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House Passes Fix to Regional
Standards Installation-Date
Requirement, More Action Needed
to Pass Senate Requirement
This week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Don’t Mess with my Home Appliances Act by a vote of 217–190 with bipartisan support. The legislation repeals the use of the date of installation as the compliance deadline for regional energy efficiency standards, an important change that HARDI has been advocating for years at our Congressional Fly-in, lobbying visits, and through our grassroots portal.
HARDI has always opposed using the date of installation as a compliance deadline because installation often occurs months after equipment is purchased. Businesses can find themselves holding inventory that was legally manufactured and acquired before a deadline but becomes noncompliant solely because it is installed after that deadline.
This has complicated inventory planning, increased compliance risk, and created unnecessary disruption throughout the HVACR supply chain.
HARDI has consistently pushed for reform of this flawed compliance framework. Through meetings with lawmakers, coalition engagement, regulatory comments, and ongoing education efforts on Capitol Hill, we have worked to ensure policymakers understood the real-world impact of installation-date enforcement.
This week’s House vote is the result of sustained engagement and persistence. Most importantly, it reflects the strength of HARDI’s grassroots advocacy.
At last year’s Congressional Fly-In, HARDI members held more than 150 meetings with House and Senate offices to advocate for repealing the installation-date provision. Those meetings gave distributors the opportunity to explain directly how the current policy affects their businesses, their contractor customers, and the communities they serve.
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