Today, Rep. Dan Newhouse (WA-04) released the following statement on the United States Department of Energy’s (DOE) finalized energy regulation rules for conventional cooking products that scraps the February 2023 proposal to ban future production of gas appliances.
“This is a huge win for the thousands of Central Washingtonians who use natural gas in their homes and for advocates of common sense. The original proposal was an example of the president’s misguided approach to clean energy handed to him by extreme climate lobbyists. I am proud to have led my colleagues in fighting this out-of-touch proposal and promoting an all-of-the-above approach to energy security and independence,” said Rep. Newhouse.
On June 22, 2023, Rep. Newhouse introduced and led to passage an amendment that prohibits funds from being used by the Biden Administration to ban gas stoves. The amendment was adopted by voice vote, and the bill passed the House of Representatives on October 26, 2023.
Watch Rep. Newhouse’s remarks introducing the amendment here.
On February 1, 2023, the Department of Energy (DOE) proposed an “energy efficiency standard” for gas cooking products. The proposed rule would require, for the first time ever, an energy performance standard for residential cooktops. It would effectively ban the future production of gas appliances that consume more than 1,204 thousand British thermal units (kBtu) per year, or over half of current gas stoves.
Today’s DOE finalized rule outlines regulations on stoves over 1,770 kBtu per year, or under three percent of current gas stoves.
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