Litigation: Democratic state AGs sue over DOE efficiency rule delays

A coalition of 14 Democratic state attorneys general (AGs) is suing the Department of Energy (DOE) over its delays updating 25 categories of appliance energy efficiency standards they say were subject to statutory deadlines starting in 2016, teeing up a potential resolution of the case with the incoming Biden administration. The state AGs, along with the Democratic AGs for Washington, D.C., and New York City, in a Nov. 9 complaint accuse DOE of violating an “explicit directive” in the Energy...