'The Department of Energy’s controversial conventional cooktops rule would introduce draconian energy-efficiency standards for gas stoves, making them unaffordable for many Americans.' -Rachael Wilfong & Anna Bowers
That means that gas stoves would have to consume 32% less energy per year in order to remain compliant. By setting that requirement, more than 90% of gas cooktops would need to be redesigned by 2027, giving industry less than four years to reconfigure, test, manufacture, and distribute products in order to comply and remain competitive.
The 1975 law likewise requires the DOE to consider “any lessening of the utility of the covered products likely to result from the imposition of the standard.” Yet, the department’swould change certain features that stove manufacturers have expressly noted as being intimately tied to performance. By virtue of these major design overhauls, it’s no surprise that the standards are not “economically justified” either. The DOE estimates that manufacturers will spend more than $183 million over the next three years to meet the standard. Those costs would be passed along to the consumer through higher costs for the stove. The DOE acknowledges that, with its estimate that consumers can expect to pay more than $32 million annually in increased costs.
The department also estimates that over the course of 14.5 years , its standards will save consumers a scant $22 in operating costs. That amounts to about $1.50 per year, or 12 cents per month—not nearly enough to make up for the higher cost of the stove. Energy savings and climate effects are also negligible. The proposed rule is estimated to reduce site energy use, which is the energy directly consumed by a product at the location where it is used, by 3.4% over the next 30 years. And, according to The Heritage Foundation’s own
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