Hearing Rescheduled on Energy Efficiency Standards

This Issue WILL Affect Your Business

Both the Maryland House and Senate have introduced legislation bills that could affect energy efficiency standards for televisions; the outcome of these bills could have a direct affect upon your business.  Maryland Senate Bill 455 and House Bill 349 outline energy standards for televisions.

CALL TO ACTION

ATTEND HOUSE COMMITTEE PUBLIC HEARING

Economic Matters Committee
Thursday, February 18, 2010 - 1:00 p.m. (EST)
House Office Building - Room 231
Annapolis, MD 21401-1912

Maryland House Bill 349, Maryland Efficiency Standards Act for Televisions, has been scheduled for public hearing before the House Economic Matters Committee on Thursday, February 11, 2010 at 1:00 PM.

Maryland House Bill 349 outlines aggressive television energy efficiency standards similar to the California Energy Commission’s recently adopted standards, but the Maryland legislation accelerates the adoption of 2013 efficiency standards by 2011.

Darren Reaman, CEDIA Director of Public Policy will be attending the House committee hearing and will provide testimony to educate the committee on the potential impact the television energy efficiency standards will have on the residential electronic systems industry.  CEDIA will also highlight the ways electronic systems contractors work to make their clients more energy efficient without a mandate and the benefits of the EPA ENERGY STAR standards.

Please make plans to attend the House Economic Matters Committee Hearing.

Your participation and support will send a strong message to the committee members.

It is important for the committee to hear how the proposed legislation will impact the residential electronic systems industry.

To RSVP your attendance at the hearing, contact CEDIA Director of Public Policy, Darren Reaman, by email or at 800.669.5329 ext. 144.

Thank you in advance for your interest on this issue and for planning to attend this important hearing.