Top DOE Official Defends Gas Stove Efficiency Proposal Amid Fears Of ‘Ban’

A just-issued Energy Department (DOE) proposal to set efficiency standards for cooking stoves is reigniting debate about what critics say is the Biden administration’s push to “ban” gas stoves, though a top official says the plan wouldn’t amount to such a ban and actually wouldn’t affect many gas stoves, which are expected to comply with the plan using existing technologies. “Every major manufacturer already has models, gas stove models, that meet or exceed the level that we’re proposing for 2027,”...