News Analysis

Fortnightly Magazine - April 15 2000
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Appliance Efficiency: Does the Fuel Cycle Make a Difference?



The electric industry watches contentedly as the DOE ignores the gas industry's strongest arguement.

While the Department of Energy continues to take a fresh look at appliance efficiency standards in committee meetings and rulemaking initiatives, in large part it continues to ignore the gas industry's allegations of a bias toward electricity.

To be sure, the DOE has been active in standard-setting on several fronts, ranging from fluorescent lamp ballasts , to clothes washers , to central air conditioners and heat pumps (see rulemaking issued in November, in . At press time, stakeholders expected new action at any time in the DOE's water heater docket .

No matter the docket, however, the gas industry cries foul, complaining that it loses before a proposed rulemaking even begins.

Define Efficient for Me

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