Biden administration officials banned many new natural gas water heaters on Dec. 26 in a regulatory push weeks before President Joe Biden leaves office.
The new regulations on non-condensing gas water heaters would “save a significant amount of energy” and yield “significant environmental benefits,” including decreasing carbon dioxide emissions, according to the final rule.
In essence, the regulations would require new gas water heaters to “use about 13 percent less energy than today’s least efficient models,” per an analysis from the Appliance Standards Awareness Project.
The rules will enter into effect in 2029, while the standards for tankless models will enter into effect in late 2029 or early 2030, the organization noted.
The regulations were quietly published by the Department of Energy in the federal
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