The Department of Energy wants to make it harder for the federal government to set new efficiency rules for household appliances —but it still has more work to do. None of the 17 product standards the Department of Energy (DOE) proposed to rescind in 2025 has been finalized, Joanna Mauer, deputy director of the Appliance Standards Awareness Project (ASAP), told the Daily Caller News Foundation. The department also has not finalized the process r…