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Trump Administration Rolls Back 47 Biden-Era Appliance Rules, Terminates 242 Contracts, Saves $11B+

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Updated May 13, 2025, 07:11 PM

President Donald Trump has initiated a wide-ranging rollback of Biden-era energy efficiency regulations, particularly targeting household appliances such as tankless water heaters, gas stoves, freezers, and refrigerators. On May 9, Trump described these standards as part of an "unnecessary radical green agenda." The Department of Energy (DOE) announced the largest single-day deregulatory action in U.S. history, eliminating 47 regulations in just over 100 days, which is expected to save American consumers more than $11 billion. This deregulatory spree has also resulted in cutting 125,000 words from federal regulations.

The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), led by Elon Musk, has played a key role in this effort, terminating 242 federal contracts worth a potential $646 million and generating immediate savings of $200 million. These contracts included expenditures such as a $118,000 USDA contract for a youth climate corps coordinator in the Democratic Republic of Congo and a $23,500 USAID contract for pool and landscaping services. DOGE has also launched a Deregulation Leaderboard that tracks repeals of burdensome or obsolete regulations, with estimated taxpayer savings already reaching $28.7 billion. Additionally, there are reports that the Trump administration is considering scrapping the Energy Star program as part of a broader reorganization of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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The New Yorker

@NewYorker

Last week, reports began to circulate that the Trump Administration was planning to scrap the popular Energy Star program as part of its reorganization—or, if you prefer, decimation—of the E.P.A. Why? https://t.co/Zl3O8hIYt5

Tesla Owners Silicon Valley

@teslaownersSV

🚨 BREAKING: Meet the DOGE Deregulation Leaderboard — the scoreboard bureaucrats don’t want you to see. 📉💸 • $28.7B saved (and climbing) • Obsolete rules repealed • Waste exposed agency by agency Highlights: • CFPB: $9.5B saved from credit card fee reform • EPA: $870B https://t.co/zwHvgJuR70

S.E. Robinson, Jr.

@SERobinsonJr

DOGE NEWS: The new DOGE Deregulation Leaderboard is now active! It lists current proposed and final repeals of regulations with estimates of the cost savings for the American people from each repeal. It also has an Unconstitutionality Index and more. https://t.co/SI0Zc3B1Ow https://t.co/OCCn1R2brH