The Biden-Harris administration on October 17 released data suggesting that the push to electrify everything will gradually increase costs for American households, contradicting one of the White House’s favorite green policy selling points. experts told the Daily Caller News Foundation.

The Biden-Harris administration has made cracking down on residential fossil fuel consumption a key aspect of its environmental strategy, justifying its push in part because of the impacts of electrification. lower energy costs. Well, residential energy prices on October 17th data A Department of Energy (DOE) study showed that electricity would cost about four times as much as natural gas in 2024, and experts told DCNF that the White House’s electrification push was a climate extremist. He said it’s an example of policies harming ordinary Americans. (Related: Forget about stoves! Biden administration is working overtime to phase out all gas appliances)

“The Department of Energy consistently shown “Natural gas is a much cheaper energy source for households than electricity,” Darren Bakst, director of the Competitive Enterprise Institute’s Center on Energy and Environment, told DCNF. “Government policies that seek to discourage the use of natural gas in favor of electricity will cause prices to rise significantly, making heating homes and using appliances unnecessarily expensive. The poor will suffer the most. This is because they spend a larger proportion of their household income on basic needs, such as staying warm in the winter, than higher-income households.

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The Biden-Harris Department of Energy has issued a number of rules restricting the use of gas appliances, including issuing revised standards in September 2023 that would ban 40% to 60% of home gas furnaces, reducing efficiency. I tried to improve it. requirements For water heaters provided by distributors claimed U.S. consumers would save $11.4 billion each year on their energy and water bills.

October 17th data Electricity is significantly more expensive than fossil fuels, with a price of $47.36 per million British thermal units (BTUs), compared to $13.38 and $33.59 per million BTUs for natural gas and propane, respectively. I showed it. So, according to the Biden-Harris administration’s own data, switching from gas-powered appliances to electric appliances can increase utility bills by more than 3.5 times, on top of higher installation costs.

“One of the most aggressive bait-and-switch tactics being waged by officials in Washington, D.C., and coastal enclaves is to force electronics everywhere and on everyone, even though natural gas is often dramatically cheaper. ,” said Executive Director OH Skinner. Consumers Union member and former Arizona attorney general told DCNF. “While officials are pushing the idea that banning gas stoves, gas furnaces, and other gas appliances will save on energy costs, they also have evidence that natural gas is cheaper…Officials in Washington, D.C. , it’s time to stop micromanaging, supporting people’s lives and getting everyone to adopt a one-size-fits-all approach to their home. ”

Energy expert Robert Blythe accused The Biden-Harris administration intentionally delayed releasing the Oct. 3 price data, citing the fact that the DOE has never released information after August since at least 2011. At the time, two weeks before the data was released, he predicted that government agencies were blocking the cost numbers because they reflected the high cost of electricity compared to fossil fuels, and that It turned out to be accurate.

“This electrification push is a classic example of climate extremism,” Bakst told DCNF. “Little consideration is given to how these policies harm Americans and the poor.”

“electrification summitRewiring America, a non-governmental organization, also participated in the White House’s Rewiring America event in December 2022, which previously said its goal was to “electrify everything.” said.

The DOE did not respond to requests for comment.

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