House energy efficiency legislation that would block the Energy Department from issuing final energy efficiency standards for commonly used furnaces and roll back other energy conservation standards drew fire from the Obama administration June 3. The draft bill, a component of a broad omnibus energy bill slated to be released later this summer, "undermines critical components of the President's Climate Action Plan," Kathleen Hogan, deputy assistant secretary for energy efficiency at the Energy Department, testified during a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee hearing.
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