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On January 19, the D.C. District Court of Appeals remanded the final Commercial Packaged Boiler Rule to the Department of Energy (DOE), outlining several areas for which DOE did not provide sufficient rationale to justify a more stringent appliance energy efficiency standard. DOE has 90 days to address the court’s concerns, else the rule be fully vacated.

APGA, Spire, and the Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI) challenged the final rule after it was published in 2020. Oral arguments were held in September 2021. A copy of the court decision is available here. In response to the decision, APGA issued a press statement, which is available here.

Please see this week’s General Counsel’s Report for additional information.

For questions on this article, please contact Renée Lani of APGA staff by phone at 202-464-0836 or by email at rlani@apga.org.