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D.C. Circuit Sets Argument Date for Furnace Rule Challenge

By Renée Lani posted 14 days ago

  
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has set Thursday, November 21 as the oral argument date in APGA’s case involving the Department of Energy’s (DOE) efficiency standards rulemakings.
 
APGA is jointly challenging DOE’s final efficiency standard for non-weatherized residential furnaces (Furnace Rule) with the American Gas Association, National Propane Gas Association, and others. Consolidated with this challenge are also challenges to DOE’s final commercial water heating equipment efficiency standard and the agency’s withdrawal of the “interpretive rule,” which would have ensured consumer access to certain appliance technology. Read more about the legal challenge here.
 
The order of the arguments and the judges presiding over the cases have not yet been set.  The first argument will begin at 9:30 AM ET and will be immediately followed by any cases on the docket for the day.  APGA plans to share the link to the livestream audio of the oral argument ahead of the event for any interested in listening, and a recording will be made available after the arguments conclude.
 
For those interested, the briefings for this legal challenge are available at the below links:
 
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.

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