Natural gas industry files legal challenge against DOE rules targeting gas furnaces – IOTW Report

Natural gas industry files legal challenge against DOE rules targeting gas furnaces

JTN: The U.S. natural gas industry is pushing back against the Biden administration’s regulations targeting gas-powered residential furnaces.

The American Gas Association, along with several trade organizations and a manufacturer, filed a legal challenge Monday against the Department of Energy over the regulations.

The groups say the rules, which were finalized in September, will impact more than half of all U.S. households.

“AGA has attempted to work with the Department of Energy to address the rule’s profound impacts on consumers and homeowners with a solutions-oriented approach to energy conservation that protects consumers and ensures continued availability of low-cost, low-emission natural gas furnaces. Unfortunately, our 114 pages of comments have been summarily ignored,” AGA President and CEO Karen Harbert said in a statement. READ MORE

9 Comments on Natural gas industry files legal challenge against DOE rules targeting gas furnaces

  1. Seems like we should be burning Democrats instead.

    And after those are all consumed, we can freely go back to using cleaner, lard-free fuels that don’t stink of evil and corruption the way a flaming Communist would.

    Pretty easy to ignite one tho, seeing as how their hair is usually on fire over something anyway…

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  2. They’re trying to “back door” in a ban on gas heating and appliances by forcing changes in building codes. I imagine if builders aren’t allowed to put gas into new homes they’ll end the market for any existing gas heating and appliances.

    https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/12/19/biden-admins-latest-spending-spree-amounts-to-a-backdoor-ban-on-gas-powered-appliances-experts-say/

    I don’t know about you, but I’m already starting to look at replacing the gas stove in the house now, just to stay a head of these monsters.

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  3. My old gas furnace had to be replaced two years ago. I asked the local company that sells and installs gas furnaces and hot water heater if I should consider going to electric baseboard heating. In the town I live in we have a municipal electric supply department. To switch to electric, I would have to fully insulate my house and install a larger service entrance to my house. The new gas furnace was about $3200.00 with a rebate for high efficiency unit. The changes for electric would have been about $15000.00.

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