Biden Admin Reduces Savings Estimate for Americans Switching Away From Gas Stoves: Industry Group

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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is receiving criticism for its updated data analysis regarding the agencyโ€™s proposed regulations on gas stoves, which now projects even lower savings for consumers than the already meager numbers.

The new data shows that โ€œsavings are even less than DOE originally projected and are almost negligible,โ€ the industry group Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers (AHAM) said about the changes in an Aug. 3 press release. โ€œDOEโ€™s original proposal was to save consumers 13 cents per month in utility costs over the life of gas cooking products. The revised data reduces consumer savings to just 9 cents per month,โ€ it pointed out.

โ€œThe changes in energy savings projected by DOE primarily result from DOE recognizing that the currently available cooking products are more efficient than its earlier analysis assumed.โ€

At 9 cents a month, the projected savings will come to just $1.08 per year. Over a decade, that amounts to $10.80 in savings.

The department proposed new energy efficiency standards for gas stoves back in February. In a March 14 opinion piece at Washington Examiner, Rep. Debbie Lesko (R-Ariz.) warned that stringent energy performance standards would mean that 96 percent of conventional gas stoves could potentially be eliminated from the market.

โ€œIn fact, it is essentially an outright ban on gas stoves,โ€ she said.

Ms. Lesko also highlighted the meager savings resulting from the new standards, arguing that people will not be willing to trade โ€œsuch substantially decreased functionality and features for minuscule savings.โ€

In its comments submitted to the energy department, AHAM pointed out that many consumer features on gas stoves, like simmer burners and high-input rate burners, must be protected if the department was to implement its energy efficiency proposal.

However, the DOE has โ€œstill has not made any changesโ€ to the proposed standards, it said, according to the release.

โ€œThis means consumers could still lose access to features and many currently available gas cooking appliance modelsโ€”in exchange for saving only pennies each month.โ€

Byย Naveen Athrappully

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