A rule requiring all nonweatherized gas furnaces in the northern region adhere to a minimum 90 percent AFUE standard beginning May 1 will not be immediately enforced. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) declared that enforcement of the rule will not be pursued until the U.S. Court of Appeals rules on a pending lawsuit settlement agreement.
Air-Conditioning, Heating & Refrigeration Institute (AHRI) filed a motion with the U.S. Court of Appeals to request a stay or delay from the May 1 effective date for the Regional Efficiency Standards in the Northern Region.
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has today issued an enforcement policy statement regarding non-weatherized gas furnace standards while the regional standards lawsuit is still pending, indicating that DOE will not enforce the standards.
In March, the Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI) filed a motion for a stay with the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals in the regional efficiency standards lawsuit to delay the May 1 compliance date for gas furnace standards. Since that time, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has filed a response and AHRI has replied.
February Online Poll: HARDI has filed a motion opposing the regional standards settlement, which would redo the rulemaking for furnaces, stating that the case should continue and address both a/c and furnaces. Do you agree?
The Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI) announced that it has submitted a letter to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) requesting a delay of the compliance date for the regional efficiency standards to be applied to gas furnaces, and also the filing for a stay of the compliance date with the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals.
Heating, Air-conditioning & Refrigeration Distributors International (HARDI) filed a response to the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) objection to HARDI’s motion to substitute as the petitioner in the regional efficiency standards lawsuit.
In what has become a bit of a legal ping-pong match, the Air-Conditioning, Heating & Refrigeration Institute (AHRI) is making sure its voice is heard by the court regarding a future decision on a proposed regional-standards settlement.
Heating, Air-conditioning & Refrigeration Distributors International (HARDI) has filed a response to the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) objection to HARDI’s motion to substitute as petitioner in the regional efficiency standards lawsuit.
The complex regulatory landscape that HVAC contractors must navigate is always shifting — and it received another jolt last month when news broke that the Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) regional appliance standards for furnaces were potentially changing.
