Save Our Gas Stoves Act

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Jun 15, 2023

This bill restricts the Department of Energy's authority to set energy conservation standards for kitchen ranges and ovens. Before establishing or modifying such standards, the DOE must determine that the standards will not cause certain product types (based on fuel type) to become unavailable, and must disclose information about stakeholder meetings involving entities with ties to China or the Chinese Communist Party. The bill also prohibits the DOE from finalizing, implementing, or enforcing a proposed energy conservation rule for consumer cooking products issued on February 1, 2023, or any substantially similar rule.

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Save Our Gas Stoves Act This bill places limits on energy conservation standards for kitchen ranges or ovens under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act. The Department of the Energy (DOE) may not prescribe or amend energy conservation standards for kitchen ranges or ovens unless DOE (1) determines that such standards will not likely result in the unavailability of a product on account of the type of fuel the range or oven uses; and (2) discloses certain stakeholder meetings with entities that have ties to China or the Chinese Communist Party. In addition, DOE may not finalize, implement, or enforce the proposed rule titled Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Consumer Conventional Cooking Products issued on February 1, 2023, or any substantially similar rule. The proposed rule prescribes energy conservation standards for consumer conventional cooking tops, including electric cooking tops, gas cooking tops, electrical ovens, and gas ovens.