cannot require, and is not proposing, that consumers replace those already installed in their homes.”’s proposed efficiency rules, which the department estimates would render half of higher-end models out of compliance, are in line with the 1975 Energy Policy and Conservation Act and are part of routine efficiency evaluations made every six years.
The draft rules are under a public comment period but are expected to be finalized next year. Industry manufacturers would have to begin complying three years later, likely in 2027. Gas stoves already in Americans’ homes by then — roughly 40% of whom use one — would not be affected. The hearing was one of several that House Republicans have held since taking the majority that has focused on the
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