Seven Republican-led states are challenging the Energy Department’s rule that set efficiency standards for gas and electric stoves and ovens — even as the final levels were less stringent than the department’s initial proposal.
The states of Mississippi, Montana, Louisiana, Nebraska, Tennessee, Texas and Utah filed a petition for review before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit.
The Biden administration’s “crusade against kitchen appliances hurts American families at a time when their policies have already made the cost-of-living skyrocket,” said Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in a statement on Wednesday.
The filing takes aim at DOE’s direct final rule from August that set conservation standards for conventional cooking products, including gas stoves. It calls on the court to vacate and set aside the rule.
