{"id":8777,"date":"2025-05-23T19:24:22","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T19:24:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/?p=8777"},"modified":"2025-05-23T19:24:22","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T19:24:22","slug":"trump-orders-energy-dept-to-cease-enforcement-of-biden-era-appliance-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/?p=8777","title":{"rendered":"Trump Orders Energy Dept. To Cease Enforcement of Biden-Era Appliance Rules"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Joe Biden\u2019s roundly criticized \u201cefficiency\u201d rules regarding common household appliances that experts said would dramatically increase costs with only nominal \u201csavings\u201d on energy are going away.<\/p>\n<div class=\"google-auto-placed ap_container\"><ins class=\"adsbygoogle adsbygoogle-noablate\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1433618805510231\" data-adsbygoogle-status=\"done\" data-ad-status=\"unfilled\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"aswift_1_host\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"aswift_1\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"Advertisement\" src=\"https:\/\/googleads.g.doubleclick.net\/pagead\/ads?gdpr=0&amp;us_privacy=1---&amp;gpp_sid=-1&amp;client=ca-pub-1433618805510231&amp;output=html&amp;h=280&amp;adk=4158179496&amp;adf=528542871&amp;w=977&amp;abgtt=7&amp;fwrn=4&amp;fwrnh=100&amp;lmt=1748028216&amp;num_ads=1&amp;rafmt=1&amp;armr=3&amp;sem=mc&amp;pwprc=2327119444&amp;ad_type=text_image&amp;format=977x280&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Floveusa.homes%2F2025%2F05%2F21%2Ftrump-orders-energy-dept-to-cease-enforcement-of-biden-era-appliance-rules%2F&amp;host=ca-host-pub-2644536267352236&amp;fwr=0&amp;pra=3&amp;rh=200&amp;rw=976&amp;rpe=1&amp;resp_fmts=3&amp;wgl=1&amp;fa=27&amp;dt=1748028216145&amp;bpp=1&amp;bdt=1795&amp;idt=-M&amp;shv=r20250521&amp;mjsv=m202505200101&amp;ptt=9&amp;saldr=aa&amp;abxe=1&amp;cookie=ID%3D9b4b8a5ef2add141%3AT%3D1746999559%3ART%3D1748028140%3AS%3DALNI_MZ3pFQSb8uubQbj5W4PRMPiTcee_A&amp;gpic=UID%3D000010a983f14635%3AT%3D1746999559%3ART%3D1748028140%3AS%3DALNI_Ma3aoNHnVyqzU5mmJRlPIeP4fV1Kw&amp;eo_id_str=ID%3D8fb54637c3a03b23%3AT%3D1746999559%3ART%3D1748028140%3AS%3DAA-AfjYKzZc4RTYHPAuyc0GXl-zz&amp;prev_fmts=0x0&amp;nras=2&amp;correlator=3800647407399&amp;frm=20&amp;pv=1&amp;u_tz=120&amp;u_his=6&amp;u_h=864&amp;u_w=1536&amp;u_ah=824&amp;u_aw=1536&amp;u_cd=24&amp;u_sd=1.25&amp;adx=90&amp;ady=1643&amp;biw=1519&amp;bih=711&amp;scr_x=0&amp;scr_y=530&amp;eid=95353387%2C95360812%2C95361624%2C95360958%2C95360684%2C95360294&amp;oid=2&amp;pvsid=6148073002915460&amp;tmod=709091692&amp;uas=0&amp;nvt=1&amp;ref=https%3A%2F%2Floveusa.homes%2Fpage%2F2%2F&amp;fc=1408&amp;brdim=-7%2C-7%2C-7%2C-7%2C1536%2C0%2C1550%2C838%2C1536%2C711&amp;vis=1&amp;rsz=%7C%7Cs%7C&amp;abl=NS&amp;fu=128&amp;bc=31&amp;bz=1.01&amp;pgls=CAEQBBoHMS4xNTMuMA..&amp;ifi=2&amp;uci=a!2&amp;btvi=1&amp;fsb=1&amp;dtd=162\" name=\"aswift_1\" width=\"977\" height=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" data-google-container-id=\"a!2\" aria-label=\"Advertisement\" data-load-complete=\"true\" data-google-query-id=\"CMvLlseouo0DFSD0OwId7jkh_Q\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8778\" src=\"https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/465272480_122124057626461734_5583671522986215587_n-15-300x251.