List of Appliances the Energy Department Plans to Target Within the Next 12 Months

Despite widespread opposition to Biden’s appliance crackdown, the administration is seeking even more restrictions in the coming days and months.

President Joe Biden, joined by Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm, delivers remarks on energy during an event in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on Oct. 19, 2022. Alex Wong/Getty Images

The Biden administration’s energy department has plans to regulate a wide range of appliances used by Americans under the agency’s evolving “energy conservation standards.”

According to the semiannual Unified Agenda, a list prepared by federal agencies detailing the regulations they plan to undertake within the next 12 months, the Department of Energy (DOE) will be pushing ahead with proposals to regulate several more appliances in the United States.