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Committee Republicans Pen Letter to Biden's Energy Department for their Attack on Ceiling Fan Manufacturers

Letter

Date: Aug. 24, 2023
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Business and Consumers

2 Id. at 41007-08. (Table VI.1 shows that at least three of the ten large diameter ceiling fan manufactures will experience conversion costs greater than 20 percent of triennial revenues).
3 Energy Conservation Standards for Electric Motors, 10 C.F.R. § 431.25; See also Energy Conservation Standards for Electric Motors, 88 Fed. Reg. 35765 (To be codified at 10 C.F.R. § 431).

Honorable Jennifer M. Granholm
August 24, 2023
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4. What additional costs would a small business, such as a restaurant, incur when
purchasing a new ceiling fan that complies with these updated standards?

5. Does the DOE believe "Small Business 1" in Table VI.1 will go out of business as a
result of this rule?4

a. Does the DOE believe "Small Business 2" in Table VI.1 will go out of business as
a result of this rule?

b. Does the DOE believe "Small Business 3" in Table VI.1 will go out of business as
a result of this rule?

To schedule the delivery of your response or ask any related follow-up questions, please
contact Committee on Small Business Majority Staff at (202) 225-5821. The Committee on
Small Business has broad authority to investigate "problems of all types of small business" under
House Rule X. Thank you in advance for your cooperation with this inquiry.

In God We Trust

4 Conservation Standards for Ceiling Fans, 88 Fed. Reg. 40932, 41007-08 (To be codified at 10 C.F.R. § 430).


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