Tag Archives: Energy Policy and Conservation Act

Citizens and Businesses Join Suing Maryland to Halt BEPS

The Maryland BEPS regulations are preempted by federal law because they concern the energy use of appliances covered by the federal Energy Policy and Conservation Act and are therefore void and unenforceable.… Continue Reading

Does Federal EPCA Trump Colorado Building Energy Performance Standards (BEPS)?

By Stuart Kaplow on May 5, 2024 Posted in Energy, State

These Colorado laws fail as being precisely what Congress was barring with the express preemption mandate in EPCA… Continue Reading

2024 International Energy Conservation Code is Final After Addressing Preemption

By Stuart Kaplow on April 7, 2024 Posted in Codes and Regulations, Energy, Green Building, Local Government

This is a big deal because versions of the IECC are in use or have been adopted in 48 states … Continue Reading

Court Strikes Down Federal Dishwasher and Washing Machine Rules

By Stuart Kaplow on January 14, 2024 Posted in Uncategorized

No part of that text indicates Congress gave DOE power to regulate water use for energy-using appliances like dishwashers and washing machines… Continue Reading

To Make Dishwashers Great Again?

By Stuart Kaplow on November 1, 2020 Posted in Codes and Regulations, Environmental, Federal

Last Friday the U.S. Department of Energy issued a final rule effective November 30, 2020, that will once again permit American households to purchase dishwashers that actually clean dishes, as they had done for most of the machine’s 130 year history. The October 30 final rule does not force anyone to change their currently installed … Continue Reading

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