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House Energy and Digital Infrastructure hears testimony on H.600 to update Vermont's appliance-efficiency baseline
Summary
The House Energy and Digital Infrastructure committee heard a presentation on H.600, which would update Vermont's statutory baseline for appliance-efficiency standards from 2017 to 2025 by adopting federal standards in effect on that date. Witness Chris Morrow said the change preserves consumer protections if federal rules are weakened.
Representative Kathleen James (Bennington-4) convened the House Energy and Digital Infrastructure committee on April 15 and opened testimony on H.600, legislation that would update Vermont's statutory baseline for appliance-efficiency standards to match federal rules as of 2025.
The bill, as explained by Chris Morrow, a private citizen and energy-efficiency consultant, would not create new efficiency requirements beyond the federal baseline; instead it would change the date Vermont law uses to adopt federal standards. "The current statute adopts standards as of 2017," Morrow said, and H.600 "would update that date to 2025." He said the proposal aims to give businesses and consumers notice and to keep Vermont aligned with the federal program if rules…
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