“DEC’s proposal is estimated to help businesses reduce energy costs and will result in $288-to-$540 million in savings, while helping fight climate change.”“
Holy smokes what a load of BS.
Don’t you know that all of these climate measures save consumers $1 per year! That will more than offset the $500 per year in additional cost that the new appliances will cost.
(Democrat math)
Strangely this was all codified by the Congress and the EPA in the 1990’s
See. 40CFR-82 and it’s sub parts.
https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-40/chapter-I/subchapter-C/part-82
See Also: https://www.epa.gov/sites/default/files/2016-09/documents/snap_status_change_rule_2_2060_as80.pdf
There are alternative substitutes