Government,
Environmental & Energy,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Oct. 11, 2019
Department of Energy lacks discretion to shelve efficiency standards finalized under Obama
The secretary of Energy improperly, indeterminably shelved Obama-era efficiency standards finalized just before President Trump’s inauguration, a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals paneled decided Thursday.
The secretary of Energy improperly, indeterminably shelved Obama-era efficiency standards finalized just before President Trump's inauguration, a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel decided Thursday.
The unanimous ruling helps define the limits of an executive agency's discretion to abandon its own previous work when the presidency switches political parties.
The four rules in question set heig...
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