Public Hearing Notice  Appliance Standards Public Hearing on Proposed Amendments

An Act Creating a Next-Generation Roadmap for Massachusetts Climate Policy was signed by Governor Baker on March 26, 2021.  Energy and water efficiency standards for 15 new products were a key policy adopted in this bill.  Massachusetts had standards on the books for other products prior to the passage of the act, but the existing standards have all be preempted by federal government regulations. 

Appliance efficiency standards are the best energy and climate policy you’ve never heard of.  They drive large savings of energy and water for a very low cost by barring the statewide sale of more wasteful products.  The result is a transformed market where more efficient products are all that may legally be sold.  

More details, including clean and red lined drafts of the proposed regulation,https://www.mass.gov/service-details/appliance-energy-efficiency-standards can be found at the DOER site for Appliance Energy Efficiency Standards.