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Posted on 05/13/2025 3:33:31 PM PDT by Twotone
Gone are rules banning a wide swath of gas stoves. Gone are the strict water standards governing dishwashers and shower heads. And gone is the government-wide effort to force electrification of the economy through appliance regulations. It is all part of a historic action the Trump administration announced Monday, reversing dozens of energy regulations, saving consumers more than $11 billion, and cutting more than 125,000 words from the United States Code of Regulations.
As part of the Department of Energy's sweeping action unveiled Monday, it will rescind dozens of energy efficiency regulations targeting common household appliances that the Biden administration issued as part of its climate agenda. That includes rules restricting sales of certain types of gas-powered stoves and ovens in addition to microwaves, clothes washers, dishwashers, faucets, shower heads, and dehumidifiers.
"It should not be the government's place to decide what kind of appliances you or your restaurants or your businesses can buy," Energy Secretary Chris Wright told the Washington Free Beacon earlier this month. "Everybody wants clean air and wants to lower their energy costs and run their factories good as they can. The big hand of government doesn't actually help that process at all."
"We will look for every way we can to protect freedom of the American worker and pursue President Trump's agenda, get rid of the nonsense, bring back common sense, make life more affordable, and opportunities greater," he added, noting that previous crackdowns on gas-powered appliances were elitist and illogical.
The action is the latest blow the Trump administration has delivered to former president Joe Biden's climate legacy. It is also the latest sign that the current administration will prioritize an approach to energy efficiency, which Congress mandates the Department of Energy to promote through periodic rulemakings, that prioritizes consumer choice and free markets over greenhouse gas emissions reductions.
Led by then-energy secretary Jennifer Granholm, the Biden administration issued dozens of appliance regulations and pushed a broader electrification strategy, pushing consumers to shift away from reliance on natural gas. Granholm remarked during a White House electrification summit in 2022 that the United States must "electrify and create efficiencies both within our homes and across the industrial sector."
When crafting such rules, Granholm regularly consulted environmental activist organizations, which were largely funded by progressive grantmaking nonprofits, such as the Bloomberg Family Foundation, the TomKat Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation, the Hewlett Foundation, and the Schmidt Family Foundation.
"This is very good news for consumer freedom," Ben Lieberman, a senior fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, told the Free Beacon. "We learned from the gas stove episode of 2023 that the American people don't want federal regulators dictating their choices, whether that's the kitchen, the laundry room, or whatever room has your water heater or furnace. They want to be able to decide for themselves."
"And this takes some important steps in that regard," Lieberman continued. "I think this also undoes a lot of climate-related appliance regulations that further take the decisions away from consumers and that pursue an environmental agenda."
In one of its most controversial appliance regulations, in February 2023, the Biden Department of Energy unveiled regulations that would have banned a large swath of cheaper, but less-efficient gas stoves currently on the market. The move sparked an immediate uproar and forced Granholm to admit she owned a gas stove. Granholm, however, still finalized the regulations and a slate of others following the episode.
In addition to reversing Biden-era appliance rules, the Department of Energy on Monday will also streamline regulations related to natural gas imports and exports, approvals for electric energy exports, and procedures for purchasing Strategic Petroleum Reserve oil stocks. It will also rescind regulations surrounding minority business loans, end requirements allowing men to play in women's sports, and delay compliance dates for the "clean energy federal building rule."
"While it would normally take years for the Department of Energy to remove just a handful of regulations, the Trump Administration assembled a team working around the clock to reduce costs and deliver results for the American people in just over 110 days," Wright said in a statement.
"Thanks to President Trump’s leadership, we are bringing back common sense—slashing regulations meant to appease Green New Deal fantasies, restrict consumer choice and increase costs for the American people. Promises made, promises kept."
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Great news although I am not sure how fast manufacturers will react. Hopefully they introduce models without the restrictions.
— Greta Thunberg
Last year, in Bezerkley, Kalifornia, the Wizards of Smart on the Bezerkley City Council outlawed gas stoves. The Restaurant Association went to court, and low and behold, miracles do happen. The court ruled that the Bezerkley City Council was berserk, and nixed the no-gas rule.
Freedom, it’s what’s for breakfast.
My laundromat has new and old machines. Used the old ones. Clothes came out awesome and half the price.
<>Led by then-energy secretary Jennifer Granholm . . . <>
I guarantee Granholm’s grift in office was up there with Pelosi’s.
This is something that I was hoping for from Trump. Way too many regs, and only for the reason to screw with us. Thank you sir, and God bless. Please do compact tractors and woodstoves
Give us our FREON back!
This is actually a huge deal. completely knocks the slats out of the deep state and the new green deal. If President Trump can win the soon to follow court battles in defending this it will go far in restoring the Constitution.
“Great news although I am not sure how fast manufacturers will react. Hopefully they introduce models without the restrictions.”
as soon as the first manufacturer makes a model of washing machine far superior in actually getting clothes clean by using more than a couple of quarts of water and makes a big ad slash to that effect, the rest will be forced to follow suit ... hell, the first one to do that might even be a chinese, taiwanese, or korean manufacturer because the US manufacturers don’t have the balls to do it first ...
I hope toilets are on the list.
I hope hot water heaters are on the list. They’ve made them so complicated and expensive that its ridiculous. I don’t need one with a built in heat pump.
Freon in 3,2,1
Please r22
That means everything in stock will sit there or be sold cheap. I’d wait until the new Trump appliances come out.
That means everything in stock will sit there or be sold cheap. I’d wait until the new Trump appliances come out.
Jenny, The Bimbo Of Energy...
“Freedom, it’s what’s for breakfast.”
Love that! :)
I absolutely HATE cooking on an electric stove. I think the last time I did was in a rental apartment when I was like 19 years old. Ugh!
I’ll cook with the camping equipment or build a fire in the front yard before I’ll give up my gas stove!
Sanity Returns and meets Reality! Thank You, President Trump! MAGA!
The heat pump water heaters have moving parts that are move for hours every day. I saw a picture of such a water heater where the hot water tank was OUTSIDE. In contrast, in an electrically heated water heater, the only thing that wears out (by design) is the sacrificial rod.
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