“preserve some market share for gas stoves that have at least one high-input rate burner and continuous cast iron grates, two features that DOE determined are priorities for the public. Both features use a lot of energy.”
I don’t know why continuous cast iron grates take more energy to mold than separate grates. But I do know that getting a pot of water to boil takes the same amount of energy whether you have the flame on high or low. You’re just going to wait around longer for the lower energy/flame.
“the proposed regulation of 1,204 thousand British thermal units (kBtu) of energy use annually.”
To be fair, there would need to be the same standard for electric stoves. They are powered by natural gas being burned in power plants, much of the time. Could be coal also.
But I suppose they don’t need an electric stove regulation because if someone is charging up their EV, they won’t have any electricity left for anything else in their house.
I posted that thinking of you. This is what they do, deny they are doing it and then quietly do it through other means.