Make Dishwashers Great Again?

The New York Times cited CEI’s expert on the appliance industry

“Federal limits on water and energy use have made appliances slower and less effective, frustrating consumers and limiting their choices,” said Devin Watkins, an attorney at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, a free-market think tank that has since led the cause against the rules, petitioning the Energy Department for a new, more water-intensive class of faster dishwashers.

The appliance industry has been less outspoken. The Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers, which represents 150 manufacturers behind 95 percent of the household appliances shipped for sale in the United States, says that the standards have “helped achieve decades of successful improvements in appliance efficiency.”

But the group also notes that “with most appliances operating near peak efficiency, additional meaningful savings are unlikely for some products” without some loss of performance.

Read more at The New York Times