The US Department of Energy (DOE) has issued rulemaking on test procedures for small electric motors for more than a decade. The present “final rule,” effective February 3, 2021, is the culmination of those efforts.

The United States Congress passed long-awaited energy legislation as part of the economic stimulus bill approved in late December 2020 (Division Z in the bill). The energy bill has two distinct areas that will affect EASA members.

EASA is sad to learn of the passing of Craig Hartman, Mary Horner, Mary Jean Parker Redmond, Martin Rigsbee, Sr., Wallace Snow and Bennie Joe Tomecek.

Tim Browne and Craig Milbank have been elected to EASA's International Board of Directors.

Bill Scarberry, 87, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, passed away on October 24, 2020.