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Has the electric industry got lawmakers in its back pocket, or are charges of bias just smoke?

Thank you for trying to make some sense out of the continuing site vs. source energy debate with your article of April 15 titled, "Appliance Efficiency: Does the Fuel Cycle Make A Difference?" This debate has raged since the 1970s, and it is time that the effort put into it is applied to more constructive purposes.

The question posed by your article is whether the U.S. Department of Energy is biased in its energy efficiency standards-setting process. In fact, this debate is more about whether the standards-setting process can be used to gain market advantage for a particular energy source. Several inconsistencies in the statements made in your article highlight this point.