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Podcast: Cascade CounterPoint
Episode: QP: Oregon's 2021 Energy Regulations Are Already Hurting Consumers
Description: Full text:Â Did you just have an order for a desktop computer or gaming system cancelled by Dell? You have Oregon elected officials to thank for that.
Dell recently stated that it will cancel all orders of certain energy-intensive computer systems to Oregon and five other states due to local energy regulations.
California naturally led the way in limiting computer energy use through tight appliance standards approved in 2016.
It didn’t take long for Oregon to follow suit. The Oregon Department of Energy developed new energy efficiency standards for 11 products, including computers and mon...