Biden's Energy Department introduces new standards for your OVENS and cooking ... trends now
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The political clash over gas stoves is jumping out of the frying pan and into the fryer – with the Energy Department issuing new proposed efficiency standards at the same time Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced a plan to subsidize gas stoves.
The sweeping new efficiency standards were given formal notice Wednesday in the Federal Register, sets new performance standards in Kilowatts per hour, and apply to both electric and gas stoves.
The new standards 'would save a significant amount of energy,' according to the proposed rule.
It found that the 'lifetime energy savings for consumer conventional cooking products purchased' in a 30-year period 'amount to 0.46 quadrillion British thermal units ('Btu'), or quads. This represents a savings of 3.4 percent relative to the energy use of these products in the case without amended standards.'
The rule-making step, the product of a long process, happened to appear in print Wednesday, the same day that Florida Gov Ron DeSantis unveiled a new $115 billion state budget that includes a permanent end to state taxes on gas stoves.
