Energy Scorecard

Energy efficiency standards were created 50 years ago when politicians feared we were running out of domestic energy sources and dangerously reliant on the Middle East. That world is long past and the U.S. is the world’s leading natural gas, as well as leading oil, producer. Continued aggressive use of this outdated authority is not about saving consumers money, indeed standards in many cases have past the point of diminishing returns where the cost of new products cancels out theoretical cost savings. Under the previous administration energy efficiency rules were wielded not to save consumers money, but rather to try to force customers to stop using the energy sources that the previous administration disliked. Congress should take every opportunity to reject the abuse of this outdated authority.