{"id":2234117,"date":"2024-04-30T20:53:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-01T00:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-administration-finalizes-efficiency-rules-for-water-heaters\/"},"modified":"2024-04-30T20:58:49","modified_gmt":"2024-05-01T00:58:49","slug":"biden-administration-finalizes-efficiency-rules-for-water-heaters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-administration-finalizes-efficiency-rules-for-water-heaters\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Admin Sets Water Heater Efficiency Rules"},"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\">14<\/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-administration-finalizes-efficiency-rules-for-water-heaters%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=2234117&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--><p>The \u2063Biden administration finalized \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/xi-jinping-scolds-world-on-climate-change-while-china-keeps-polluting\/\" title=\"Xi Jinping Scolds World on Climate Change While China Keeps Polluting\">energy efficiency standards<\/a> for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-administration-proposes-energy-efficiency-standards-on-water-heaters\/\" title=\"Biden Admin suggests energy efficiency rules for water heaters.\">residential water heaters<\/a>, aiming to reduce emissions and \u200dsave costs for households. The new rules, effective from 2029, are expected to save \u200b$100 to $200 annually per household. This initiative\u200c will also prevent 332 million metric tons \u2063of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/france-isnt-meeting-its-own-paris-climate-accord-commitments\/\" title=\"France Isn\u2019t Meeting Its Own Paris Climate Accord Commitments\">carbon dioxide emissions<\/a> in 30 years, marking\u200d a significant step towards sustainability and cost\u200c savings.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Reporter's Notebook: Joe Manchin is fired up over gas stove ban\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fCW45KNPd8U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/biden-administration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title> Biden administration<\/a> on Tuesday finalized new energy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/energy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>efficiency<\/a> standards for residential hot water heaters, the most significant of several actions it has taken meant to reduce emissions from everyday products.<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Energy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.energy.gov\/articles\/doe-finalizes-efficiency-standards-water-heaters-save-americans-over-7-billion-household\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>estimated<\/a> the new standards, which will take effect for newly manufactured electric water storage heaters beginning in 2029, will save households an average of between $100 to\u00a0$200 on their utility bills per year and $1,800 over the lifetime of the appliances.<\/p>\n<p>The rules will also avert an estimated 332 million metric tons of carbon dioxide pollution from the atmosphere over the next 30 years, DOE officials said. <\/p>\n<p>Speaking to reporters Tuesday, officials touted the new efficiency standards as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-justify-amnesty-for-illegal-immigrants-by-arguing-it-will-increase-deficit\/\" title=\"Democrats Justify Amnesty for Illegal Immigrants by Arguing It Will Increase Deficit\">cost-saving measure<\/a> to reduce pollution for millions of people and result in energy savings of 17.6 quadrillion British thermal units over the next 30 years, what officials said will be the largest-ever emissions reduction achieved by a single DOE efficiency rule in department history.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlmost every U.S. household has a water heater, and for too long, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-doe-efficiency-rules-could-make-washing-machines-more-costly-and-less-effective-manufacturers-warn\/\" title=\"New DOE efficiency rules could make washing machines more costly and less effective, manufacturers warn\">outdated energy efficiency standards<\/a> have led to higher utility bills for families,\u201d Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm told reporters Tuesday. <\/p>\n<p>These rules set separate minimum efficiency levels for different classes of residential water heater models, including electric tank water heaters, gas-fired tank heaters, and tankless models. <\/p>\n<p>DOE is required by Congress to update residential water heater efficiency standards every six years, though the last change was made 13 years ago in 2010. Tuesday\u2019s action drew praise from some environmental and consumer groups, who cheered the news as a long-overdue update.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe technology for water heaters has advanced dramatically, and the standards have not kept up,\u201d Andrew deLaski, executive director of the Appliance Standards Awareness Project, said in a statement. \u201cThis is going to move much of the electric market from decades-old technology that costs a lot to run to heat pump units that use less than half as much energy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Still, some Republicans in Congress are far less likely to back the new rules, which are likely to spark the ire of some who have also pushed back on DOE\u2019s earlier efficiency standards on other appliances, such as washers and dryers, dishwashers, and other common appliances, some of which were announced earlier this year. Opponents have argued\u00a0the rules are overly burdensome and restrictive to consumers, who in some cases must pay a higher upfront cost for the new appliances.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Debbie Lesko (R-AZ), who introduced a bill last year to protect against the efficiency standards, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/04\/30\/climate\/appliance-efficiency-rules-dishwasher-stove-water-heater.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>criticized<\/a> DOE\u2019s actions at the time as being part of a \u201cradical environmentalist agenda\u201d that she said seeks to \u201cdeny American consumers the choices they deserve.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Most prominently, Republicans, along with Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV), launched an effort last year to stop what they argued was an attempt from Biden administration to ban gas stoves, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2277854\/the-obscure-regulator-and-political-scion-who-sparked-the-furor-over-gas-stoves\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>monthslong<\/a> public frenzy that began after Consumer Product Safety Commission member Richard Trumka Jr. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2277854\/the-obscure-regulator-and-political-scion-who-sparked-the-furor-over-gas-stoves\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>suggested<\/a> in an interview that the agency was weighing a ban on gas stoves due to health hazards.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The blowback forced the head of the CPSC and White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre to explicitly walk back the suggestion of a ban on gas stoves, but not before Manchin and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/energy\/2728128\/manchin-teams-up-with-cruz-on-bill-to-block-gas-stove-ban\/\">joined forces<\/a> to introduce legislation to prohibit the CPSC from enacting any ban or regulation on gas stoves. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve said it before: The federal government doesn\u2019t have any business telling American families how to cook their dinner,\u201d Manchin said in floor remarks last year.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Biden administration has officially approved updated energy efficiency regulations for household water heaters. This move is part of a series of efforts to lower emissions from common items. The Department of Energy predicts that these new standards, starting in 2029 for new electric storage heaters, will result in significant energy savings<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2650,"featured_media":2234118,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP21027552884427-1024x681.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2234117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP21027552884427-1024x681.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2234117","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\/2650"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2234117"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2234117\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2234118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2234117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2234117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2234117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}