EXCLUSIVE: Joe Manchin vows to fight Biden's war on appliances: 'Not supporting any of the craziness'
for its aggressive energy efficiency rulemakings, arguing the agency should allow the free market to improve product technology rather than force such changes through regulation. Manchin, who chairs the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, expressed concern with rules aimed at electrifying gas appliances.
"It absolutely shows you how disconnected the [DOE] is with the facts and reality of what's happening to the grid system," Manchin told Fox News Digital."We've had so many warnings from [the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission] and [North American Electric Reliability Corporation] and everybody else that the grid is strained to say the least."
"And we're taking more dispatchable power off the grid. That means 24/7, mostly fossil — because of the movement of this administration. It is putting us in the danger zone, the grid," he continued."With all the movement and demand for more electric appliances that would take the place of gas whether it be a stove or furnace. It absolutely makes no sense and is not in check with reality. Absolutely not.
has unveiled new standards for a wide variety of appliances including clothes washers, refrigerators, air conditioners and dishwashers. The administration boasted in December that it had taken 110 actions on energy efficiency rules in 2022 alone as part of its climate agenda. The agency has taken particular aim at gas-powered appliances in an effort to curb carbon emissions and tackle global warming.
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