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Advocates Express Strong Concern over Staffing for Vital Home Weatherization Program

May 5, 2025

Groups Urge Adequate Staffing to Avoid Costly Program Delays WASHINGTON – The National Consumer Law Center, on behalf of its low-income clients (NCLC), joined by ACEEE, the National Energy Assistance Directors Association (NEADA) and the National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates (NASUCA) urged U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Chris Wright to ensure that the…

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Coalition Letter to Energy Secretary Urging Adequate Staffing for the Department's Weatherization Assistance Program

May 5, 2025

National Consumer Law Center (NCLC), ACEEE, the National Energy Assistance Directors Association (NEADA) and National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates (NASUCA), urge U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Chris Wright to ensure the continued effectiveness of the Department’s Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) by maintaining sufficient staffing to administer WAP, a program that has a history…

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Energy and Utility Consumer Protections

March 25, 2025

Part 1: How to Help Consumers Avoid Utility Disconnections and Debt TIME: 2 – 3 PM EST As more families adopt rooftop or community solar, reports of deceptive sales practices and installation problems have increased. This course will teach the basics to help your clients avoid bad actors and address problems when they arise, and…

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Letter to FHFA Urging Adoption of Energy Codes and Release of Related Research

December 3, 2024

This coalition letter urges adoption of energy efficiency building code standards for the Enterprises before the transition to a new administration. It also urges publication of the FHFA/Enterprises analyses on the impacts of efficiency standards. Making the analysis public provides full transparency into the process, will demonstrate the effort that FHFA and the Enterprises have…

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The Washington Post: These are the environmental rules that will likely outlive Trump

November 18, 2024

President Biden set efficiency rules for dozens of appliances that are expected to cut billions of tons of greenhouse emissions. Despite his rhetoric, Nicolas Rivero talked to NCLC senior attorney Charlie Harak about how Trump has few effective ways to reverse them for coverage appearing in The Washington Post on November 18, 2024. “Although it’s…

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2025 Consumer Protection Federal Priorities

October 21, 2024

NCLC will pursue common-sense regulatory and legislative reforms to ensure fairness, fight fraud, and protect consumers in 2025.

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Advocates Express Strong Concern over Staffing for Vital Home Weatherization Program

Coalition Letter to Energy Secretary Urging Adequate Staffing for the Department's Weatherization Assistance Program

Energy and Utility Consumer Protections

Letter to FHFA Urging Adoption of Energy Codes and Release of Related Research

The Washington Post: These are the environmental rules that will likely outlive Trump

2025 Consumer Protection Federal Priorities

Support NCLC