[stereo]

The author is in Estonia. Appliances in the European Union have different energy standards and labels, and run on different voltages, so you don’t ever see Energy Star fridges there.

Estonia joined the EU in 2004, and I don’t know what the energy labelling on appliances was like before then.

[zikduruqe]

According to Project 2025, we won't ever see them again.

https://static.heritage.org/project2025/2025_MandateForLeade...

"Eliminate energy efficiency standards for appliances. Pursuant to the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975 as amended, the agency is required to set and periodically tighten energy and/or water efficiency standards for nearly all kinds of commercial and household appliances, including air conditioners, furnaces, water heaters, stoves, clothes washers and dryers, refrigerators, dishwashers, light bulbs, and showerheads. Current law and regulations reduce consumer choice, drive up costs for consumer appliances, and emphasize energy efficiency to the exclusion of other important factors such as cycle time and reparability."

https://tonko.house.gov/uploadedfiles/project-2025-fact-shee...