And this is why our society is doomed. TPTB try to do something to curb consumption even a little , and save us a bit of money in the process , and people are up in arms with twaddle about having the choice to use as much power as possible and f**k everyone else. Honestly is anyone's life really going to be that much worse just because they have to use a few hundred watts of power less to Hoover their houses?
The only thing I will say against these regs is that they are going to be widened to include things like electric heaters and hair dryers which is more self defeating that a vacuum . Electric heaters are pretty much 100% efficient as it is so a lower power one would be used for longer unlike a lower power vacuum where the difference in performance would be negligible .