Posted on 09/30/2023 5:58:01 AM PDT by EBH
The Biden administration announced its latest regulatory action targeting home appliances late Friday, this time targeting popular home gas-powered furnaces.
The Department of Energy (DOE) said the energy efficiency regulations would slash household utility costs by $1.5 billion on an annual basis while reducing greenhouse gas emissions from the residential sector. The proposal, according to the agency, require non-weatherized gas furnaces and those used in mobile homes to achieve a far higher level of efficiency than cheaper models on the market.
"At the direction of Congress, DOE is continuing to review and finalize energy standards for household appliances, such as residential furnaces, to lower costs for working families by reducing energy use and slashing harmful pollutants in homes across the nation," Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said in a statement.
DOE's finalized regulations, which are slated to go into effect in 2028, specifically require furnaces to achieve an annual fuel utilization efficiency (AFUE) of 95%, meaning manufacturers would only be allowed to sell furnaces that convert at least 95% of fuel into heat within six years. The current market standard AFUE for a residential furnace is 80%.
Because of the stringent AFUE requirements, the regulations would largely take non-condensing gas furnaces — which are generally less efficient, but cheaper — off the market. But consumers who replace their non-condensing furnace with a condensing furnace after the rule is implemented face hefty installation costs.
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Do they even put in gas furnaces in new construction anymore?
Regulation of appliances.
Yeah, right there in Article I Section 8.
The Stupid is Strong with the Biden Admin
Most all new construction gas furnaces are 95% units. However, existing 80% FAUs that will need to be upgraded will also need exhaust/input tubing and other physical accessories. The gas cost savings will not be substantial enough to pay for the installation for decades.
Glad I just bought a new one this year
$8000, but was $3900 in 2021
The new AC cut my electric bill more than half
I burn wood too, so I’m good to go now
The tyranny is strong with his administration
Why is this just now news, it’s been in the news for some time, and there is a wide list of products. Washing Machines, Fans, Light Bulbs, Gas stoves, Hot Water tanks, propane grills, AC, and furnaces are just a few. Besides your gas car.
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These people who use “climate change “ to control us ought to be brought up on charges of Crimes Against Humanity.
The split personality of the Left demands “affordable” everything then demands “green” homes and appliances the “poor” cannot afford.
Agreed.
Could anyone be dumber than Granholm? If this regulation also applied to boilers, oil heat would be non-existent. I guess you have to move to a city now for gas service
Those people in Biden’s administration must think everyone’s made of money, when they should know different because of the economy. I have an old furnace(circa about ‘74) that works fine, house needs work that is presently unaffordable, gas water heater(that is new), & I live by myself on Social Security. Don’t these people have any idea how the average person lives? With all the changes they think people should make because of non-existent anthropomorphic “climate change” they have proposed standards that almost no one could afford to adhere to. Sure be glad when we are rid of Biden. His administration are where the changes need to be made. Oh, yeah...I DO have an electric stove that would probably be OK.
Can be a big boon to the repair market, I have gas boiler (really like it) and having to convert to another method would really suck.
I’m waiting for this winter when the armed EPA agents swoop down on the burner barrels the homeless and illegals use to warm themselves……
Those people in Biden’s administration must think everyone’s made of money, when they should know different because of the economy. I have an old furnace(circa about ‘74) that works fine, house needs work that is presently unaffordable, gas water heater(that is new), & I live by myself on Social Security. Don’t these people have any idea how the average person lives? With all the changes they think people should make because of non-existent anthropomorphic “climate change” they have proposed standards that almost no one could afford to adhere to. Sure be glad when we are rid of Biden. His administration are where the changes need to be made. Oh, yeah...I DO have an electric stove that would probably be OK.
So we all understand this...
That means making them expensive which means working class people will now not be able to afford housing of their own.
City dwellers have to live in apartments and small flats due to government.
“Could anyone be dumber than Granholm”
It is not that they are dumb. It is much worse. The Climate BS is everything to these evil people. Power, control and unlimited funding. They will use it to inflict misery on everyone but the ruling class
How much pollution does NatGas produce? This is simply virtue signaling taken to a whole new level for the Great Reset?
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