Senate Votes to Repeal Biden Rule Restricting Residential Gas Furnaces

The administration’s order would mean higher costs for 14 percent of low-income households and 20 percent of small business consumers, an industry group said.

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) speaks during a press conference on border security at the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington on Sept. 27, 2023. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

The U.S. Senate passed a resolution on May 21 repealing a Biden administration policy forcing many Americans to ditch their gas furnaces and rely on electric ones.

On Sept. 29, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) finalized energy efficiency standards that required residential gas furnaces to achieve “an annual fuel utilization efficiency of 95 percent.”