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Free the Appliances! | Virtual Briefing

December 16, 2025 - For decades, the Department of Energy (DOE) has imposed stringent regulations and efficiency standards on home appliances. While promoted as consumer-friendly measures to reduce energy use and costs, these rules ultimately raise prices, limit consumer choice, and undermine appliance performance and longevity. In CEI’s new report, "Free the Appliances! Turn out the Lights on Federal Efficiency Standards," Senior Fellow Ben Lieberman explains how DOE appliance regulations hurt more than they help. He documents the post-war history of appliance regulation and examines rulemaking under both Presidents Biden and Trump. While the second Trump administration has begun rolling back Biden’s aggressive mandates, Lieberman concludes that only Congress can deliver lasting reform by sunsetting DOE’s appliance efficiency standards program or limiting the agency’s rulemaking authority. The report follows Lieberman’s testimony before the House Energy and Commerce Committee this past September. To kick off the report’s release, CEI held a virtual briefing on efficiency standards reform featuring keynote remarks from Representative Rick Allen (GA-12) and Representative Gary Palmer (AL-6). The discussion includes a panel with CEI’s author Ben Lieberman and CFACT’s Donna Jackson, moderated by CEI President Kent Lassman. Read CEI's report, "Free the Appliances," here: https://cei.org/studies/free-the-appl... Learn more about CEI: Facebook -   / competitiveenterpriseinstitute   Twitter -   / ceidotorg   Website - https://cei.org