NRDC Reacts to Ninth Circuit Water-Efficiency Decision

As I reported yesterday, in the post "California Beats Back DOE Refusal of Right to Set Efficiency Standards," the Ninth Circuit remanded a DOE decision not to grant California a waiver from preemption under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA), after essentially rejecting the whole thing as pretextual.

The Legal Director of NRDC's Western Energy and Climate Project, Kristin Grenfell, lauds the decision in a statement on their website, here. Among other things, she points out that conserving water is an energy conservation issue, as, she says, 20% of California's electricity is used to move water.