Dive Summary:
- On Thursday, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) proposed two new rules that "could cut energy bills by up to $28 billion and cut emissions by over 350 million metric tons of CO2 over 30 years," Heather Zichal, Deputy Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change, wrote on The White House Blog.
- One proposed rule will improve efficiency standards for commercial refrigeration equipment while the other seeks improve standards for walk-in coolers and freezers.
- According to Zichal, the new standards would save energy "equal to the amount of electricity used by 50 million homes in a year."
From the article:
To build on this success, the President set a new goal in his Climate Action Plan: Efficiency standards for appliances and federal buildings set in the first and second terms combined will reduce carbon pollution by at least 3 billion metric tons cumulatively by 2030 – equivalent to nearly one-half of the carbon pollution from the entire U.S. energy sector for one year – while continuing to cut families’ energy bills.