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/465272480_122124057626461734_5583671522986215587_n-15-300x251.jpg 300w, https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/465272480_122124057626461734_5583671522986215587_n-15-768x644.jpg 768w, https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/465272480_122124057626461734_5583671522986215587_n-15.jpg 940w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n<p><\/ins><\/div>\n<p>Earlier this month, President Trump directed the Department of Energy to stop enforcing and begin rescinding Obama-era regulations that limit water flow in faucets, showerheads, toilets, dishwashers, and washing machines. He criticized the rules as \u201cunnecessary radical green agenda policies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This marks a major step toward ending the federal government\u2019s overreach into everyday household appliances\u2014an effort critics say has long prioritized special interests in Washington at the expense of consumers, notes Restoration News.<\/p>\n<p>Regulations issued under the EPA\u2019s Energy Star program have driven up the cost of appliances, adding as much as $100 to the price of a washing machine, and significantly reduced performance, with dishwashers now taking up to two hours to clean a single load compared to just one hour previously.<\/p>\n<p>The issue dates back to the 1992 Energy Policy Act, which created national appliance standards and established the Energy Star program, now widely criticized across party lines. Over the decades, studies have found that these energy and water efficiency rules have actually shortened appliance lifespans and reduced overall effectiveness.<\/p>\n<p>Americans saw a four-year pause on these regulations under Trump\u2019s first term, during which his administration worked to roll back many of the most burdensome standards. But the Biden-Harris administration quickly reversed those efforts, ushering in a new wave of restrictions that, critics argue, made things even worse, the outlet noted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLightbulb prices have doubled due to Biden-era regulations. The eco-activist attack on natural gas would\u2019ve rendered gas-fired water heaters unaffordable for most families. Yet Biden\u2019s electric water heater standards would\u2019ve sent prices skyrocketing by nearly $1,000 if they were allowed to go into effect in 2029, the year Kamala Harris would be leaving office if she\u2019d won the White House last year,\u201d said the outlet.<\/p>\n<div class=\"google-auto-placed ap_container\"><ins class=\"adsbygoogle adsbygoogle-noablate\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1433618805510231\" data-adsbygoogle-status=\"done\" data-ad-status=\"unfilled\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"aswift_2_host\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"aswift_2\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"Advertisement\" src=\"https:\/\/googleads.g.doubleclick.net\/pagead\/ads?gdpr=0&amp;us_privacy=1---&amp;gpp_sid=-1&amp;client=ca-pub-1433618805510231&amp;output=html&amp;h=280&amp;adk=4158179496&amp;adf=3193837349&amp;w=977&amp;abgtt=7&amp;fwrn=4&amp;fwrnh=100&amp;lmt=1748028216&amp;num_ads=1&amp;rafmt=1&amp;armr=3&amp;sem=mc&amp;pwprc=2327119444&amp;ad_type=text_image&amp;format=977x280&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Floveusa.homes%2F2025%2F05%2F21%2Ftrump-orders-energy-dept-to-cease-enforcement-of-biden-era-appliance-rules%2F&amp;host=ca-host-pub-2644536267352236&amp;fwr=0&amp;pra=3&amp;rh=200&amp;rw=976&amp;rpe=1&amp;resp_fmts=3&amp;wgl=1&amp;fa=27&amp;dt=1748028216145&amp;bpp=1&amp;bdt=1796&amp;idt=0&amp;shv=r20250521&amp;mjsv=m202505200101&amp;ptt=9&amp;saldr=aa&amp;abxe=1&amp;cookie=ID%3D9b4b8a5ef2add141%3AT%3D1746999559%3ART%3D1748028140%3AS%3DALNI_MZ3pFQSb8uubQbj5W4PRMPiTcee_A&amp;gpic=UID%3D000010a983f14635%3AT%3D1746999559%3ART%3D1748028140%3AS%3DALNI_Ma3aoNHnVyqzU5mmJRlPIeP4fV1Kw&amp;eo_id_str=ID%3D8fb54637c3a03b23%3AT%3D1746999559%3ART%3D1748028140%3AS%3DAA-AfjYKzZc4RTYHPAuyc0GXl-zz&amp;prev_fmts=0x0%2C977x280&amp;nras=3&amp;correlator=3800647407399&amp;frm=20&amp;pv=1&amp;u_tz=120&amp;u_his=6&amp;u_h=864&amp;u_w=1536&amp;u_ah=824&amp;u_aw=1536&amp;u_cd=24&amp;u_sd=1.25&amp;adx=90&amp;ady=2529&amp;biw=1519&amp;bih=711&amp;scr_x=0&amp;scr_y=530&amp;eid=95353387%2C95360812%2C95361624%2C95360958%2C95360684%2C95360294&amp;oid=2&amp;pvsid=6148073002915460&amp;tmod=709091692&amp;uas=0&amp;nvt=1&amp;ref=https%3A%2F%2Floveusa.homes%2Fpage%2F2%2F&amp;fc=1408&amp;brdim=-7%2C-7%2C-7%2C-7%2C1536%2C0%2C1550%2C838%2C1536%2C711&amp;vis=1&amp;rsz=%7C%7Cs%7C&amp;abl=NS&amp;fu=128&amp;bc=31&amp;bz=1.01&amp;pgls=CAEQBBoHMS4xNTMuMA..&amp;ifi=3&amp;uci=a!3&amp;btvi=2&amp;fsb=1&amp;dtd=174\" name=\"aswift_2\" width=\"977\" height=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" data-google-container-id=\"a!3\" aria-label=\"Advertisement\" data-load-complete=\"true\" data-google-query-id=\"CJPKl8eouo0DFYxA5wQdq58U3g\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/ins><\/div>\n<p>\u201cRecall that the Left\u2019s climate change paranoia sparked a campaign to rid America of gas stoves in 2023 using these same efficiency standards\u2014even as Harris posed next to her own gas stove for a touching Thanksgiving photo,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/restoration-news.com\/getmedia\/d6aff016-a07f-4940-a685-cead5b3dbf2e\/harris-thanksgiving-gas-stove-tweet.PNG\" alt=\"harris-thanksgiving-gas-stove-tweet.PNG\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s order says,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2025\/05\/rescission-of-useless-water-pressure-standards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in part<\/a>:<\/p>\n<div class=\"google-auto-placed ap_container\"><ins class=\"adsbygoogle adsbygoogle-noablate\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1433618805510231\" data-adsbygoogle-status=\"done\" data-ad-status=\"unfilled\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"aswift_3_host\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"aswift_3\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"Advertisement\" src=\"https:\/\/googleads.g.doubleclick.net\/pagead\/ads?gdpr=0&amp;us_privacy=1---&amp;gpp_sid=-1&amp;client=ca-pub-1433618805510231&amp;output=html&amp;h=280&amp;adk=4158179496&amp;adf=4000232987&amp;w=977&amp;abgtt=7&amp;fwrn=4&amp;fwrnh=100&amp;lmt=1748028216&amp;num_ads=1&amp;rafmt=1&amp;armr=3&amp;sem=mc&amp;pwprc=2327119444&amp;ad_type=text_image&amp;format=977x280&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Floveusa.homes%2F2025%2F05%2F21%2Ftrump-orders-energy-dept-to-cease-enforcement-of-biden-era-appliance-rules%2F&amp;host=ca-host-pub-2644536267352236&amp;fwr=0&amp;pra=3&amp;rh=200&amp;rw=976&amp;rpe=1&amp;resp_fmts=3&amp;wgl=1&amp;fa=27&amp;dt=1748028216148&amp;bpp=1&amp;bdt=1798&amp;idt=1&amp;shv=r20250521&amp;mjsv=m202505200101&amp;ptt=9&amp;saldr=aa&amp;abxe=1&amp;cookie=ID%3D9b4b8a5ef2add141%3AT%3D1746999559%3ART%