Enacted
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of Energy relating to "Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Commercial Refrigerators, Freezers, and Refrigerator-Freezers".
This resolution blocks newly finalized federal energy efficiency standards for commercial refrigerators and freezers used in restaurants, supermarkets, and food service businesses. By canceling the rule, the bill prevents manufacturers from having to redesign equipment to meet stricter energy-saving targets and spares buyers from potential upfront equipment price increases. However, it also means businesses will not see the long-term utility bill savings or reduced energy use that the updated standards were projected to deliver.
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What this bill touches.
Pollution & development−15Greenhouse-gas policy−12Regulation (cross-sector)−30
Who it helps · who it burdens.
Who it helps
- Commercial refrigeration equipment manufacturersRelieves them from having to redesign products or comply with the new federal energy conservation standards that the Department of Energy rule would have imposed.
Who opposes it
- Department of EnergyInvalidates the agency's published energy conservation rule for commercial refrigerators, freezers, and refrigerator-freezers, stripping it of any legal force or effect.
The provisions, in plain language.
Voids the Department of Energy rule setting new energy conservation standards for commercial refrigerators, freezers, and refrigerator-freezers, preventing the regulations from taking effect.