Gas Trade Groups Urge Supreme Court Review of Efficiency Rules

Gas associations on Tuesday petitioned the US Supreme Court to hear their case challenging an alleged Biden-era block on the sale of non-condensing natural gas furnaces and commercial water heaters.

“The Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA) prohibits the Department from imposing this mandate on consumers,” the American Gas Association, American Public Gas Association, and National Propane Gas Association said in the petition, referring to the US Department of Energy.

The US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit in November ruled the DOE could continue enforcing its energy efficiency improvements for the appliances. The standards were ...