The Department of Energy on Monday shot down attempts by conservative groups to scrap a regulation on cooking appliances, including gas stoves.
DOE said its regulation, which was finalized in February, will be implemented in 2028 as planned after a comment period. Because the regulation was released as a “direct final rule” that wasn’t published earlier as a proposal, the department could have withdrawn the plan under some circumstances, such as if it determined there were “substantive adverse” comments.
In comments to DOE, Republican attorneys general, the Competitive Enterprise Institute, the Antonin Scalia Law School Administrative Law Clinic and other critics argued the rule represented federal overreach and would increase costs for consumers.
But in the Federal Register on Monday, DOE said the comments “do not provide a reasonable basis for withdrawing the direct final rule,” adding it was “confirming the effective and compliance dates” of the standards.
