Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Fans and Blowers
Published Date: 1/17/2025
Proposed Rule
Summary
The Department of Energy has decided to cancel its plan to set new energy-saving rules for fans and blowers. This means manufacturers won’t have to meet new standards for now, and no changes or costs will happen yet. The withdrawal was announced on January 17, 2025, after lots of feedback from the public and industry.
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 1 mixed.
Consumers lose projected energy savings
You will not receive the energy use reductions and consumer cost savings DOE estimated from the proposed fan and blower standards because DOE withdrew the proposal on January 17, 2025. DOE had estimated the proposed standards would have saved a significant amount of energy and provided significant cost savings to consumers and the nation.
Manufacturers spared federal fan rules
Manufacturers of fans and blowers will not have to meet the energy conservation standards DOE proposed on January 19, 2024 because DOE withdrew that proposed rule on January 17, 2025. For now, no new federal compliance requirements or costs from that proposal will take effect.
States may set their own fan standards
Even though DOE withdrew its federal proposal on January 17, 2025, states are still free to adopt their own energy conservation standards, including standards like those DOE had proposed. That means manufacturers selling into states that adopt rules could face state-level requirements even while no federal rule is in effect.
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