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handle is hein.crs/goveofp0001 and id is 1 raw text is: bgCongressional * flResearch Service DOE's Regulations on Gas Stoves Updated January 29, 2024 A U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) program regulates energy consumption of conventional cooking products, including gas stoves, using authority under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA; P.L. 94-163), as amended. DOE issued a direct final rule (pre-publication version) in January 2024 that sets maximum annual energy consumption standards for electric and gas cooking tops manufactured and sold into commerce. In doing so, DOE is meeting a deadline of January 31, 2024, from a 2022 consent decree to issue a final rule. DOE's direct final rule prohibits manufacturers from selling gas conventional cooking tops that consume more than 1,770 thousand British thermal units (kBtu) per year, an amount roughly 50% higher than in DOE's February 1, 2023, proposed rule. Regulations for Gas Stoves: Delays and Court Order 2016 Proposed Rule and Court Case on Deadlines DOE first proposed an energy performance standard for gas cooking tops in September 2016 as part of its periodic review mandated by EPCA Section 325(m) (42 U.S.C. §6295). In December 2020, DOE declined to proceed, explaining such a standard would not be economically justified and would not result in significant conservation of energy-two components of the statutory tests at 42 U.S.C. @6295(o)(3) for any such revisions. In October and November 2020, a group of six nongovernmental organizations and 14 states filed lawsuits asserting DOE was in violation of deadlines in EPCA for the periodic review of 25 of its energy conservation standards. A September 2022 consent decree required DOE to issue revised standards for conventional cooking products, or determine none were needed, by January 31, 2024. Congressional Research Service https://crsreports.congress.gov IN12115 CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress

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