After scoffing at the idea that they were going to try to ban your gas stoves, the Biden Department of Energy turned around and introduced new regulations that would effectively do just that. But they assured us at the time that this would be a big net benefit to everyone because of all of the money you would save by switching to an electric stove. So you would not only be saving the planet, but you would have more cash on hand to deal with the ongoing inflation that the White House’s policies are driving. (They never say that last part aloud.) But that information turned out to be a bum steer when we learned of the latest “oops” moment coming from the White House. The estimated savings claimed by the DOE were quietly “revised” last week. It turns out that the “big savings” you will see if you switch from a gas stove to an electric stove will work out to a whopping nine cents per month. You should probably start planning that European vacation immediately.  (Fox News)

The Biden administration quietly revised its data analysis of gas stove regulations it proposed earlier this year, showing they would produce fewer consumer savings than previously projected.

The Department of Energy (DOE) filed a notification of data availability as part of its ongoing gas stove rulemaking this week, showing that Americans will save 30% less than it said they would under the regulations when they were first proposed in February. The agency’s new analysis showed consumers are now expected to save just 9 cents per month under the gas stove regulations.

Ever since the planned gas stove restrictions were announced, the Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers (AHAM), representing many manufacturers of stoves and other home appliances, has been fighting the plan. One of their representatives pointed out that the baseline assumptions underlying the original government estimate were flawed. They went on to say that consumers “still stand to lose features and access to many currently available gas cooking appliance models — in exchange for saving only pennies each month.”

The potential good news – assuming there is any – is that these DEO regulations aren’t scheduled to go into effect until 2027. If the GOP can somehow get its act together and win the White House next year, we should be able to have a competent Republican president appoint someone to head the DOE that actually knows something about energy. I will include here my periodic reminder that Jennifer Granholm, the current Energy Secretary, is a lawyer. She never studied energy in college and has never worked a day in her life in any aspect of the energy industry. She probably couldn’t read an electrical meter to save her life.

Of course, none of this was ever about saving people money or helping consumers in any way. This is another scheme cooked up on the altar of the Climate God. “Fossil Fuels Bad” is the name of the hymn, and Biden’s people are singing along. As soon as someone noticed that people’s stoves were hooked up to the natural gas lines, they had to go. It’s all part of the Left’s ongoing War on Things That Work.

While they try to eliminate gas stoves, they will still be working to make gas-powered vehicles unaffordable and force you into EVs. Never mind the fact that a ship full of electric vehicles recently burst into flames and burned for more than a week. I’m sure it will all work out just fine in the end. Everything else will be electrified as well, so you won’t have to worry about the Strategic Petroleum Reserve being basically empty. Who needs oil? We’ll just power everything with electricity that magically comes out of the wall.