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Witnesses urge support for H.600 backstop to protect appliance efficiency standards
Summary
Witnesses told the committee H.600 would let Vermont reinstate federal appliance efficiency rules if those rules are eliminated or not published; testimony emphasized consumer protection, long‑term savings and a request to capture an electric‑motor standard currently in limbo.
The committee heard expert testimony on H.600, legislation that would create a state backstop for federal appliance efficiency standards should those federal rules be eliminated or fail to be published. A witness with energy‑standards expertise summarized five decades of federal standards history, described the consumer and grid benefits of efficiency standards and asked the committee to add language to capture…
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