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Executive Order 14264

Maintaining Acceptable Water Pressure in Showerheads

This executive order directs the Secretary of Energy to rescind a 2021 regulation defining "showerhead" under the Energy Conservation Program, eliminating a 13,000-word rule the order characterizes as overregulation. The rescission takes effect 30 days after Federal Register publication and explicitly waives notice-and-comment requirements.

Federal Register Open PDF 90 FR 15619

Impact dates

  1. Rescission effective 30 days after Federal Register publication

Market exposure

Policy exposure mapping — not investment advice. Illustrative public companies are incomplete and not recommendations.

Sectors

Other industrial

Mechanisms

Ban / prohibition

Role pressure

  • MixedDomestic producer — Reduced compliance burden for showerhead manufacturers but potential uncertainty without federal efficiency definition; possible state-level patchwork

Geographies

US

Illustrative public companies

Curated watchlist matches by sector/role — incomplete; not a recommendation.

MMM3MCATCaterpillarFCXFreeport-McMoRanGEVGE VernovaHONHoneywellSPYSPDR S&P 500 ETF

Confidence: medium · Policy alerts

Key directives

  • Secretary of Energy shall publish Federal Register notice rescinding 86 Fed. Reg. 71797 (December 20, 2021)
  • Rescind definition of 'showerhead' at 10 C.F.R. 430.2
  • Notice and comment waived
  • Rescission effective 30 days from publication date

Who is ordered

Timeline

Immediate

  • Secretary of Energy directed to publish rescission notice in Federal Register

Near term (90d)

  • Rescission takes effect 30 days after Federal Register publication
  • Removal of 10 C.F.R. 430.2 definition of 'showerhead'

Long term

  • Potential shift in DOE appliance efficiency enforcement approach
  • Possible litigation challenging bypass of notice-and-comment

Risks & tensions

  • Waiver of notice-and-comment may invite Administrative Procedure Act litigation
  • Characterization of prior rule as 'Obama-Biden war on showers' signals political framing
  • Minimal direct economic impact but symbolic of broader deregulatory posture
  • No replacement definition provided, creating potential enforcement ambiguity
Executive Order 14264: Maintaining Acceptable Water Pressure in Showerheads · Executive Orders