, Zoi said. They havent dumped the dollar bills on the ground yet. The SEAB was first chartered in the George H. W. Bush administration, but was disbanded by President George W. Bushs Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman. Chu reestablished the board in August.
Jen Stutsman, an Energy Department spokeswoman, told CNSNews.com that energy efficiency regulations issued by the department are designed to help consumers and manufacturers.
Our goal is to develop standards that are both technically feasible and economically justified and that maximize the benefits to consumers while minimizing any negative impacts on manufacturers or others, Stutsman said. At the first meeting of the reestablished board on Thursday, Chu said energy and science are vital to the countrys future, as is the work of the DOE. We feel that beyond just energy, science is at the heart of what will keep America prosperous in the coming years, Chu said.
The 12-member board includes former government officials and corporate executives, including Clinton Director of Central Intelligence John Deutch; Clinton Defense Secretary William Perry and former Clinton Labor Secretary Alexis Herman; and former Lockheed Martin CEO Norman Augustine.
Novmeber or die ! We can gut this big government wave...
Energy Policy Act of 2005 cut out the funds
Get these people the hell out of there.
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New refrigerators will occupy the same space in your kitchen as today but will only hold a gallon of milk and a pound of butter because the walls of the frig have to be a foot thick to meet some appointed officials arbitrary regulations.
You would most probably get in trouble with the EPA for polluting that stream. And then you'd have wet clothes. Many areas don't let residents hang their clothes out on clotheslines, so they're forced to use electricity to dry them.
What we need is a law that a person must wear the same outfit to school or work for a whole week before washing it. And wash them with water recycled from a bath or shower (twice a week max), after that to be used in the toilet. (relax, I'm kidding <^..^>)
do you have this on your list ping...
Think green and prosper. /s
It's just all so bogus. So much could be re-used instead of recyled. Example...wrap gift packages in newspaper, sandwiches in the paper towel to be used as a napkin. Save money if you bring your own container to be filled when buying beverages. Foster an attitude that wearing clothes for a few years is desirable to discarding them. Throw away copy machines in schools. Get real with public transportation that's actually desirable and efficient. Stop transporting stuff that could be manufactured/produced locally all over the globe. etc
I feel a government tax credit coming on. <^..^>
Appliances that don’t work use less energy.
I think the conservative revolution needs to kick it up a notch.
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“Well be beating our clothes on rock by the stream before you know it.”
No, that would pollute the stream.
Gestapo tactics, no surprises here. November 2nd, drain the sewer.
Just in time for Constitution Week, more water-boarding of the Commerce Clause.
Bureau of Indian affairs, Education dept., E.P.(f=ing)A.,
Energy Dept., this new dept obammy is having this nice looking “harvard Prof.” make from scratch for us, and a whole lots more gub mint needs doing away with starting with obammy.
“New refrigerators will occupy the same space in your kitchen as today but will only hold a gallon of milk and a pound of butter”
Comrade, you will receive enough refrigerator space to hold your monthly food ration. Now stop complaining and go help with the sugar cane harvest!/sarcasm
The commies are going to push freedom loving Americans into full blown revolt. Perhaps that is also part of their insane plans.
Please answer your front door and surrender yourself to the uniformed officer there. You are accused of slandering The State. Resistance is futile.
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