President Donald Trump’s Department of Energy announced “slashes” to 47 government regulations on Monday, including major reversals on former President Joe Biden’s ban on gas stoves and standards for other household appliances.
In a Monday press release, the U.S. Department of Energy announced that it had implemented the “first step” as part of the “largest deregulatory effort in history” by “proposing the elimination or reduction of 47 regulations that are driving up costs and lowering quality of life for the American people.” The Department of Energy added that once the regulations are eliminated or reduced, the Trump administration’s actions are expected to save American citizens roughly $11 billion while eliminating over 125,000 words from the Code of Federal Regulations.
In a post on X, formerly Twitter, the Department of Energy tweeted, “Today, the DOE launched the LARGEST one-day deregulatory action in U.S. history — smashing all records. We slashed the red tape, eliminating 47 regulations. NEVER have so many harmful regulations been removed in ONE SINGLE DAY.”
Department of Energy Secretary Chris Wright also released a statement on X, saying, “The government’s purpose is to serve the American people, not limit freedom and dictate choices.” Wright added that the 47 deregulatory actions will ultimately “strengthen” the choice and freedom of the American people.
The Trump administration’s actions included cutting dozens of regulations that were imposed by the Biden-Harris administration on household appliances, such as gas stoves, dryers, clothes washers, dishwashers, microwaves, dehumidifiers, shower heads, and faucets.
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“It should not be the government’s place to decide what kind of appliances you or your restaurants or your businesses can buy,” Wright told The Washington Free Beacon. “Everybody wants clean air and wants to lower their energy costs and run their factories good as they can. The big hand of government doesn’t actually help that process at all.”
Wright added, “We will look for every way we can to protect freedom of the American worker and pursue President Trump’s agenda, get rid of the nonsense, bring back common sense, make life more affordable, and opportunities greater.”
The Washington Free Beacon reported that under former Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm’s leadership, the Biden administration implemented dozens of regulations on home appliances as part of the administration’s effort to shift Americans away from natural gas and increase the use of electric appliances.
In Monday’s press release, Wright said that while it would typically take the Department of Energy years to “remove just a handful of regulations,” the president’s administration has “assembled a team working around the clock to reduce costs and deliver results for the American people in just over 110 days.”
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