Lawmaker Questions Top Official Over Proposed Gas Stove Ban, Cost to Move to Electric

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A top Biden administration official behind the Department of Energyโ€™s (DOE) proposed regulatory crackdown on gas stoves while encouraging the adoption of their electric counterparts admitted in Congressional testimony Tuesday that she doesnโ€™t know basic facts about installing electric stoves in homes.

Geraldine Richmond, the Department of Energy Under Secretary for Science and Innovation, on Tuesday testified before the Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs during a hearing called โ€œCancelling Consumer Choice: Examining the Biden Administrationโ€™s Regulatory Assault on Americansโ€™ Home Appliances.โ€

During the hearing, Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.) addressed Ms. Richmond in the context of a DOE notice of proposed federal rulemaking unveiled in February that would allow the agency to set new efficiency and conservation standards for home appliances, including gas stoves.

The proposed rule (pdf), which is meant to reduce emissions from household appliances, would impact at least half of new gas stove models sold in the United States and make most of the existing ones on the market non-compliant, according to Republicans on the Subcommittee.

โ€˜Not a Banโ€™?

During the hearing, Mr. Perry disputed Democrat claims that the DOE rule shouldnโ€™t be referred to as a gas stove ban.

โ€œI donโ€™t know what kind of gas stove you have in your houseโ€ฆand to the gentlelady on the other side of the aisle, she says itโ€™s not a ban [but] according to my figures, 4 percent of current gas stovetops available on the market today meet the rule, which means that 96 percent of them donโ€™t,โ€ Mr. Perry said.

The Republican lawmaker then said that many people on lower incomes wouldnโ€™t be able to afford a new gas stove compliant with the new rules, and so would opt for an electric stove but pointed out that installing one could be costly.

โ€œIf youโ€™re not making a lot of money, you canโ€™t afford the expensive one that probably will meet it, so youโ€™ve got to try and buy the other one,โ€ he said, joking that heโ€™s glad the DOE is getting people to save money by โ€œforcing them to spend a bunch of money.โ€

Byย Tom Ozimek

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