The Latest On: Energy Efficiency
Paul Cort, Staff Attorney, California Regional Office, Earthjustice: “This memorandum of understanding magnifies what California did in adopting its regulation. It tells manufacturers that they not only have to produce these trucks for California but also for these other states.”
Timothy Ballo, Attorney, Washington, D.C.: “Five years was a very generous amount of time to make this transition. The industry has moved on – the leading manufacturers got there a long time ago. There’s no reason to reward manufacturers and retailers who decided to bank on the prospect of getting the extension.”
Jordan Luebkemann, Attorney, Florida Regional Office, Earthjustice: “Under the RIM test, basically every time someone is actually saving electricity, the utility is losing out. And they're counting that as a cost, which really seems to tip the scale.”
