DOE Finalizes Closely Watched Efficiency Standards For Gas, Electric Stoves

The Energy Department (DOE) is finalizing first-time energy efficiency standards for electric and gas cooktops, adopting a compromise proposal from environmentalists and appliance manufacturers while also downplaying concerns expressed by gas utilities and Republican lawmakers. Environmental groups are applauding the Jan. 29 rule , though the final standards will impose less stringent requirements than what DOE first proposed in February 2023, especially for gas stoves -- perhaps to quell vocal opposition to the rule from some groups. The regulation would...