The proposed standards, which focus on energy consumption, would require that both gas and electric stoves meet certain efficiency thresholds. The proposal also suggests new standards for gas and electric ovens.
on the front burner again Wednesday by proposing new efficiency standards for consumer cooking appliances.
The department said in the proposal that it had “tentatively concluded” the proposed standards represented meaningful gains and that they were "technologically feasible and economically justified, and would result in the significant conservation of energy.” The standards would be a shift from existing rules, which prohibit constant burning pilot lights in gas stoves but do not put limits on energy consumption.
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