3D1748028140%3AS%3DALNI_MZ3pFQSb8uubQbj5W4PRMPiTcee_A&amp;gpic=UID%3D000010a983f14635%3AT%3D1746999559%3ART%3D1748028140%3AS%3DALNI_Ma3aoNHnVyqzU5mmJRlPIeP4fV1Kw&amp;eo_id_str=ID%3D8fb54637c3a03b23%3AT%3D1746999559%3ART%3D1748028140%3AS%3DAA-AfjYKzZc4RTYHPAuyc0GXl-zz&amp;prev_fmts=0x0%2C977x280%2C977x280&amp;nras=4&amp;correlator=3800647407399&amp;frm=20&amp;pv=1&amp;u_tz=120&amp;u_his=6&amp;u_h=864&amp;u_w=1536&amp;u_ah=824&amp;u_aw=1536&amp;u_cd=24&amp;u_sd=1.25&amp;adx=90&amp;ady=3414&amp;biw=1519&amp;bih=711&amp;scr_x=0&amp;scr_y=741&amp;eid=95353387%2C95360812%2C95361624%2C95360958%2C95360684%2C95360294&amp;oid=2&amp;pvsid=6148073002915460&amp;tmod=709091692&amp;uas=0&amp;nvt=1&amp;ref=https%3A%2F%2Floveusa.homes%2Fpage%2F2%2F&amp;fc=1408&amp;brdim=-7%2C-7%2C-7%2C-7%2C1536%2C0%2C1550%2C838%2C1536%2C711&amp;vis=1&amp;rsz=%7C%7Cs%7C&amp;abl=NS&amp;fu=128&amp;bc=31&amp;bz=1.01&amp;pgls=CAEQBBoHMS4xNTMuMA..&amp;ifi=4&amp;uci=a!4&amp;btvi=3&amp;fsb=1&amp;dtd=759\" 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worse.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>To address these unnecessary radical green agenda policies, I direct the Secretary of Energy to consider using all lawful authority to rescind \u2014 or, as appropriate, amend to revert to the standards required by statute \u2014 the regulations found in 10 C.F.R. 430.32(f), relating to water and energy use in dishwashers; 10 C.F.R. 430.32(o), relating to water use in faucets; 10 C.F.R. 430.32(p), relating to water use in showerheads; 10 C.F.R. 430.32(q), relating to water use in water closets; 10 C.F.R. 430.32(r), relating to water use in urinals; the definitions of \u201cautomatic clothes washer,\u201d \u201cclothes washer,\u201d \u201cdishwasher,\u201d \u201cfaucet,\u201d \u201cother clothes washer,\u201d \u201csemi-automatic clothes washer,\u201d \u201curinal,\u201d and \u201cwater closet\u201d contained in 10 C.F.R. 430.2; the residential washing machine efficiency standards contained in 10 C.F.R. 430.32(g); and the commercial washing machine efficiency standards contained in 10 C.F.R. 431.156.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I further direct the Secretary of Energy not to enforce any of the regulatory provisions listed in this memorandum\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p>However, all of that could quickly change under a future Democratic president. Democratic leaders continue to push aggressive \u201cgreen\u201d policies that come with multi-trillion-dollar price tags, despite little evidence that they meaningfully benefit the environment.<\/p>\n<p>Critics argue these initiatives primarily serve to enrich lobbyists, activists, and members of the Washington consultant class, rather than delivering real results for the planet, Restoration News\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/restoration-news.com\/how-trump-is-making-your-dishwasher-great-again\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">added<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Joe Biden\u2019s roundly criticized \u201cefficiency\u201d rules regarding common household appliances that experts said would dramatically increase costs with only nominal \u201csavings\u201d on energy are going&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"a3_pvc":{"activated":false,"total_views":0,"today_views":0},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Trump Orders Energy Dept. 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