Biden Administration Proposes New Gas Stove Regulations Despite National Outrage Over Ban Comments

The Energy Department proposed new rules Wednesday that would mandate a certain energy consumption threshold for gas stoves even after the possibility of a nationwide ban garnered backlash.

Consumer Product Safety Commission Commissioner Richard Trumka Jr. said during an interview last month that gas stoves constitute a “hidden hazard” and said “any option is on the table” for a nationwide prohibition. Consumer Product Safety Commission Chairman Alex Hoehn-Saric later posted a statement clarifying that neither he nor the agency planned to outlaw gas stoves after commentators balked at the suggestion. The Energy Department nevertheless proposed new rules that would permit regulators to establish energy consumption standards on the appliances.

Gas stoves would be subjected to a new “maximum integrated annual energy consumption” standard under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act. The rules, for which the Energy Department will accept public comment until April 3, would mark a change from previous regulations that prohibited constant burning pilot lights in gas stoves but placed no limits on energy consumption. Conventional ovens would likewise not be permitted to have a control system that utilizes a linear power supply under the proposed rules.

The Energy Department said officials have “tentatively concluded that the proposed standards represent the maximum improvement in energy efficiency that is technologically feasible and economically justified, and would result in the significant conservation of energy.” The agency added that “products achieving these standard levels are already commercially available for all product classes covered by this proposal” and cited “important and robust” climate benefits.

“The proposed standards are likely to result in environmental benefits in the form of reduced emissions of air pollutants and greenhouse gases associated with energy production and use, including in-home emissions reductions experienced by consumers, and their families,” the proposed rules said.

American Gas Association CEO Karen Herbert told The Daily Wire that the trade association would “carefully evaluate” the new rules in the coming weeks. “We are concerned that this is another attempt by the federal government to use regulations to remove viable and efficient natural gas products from the market,” she remarked.

A spokesperson for the Energy Department said in a statement to NBC News that the new standards do not constitute bans on any appliances. “The proposed standards would not go into effect until 2027 and cumulatively save the nation up to $1.7 billion,” the spokesperson asserted. “Every major manufacturer has products that meet or exceed the requirements proposed today.”

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6 Comments

  1. James Carpenter aka "Felix" February 2, 2023 at 13:04

    Just looking over my copy of the Constitution, could not find where it authorizes anything to do with “regulating gas stoves”.
    Somebody help me out here?

  2. Dominion of Chiquitastan February 2, 2023 at 14:34

    That is so cute how the people think that the imperial cess ridden swamp of Sauron gives a sh1t about their opinion.

  3. Dean February 2, 2023 at 14:46

    I put a pistol brace on my gas stove.

    • T February 2, 2023 at 20:28

      So I guess that when we dissidents are rounded up and marched into the ovens they’ll be clean efficient wind and solar easy bake ovens?

  4. Truth in Tension February 2, 2023 at 17:29

    Save the nation 1.7 billion dollars annually. Is that so? Who is the nation? And who gets the savings? If federal rogue parasites cared about savings we not be the biggest debtor nation on the planet. Once again, they are lying! The federal rogue parasites never do anything that improves the quality of life or increases liberty. They especially hate free markets and personal property. There is nothing that the federal parasites do that cannot be obtained from the free markets. We do not need them. Who is $ John Galt? TEXIT!

  5. Oughtsix February 2, 2023 at 19:02

    I out a pistol brace on my rifle with which to defend my right to the stove of my choice. Never thought the stack at my door would be from the Department of Idiocracy Department.

    FJB

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