Posted on 02/01/2023 12:55:53 PM PST by Red Badger
The Department of Energy is proposing new energy conservation standards for new household gas and electric cooking devices, some of which have never been subject to federal efficiency standards.
DOE's proposed rule-making, published Wednesday, follows the recent political frenzy over the fate of gas stoves that was ignited after a federal regulator at the Consumer Product Safety Commission said his agency could ban them to reduce indoor air pollution.
The proposed rule-making would set new efficiency standards for both electric and gas cooking tops, preventing them from exceeding set levels of energy use per year.
The metrics used would not attempt to limit stove usage when they are installed and in use, a department spokesperson emphasized.
“Instead, the metric will ensure cooktops are produced to meet a certain level of energy efficiency if the proposed rule is finalized,” the person said.
It would also impose regulations on electric ovens for the first time, providing that they may not utilize a linear power supply, or one that produces unregulated as well as regulated power.
Gas ovens would be subjected to the same prohibition.
Energy savings from the rule would improve the security and reliability of the nation's energy system, DOE's rulemaking said, estimating that the standards could enable energy savings of 3.4% relative to a scenario without the standards.
It also estimated manufacturers would incur total conversion costs of $183.4 million to comply with the standards.
The Trump administration elected not to advance new conservation rules for these appliance categories after concluding new standards would not be economically justified and would not result in a significant conservation of energy.
The Biden administration has introduced more than 100 energy efficiency rules, arguing that they save consumers money and blunt climate change by reducing demand for energy, thereby reducing combustion of fossil fuels.
A number of Democratic-led municipalities have implemented restrictions or bans on gas appliances in new construction in a bid to reduce air pollution and slow climate change, and some states are pursuing similar regulations.
It will be some crud that makes the stove unworkable, so people swap for electric.
Passive aggressive environmentalism based on junk science.
Sorry, you have exceeded your yearly quota. You will have to finish your Easter dinner in the microwave.
Since the FED just “increased interest rates” again, what will that do to the Home Appliance Mortgage Market.
I am so sick of these lying weasels.
You will have to finish your Easter dinner with a Magnifying glass in the sun................
I foresee a huge market for old stoves and ranges being rebuilt................
That’s phase II.
Can’t actually ban them federally, but they can regulate them out of existence.
How does EPA have the power to do this?
Certainly they will point to some law Congress passed years ago, giving them general and broad powers.
But they never imagined regulating gas stoves before. This is something new for them.
So we can assume that whatever they imagine to regulate something, in any fashion, at any point in the future - is acceptable?
The same energy department that once employed Sam Brinton?
Interstate Commerce Clause...............
The key sentence in this....
I cook. My rules. Stay the eff out of my business.
Deep State doesn’t care.
This is about saving the planet the same way CoupFlu policy is about protecting public health.
“We are government bureaucrats, and you have to do what we say.”
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