{"id":1976912,"date":"2023-07-19T00:48:03","date_gmt":"2023-07-19T04:48:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-official-behind-gas-stove-ban-admits-not-knowing-basic-facts-about-electric-stove-installation\/"},"modified":"2023-07-19T00:49:51","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T04:49:51","slug":"biden-official-behind-gas-stove-ban-admits-not-knowing-basic-facts-about-electric-stove-installation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-official-behind-gas-stove-ban-admits-not-knowing-basic-facts-about-electric-stove-installation\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden official admits lacking knowledge on electric stove installation."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-official-behind-gas-stove-ban-admits-not-knowing-basic-facts-about-electric-stove-installation%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1976912&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div \u200cclass=\"post_content\">\n<h2>A Top Biden Official\u200c Admits Lack\u200c of \u200dKnowledge on Electric\u2062 Stove Installation<\/h2>\n<p>In a recent\u200b Congressional testimony,\u2063 Geraldine Richmond, the Department\u2064 of\u2063 Energy\u2063 Under\u200c Secretary \u2064for\u200c Science\u200b and Innovation, revealed\u2064 that she lacks basic knowledge \u2064about \u200binstalling electric stoves in homes. This\u2062 admission came as she defended the Department \u2063of\u2062 Energy&#8217;s proposed \u200dregulatory crackdown on gas\u2063 stoves and promotion of electric alternatives.<\/p>\n<p>During the hearing, Rep. Scott \u200dPerry (R-Pa.)\u200d challenged the notion that the\u200b proposed \u200crule \u200cshould not \u200cbe considered \u2062a \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-city-pushes-the-limits-of-green-policies\/\" title=\"NYC pushes green policies to the max.\">gas\u2063 stove \u2062ban<\/a>.\u2062 He pointed \u200cout that only\u2064 4 percent\u2064 of\u2063 current gas \u2062stovetops \u200don the \u200bmarket meet \u2063the new\u2062 rule, leaving \u206296 percent \u2063non-compliant. Perry also highlighted \u200cthe financial burden of \u200dinstalling\u2064 electric stoves, especially for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/heres-how-those-2000-stimulus-checks-promised-by-biden-became-only-1400\/\" title=\"Here\u2019s How Those ,000 Stimulus Checks Promised By Biden Became Only ,400\">lower-income households<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>  \u200b<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5387764\"\u2064 style=\"width: \u2062640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n \u200c \u200d  <a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/07\/11\/id5387764-GettyImages-1258293800-1200x800.jpg\"><br \/>\n   \u200c \u200b<figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/figcaption>\u200b  \u200d <\/a><br \/>\n \u2062\u2063   \u2064Rep. \u2064Scott\u200c Perry (R-Pa.)\u2062 outside of \u2064the \u2064U.S. Capitol in Washington on May\u200c 30, 2023. (Mandel\u2062 Ngan\/AFP via \u2063Getty Images)<br \/>\n  \u200b<\/figure>\n<p> \u2063 <\/p>\n<p>Rep. Perry emphasized the complexity of installing electric stoves, including the \u200cneed \u200bfor\u200d a \u200b220 line and\u200b potential risks\u2062 of electrocution.\u2063 He questioned \u2063whether the Department of Energy \u200dhad \u2063considered the installation costs \u200din their estimated \u2064efficiency savings. Perry argued that the \u200dnew rules would force people to buy more\u2063 expensive \u2062stoves\u200d when their\u200d existing ones\u2063 break\u200d down.<\/p>\n<p>  \u200c<\/p>\n<p>Despite\u200b claims of\u200d supporting consumer choice, Ms. Richmond&#8217;s\u200b responses failed to convince Perry and \u200dother Republicans \u2062on the committee. They argued \u2062that \u2063the proposed\u200b appliance efficiency\u2063 standards would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-official-behind-gas-stove-ban-admits-not-knowing-basic-facts-about-electric-stove-installation\/\" title=\"Biden official admits lacking knowledge on electric stove installation.\">disproportionately \u200dburden lower-income\u200b families<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> \u2062 <\/p>\n<h2>Debating \u2062the\u2063 Gas \u2062Stove Ban<\/h2>\n<p>  \u2064<\/p>\n<p>The discussion during the\u200b hearing \u2064also touched on the characterization of the \u2063proposed rulemaking as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/de-blasios-gas-stove-ban-was-intended-to-help-the-environment-experts-say-itll-backfire\/\" title=\"De Blasio\u2019s Gas Stove Ban Was Intended To Help the Environment. Experts Say It\u2019ll Backfire.\">gas stove ban<\/a>. Democrats,\u2062 including \u200dRep. Jan \u200cSchakowsky\u2063 (D-Ill.), dismissed these claims \u200cand insisted that\u200b no one is \u2063taking\u2063 away\u200d gas\u200c stoves. However,\u2063 the Gas Stove\u2063 Protection and Freedom Act, which aimed to prevent \u200cthe Consumer Product Safety\u2062 Commission from banning gas stoves, passed\u200d the House \u200dwith \u200bbipartisan\u200c support.<\/p>\n<p> \u200d <\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5407926\" \u200bstyle=\"width: \u200d640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n    <a\u200d href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/07\/19\/id5407926-GettyImages-1238301684-1200x797.jpg\"><br \/>\n  \u200d \u200d  \u2064<figcaption\u2062 class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/figcaption>\u2062  <\/a><br \/>\n \u200c\u2064   Rep. \u200cJan Schakowsky\u2062 (D-Ill)\u200b speaks during a rally \u200cat the House \u2063Triangle of the U.S. Capitol in Washington on\u2064 Feb. \u200c8, 2022. \u2064(Mandel Ngan\/AFP via Getty Images)<br \/>\n  \u2062<\/figure>\n<p> \u2064\u2063 <\/p>\n<p>While the debate \u2064continues,\u2062 it is\u2064 clear\u200b that the proposed regulations\u2063 on\u2062 gas stoves \u2064and the \u2062push \u2063for \u2062electric alternatives have \u200csparked \u2063controversy and concerns about \u200daffordability\u2062 and\u200d consumer \u2062choice.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tuesday, confessed during Congressional testimony that she lacks fundamental knowledge about the installation of electric stoves in households. Richmond, a key figure in the Biden administration&#8217;s push for stricter regulations on gas stoves and promotion of electric alternatives, made this admission as the Under Secretary for Science and Innovation at the Department of Energy (DOE).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":118,"featured_media":1976913,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1976912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1976912","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/118"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1976912"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1976912\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1976913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1976912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1976912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1976912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}