All Roll Calls
Yes: 414 • No: 398
HR4626119th CongressWALLET
Home Appliance Protection and Affordability Act
Sponsored By: Representative Allen
Passed House
Summary
limits how the Department of Energy sets appliance efficiency standards. This bill would add strict criteria, deadlines, and consumer-cost tests for new or amended energy and water standards.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 2 mixed.
Tougher tests for appliance rules
This bill would let DOE set an appliance rule only if it saves at least 0.3 quads of site energy over 30 years or cuts use by 10 percent. A rule would need to avoid net consumer costs and show that first‑3‑year energy or water savings are bigger than any higher purchase or other costs. Rules would not be allowed to lower product performance or make a product type unavailable. DOE would publish a full economic study, including low‑income and regional effects, and allow at least 60 days for public comment. The Attorney General would send a competition review within 60 days after a proposal. DOE would face deadlines: a final rule within 2 years of a proposal; test methods set at least 180 days before proposing; most new rules apply to products made 5 years after the final rule. DOE would review each final rule within 2 years and could amend it; any such amendment would apply to products made 3 years after the change. If a petition on its face shows higher consumer costs, little savings, not‑feasible tech, or product unavailability, DOE would grant it and, if revocation is sought, publish a final revocation or say revocation is not needed within 180 days. DOE would not use greenhouse‑gas “social cost” estimates in its cost test and would disclose certain meetings from the prior 5 years before issuing a rule.
New energy and water rules for washers and dishwashers
This bill would let DOE set energy and water rules for clothes washers and dishwashers. For each product, DOE could set minimum efficiency, maximum use, or combined energy‑and‑water limits. The bill would also update definitions and test methods so water use is counted where it applies. The bill would not set numeric levels; those would be set later by rule. Depending on the levels chosen, households would see lower utility bills or higher upfront prices.
No new transformer efficiency rules
This bill would bar DOE from issuing new or changed efficiency standards for distribution transformers starting on the date of enactment. Existing standards would stay in place. This would affect manufacturers and utilities that make or buy those transformers.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Allen
GA • R
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
house vote • 2/24/2026
On Passage
Yes: 217 • No: 190
house vote • 2/24/2026
On Motion to Recommit
Yes: 197 • No: 208