would save households $39 over the life-span of the energy efficient fans but the cost to manufacturers industry wide, $86 million per year in increased equipment cost. the founder and ceo of super duty fans made in texas tells me that extra cost will have to be passed down to the consumer. i want to just grow my fan business and take care of my employees and provide a fan that s more affordable and more efficient and able to be purchased by companies to give their employees some comfort. i don t want to be dealing with the department of energy. the government proposals are actually going to cost the consumer more money and hurt the blue collar worker more than anybody else. republicans on the house small business committee worried about this, they wrote a letter to energy secretary jennifer granholm worrying this rule could put from 10 to 30% of small businesses that