Feb. 22, 2013: HARDI Responds to DOE Objection to Its Regional Standards Lawsuit Petition
COLUMBUS, Ohio — 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. HARDI asserts that the association meets all of the necessary prerequisites for substitution and that the pending settlement between the American Public Gas Association (APGA) and DOE does not address all of HARDI’s concerns, including what it says is the fair and open procedure that was denied by DOE’s application of the direct final rule process.
DOE, joined by environmental advocacy groups and the Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI), filed pleadings that opposed HARDI’s motion to (1) substitute as a petitioner in the APGA v. DOE lawsuit, (2) vacate the furnace standards in the direct final rule, and (3) challenge the air conditioner standards in the rule.