Nearly 50% Of Gas Stoves Could Be Removed From Market Under Potential New Energy Standard: Report

The Biden administration A new energy efficiency rule was quietly revealed by the Department of Energy If it’s enacted, (DOE) could take up to 50% off current gas stoves from U.S. markets.

E&E News Friday reported While the DOE did not publish this fact once the proposed rule had been posted online, it released a memo clarifying key sections of the rule that could impact U.S. consumer options. The Energy Department claims the rule will increase energy savings and help to combat climate change.

Two stove tops that are used on gas stoves are the subject of the proposed rule. Both stove tops, according to the department, use high amounts of energy.

“Together with the models included in the engineering analysis, DOE estimates that nearly half of the total gas cooking top market … would not be impacted by the proposed standard, if finalized,” According to the memo.

Others claim that DOE’s data as well as the memo suggest that 96% of gas stoves are likely to be sold. Energy however claims that this is false. The data apparently reveal that just 4% — or one out 21 — of gas stoves tested by the department would be allowed for purchase under the new standard. These claims were denied by an Energy spokesperson.

“DOE presented a set of data of units that we physically tested — this should not be confused with the percentage of products that would meet the standard,” The spokesman . “The tested sample is just a small subset of models that better help DOE understands the annual energy consumption of these units.”

E&E News was informed by Ben Lieberman, Competitive Enterprise Institute, that the new report must be viewed against the background of the Consumer Product Safety Commission’s possible rule regarding gas stoves.

“This proposed rule comes with a somewhat controversial background regarding another agency,” Liberman said. “I think it’s still very, very concerning for natural gas stoves.”

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Richard Trumka, Jr, chief of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, was elected to office in December argued U.S. government should ban all gas stoves. This is due to health concerns as well as climate change concerns.

“We ought to keep that possibility of a [gas stove] ban in mind, as you follow along, because it’s a powerful tool in our toolbox and it’s a real possibility here,” Trumka spoke to a group environmentalists.

It was not an accident that gas stoves were banned.

In December, Richard Trumka, Jr., CPSC Commissioner, is shown here:

“We ought to keep that possibility of a [gas stove] ban in mind, as you follow along, because it’s a powerful tool in our toolbox and it’s a real possibility here.” pic.twitter.com/GSfjwLJPPG

— Tim Meads (@TimMeadsUSA) January 12, 2023

“This is a big part of the climate agenda … this effort to stop the use of natural gas,” Liberman also E&E News.

While the CPSC denies that it plans to ban gas stoves from its offices, it is still opening the public comment period on March 1 for a possible rule amendment. Trumka said that “with enough public pressure” The federal government can make new regulations regarding gas stoves during the commenting period “on the books by next year.”

The new energy standard, if it is passed, would be effective in 2027. Combined with a potential new regulation from CPSC, it’s safe to say that new gas stoves will only get more expensive as companies revamp their products to meet the new requirements — if gas stoves aren’t banned first or regulated out of the marketplace.

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