"The Biden administration is scrapping an efficiency rule that President Trump touted as being critical for his "beautiful" hair.

The Department of Energy today issued a pre-publication notice announcing the agency will craft a new rule to revise the current definition of "showerhead" and scrap a final rule the Trump administration adopted last year.

Last summer, Trump criticized the rule during a visit to a Whirlpool manufacturing plant in Ohio. "You turn on the shower — if you’re like me, you can’t wash your beautiful hair properly," said Trump. "’Please come out.’ The water — it drips, right?"

Shortly after Trump made those comments, DOE proposed rolling back the efficiency standards tied to showerheads (Energywire, Dec. 16, 2020).

Now DOE will return to a showerhead definition adopted in 2013 that requires that showerheads with multiple nozzles collectively meet the water conservation standard of 2.5 gallons per minute."

Lesley Clark and Hannah Northey report for E&E News July 16, 2021. [2]