•      "H.R. 4626, the ‘‘Don’t Mess With My Home Appliances Act,’’ will raise electricity costs and threaten our ability to compete with China in the artificial intelligence race. The bill amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA) to add burdensome, duplicative, and contradictory procedures to the Department of Energy’s (DOE) processes for issuing energy efficiency standards. It also gives future administrations the ability to revoke existing standards, potentially violating the statute’s anti-backsliding provisions." Source: Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (Democrat, New Jersey, District 6), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce

•      "Less energy waste means lower utility bills month after month, year after year for families. It means a more resilient electricity grid better able to meet the imperative for more capacity to handle increased load growth so we can win the race to lead the world in artificial intelligence (AI) and manufacturing. H.R. 4626, one of the bills before you today, would hand this and future administrations new powers to cancel existing standards and would throw up roadblocks to future improvements. At a time when utility bills are already outpacing inflation, this bill would mean even higher costs for consumers. It would lead to increases in electricity demand when that capacity is needed for AI and manufacturing." Source: Andrew deLaski, Executive Director of Appliance Standards Awareness Project

•      "Don't Mess with My Home Appliances Act would reform the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975 (EPCA) to prevent the Department of Energy from using appliance efficiency standards as a backdoor means of driving non-electric appliances and equipment out of the market. The bill would allow the Energy Secretary to amend or revoke existing standards that increase consumer costs or make products unavailable based on fuel type." Source: National Energy & Fuels Institute