{"id":49,"date":"2025-05-08T01:11:25","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T21:11:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/trump-cuts-energy-star-program-that-saved-households-450-a-year\/"},"modified":"2025-05-08T01:11:25","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T21:11:25","slug":"trump-cuts-energy-star-program-that-saved-households-450-a-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/trump-cuts-energy-star-program-that-saved-households-450-a-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump cuts Energy Star program that saved households $450 a year"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Trump administration is moving to shut down the Energy Star program, which saves homeowners an average of $450 a year<\/a>. \u201cIf you wanted to raise families\u2019 energy bills, getting rid of the Energy Star label would be a pretty good way,\u201d says Steven Nadel of the American Council for Energy Efficiency<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The program, which started in 1992, provides basic information about how much energy an appliance uses. Without it, your next large appliance purchase could end up costing you more money than you bargained for. Buying Energy Star-rated products can also qualify you for rebates on appliances<\/a> as well as tax credits<\/a> of up to $3,200 annually.<\/p>\n

Sources in the Environmental Protection Agency, which oversees Energy Star, say that Trump administration officials told them the program will be shuttered, according to reports from CNN<\/a> and The Washington Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Molly Vaseliou, EPA Associate Administrator for Public Affairs, confirmed to The Verge<\/em> via email that the agency is going through the \u201cnext phase of organizational improvements\u201d to \u201cbetter provide clean air, water, and land for all Americans.\u201d<\/p>\n

Vaseliou shared a PDF showing a future organizational chart with the Office of Transportation & Air Quality and the Office of Radiation & Indoor Air Quality eliminated. Vaseliou did not respond to questions about Energy Star specifically, but the program falls under these departments.<\/p>\n

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Energy Star is a private-public partnership set up by the first Bush administration in 1992 to help consumers and businesses save money by reducing their energy use, while conserving natural resources. Over that time, it\u2019s saved more than $500 billion in energy costs<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor just $32 million a year, Energy Star helps American families save over $40 billion in annual energy costs,\u201d Paula Glover, president of the nonprofit Alliance to Save Energy, told CNN<\/a>. \u201cThat\u2019s a return of $350 for every federal dollar invested.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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