Federal consumer agency tells the Free Beacon it is ‘out of the gas-stoves-banning business’
The Consumer Product Safety Commission is formally ending a review that it initiated during the Biden administration to assess the potential health risks posed by gas-powered stovetops.
In a statement to the Washington Free Beacon, Consumer Product Safety Commission acting chairman Peter Feldman said he considers the matter “concluded” and emphasized that the federal government should not interfere with consumer choice. Feldman’s comments effectively put an end to a years-long process that critics feared would lead to a broad ban on gas stoves.
“In electing President Trump, the American people spoke loudly that the United States has no business telling American families how to cook their meals,” Feldman told the Free Beacon.
“I became Acting Chairman of the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission in January 2025, shortly after President Trump’s inauguration,” he continued. “So long as I have a say in the matter, the CPSC is out of the gas-stoves-banning business. The agency has no plans to advance such a rule.”
Feldman’s decision to end the review on gas stoves represents a significant defeat for climate activists and Democrats, who have pushed for policies prohibiting new gas-powered appliances and promoting electric alternatives. In 2023, for example, New York passed a ban on gas appliances in new constructions that will begin taking effect next year.
It also signals the latest federal action in Trump’s sweeping energy agenda. As part of that agenda, Trump signed an executive order on his first day in office to safeguard the “American people’s freedom to choose from a variety of goods and appliances” and directed his administration to reverse Biden-era regulations on energy efficiency and climate, which targeted home appliances.
The little-known Consumer Product Safety Commission first weighed in on gas stoves in January 2023 after Biden-appointed Commissioner Richard Trumka Jr. remarked that “any option is on the table” regarding a potential ban, that gas stoves are a “hidden hazard,” and that unsafe products can be banned. He added that the idea that cooking must be done on gas stoves was a “carefully manicured myth.”
Trumka’s comments sparked an intense outcry among consumer choice activists, the natural gas industry, Republicans, and some Democrats.
While then-commission chairman Alexander Hoehn-Saric responded by saying the agency wasn’t looking to ban gas stoves, he issued a request for information notice “seeking public input on chronic hazards associated with gas stoves.” The public comment period ended in May 2023, but the agency’s review of the matter remained ongoing as of last month.
“One of my first actions as ranking member of the Commerce Committee was to expose how left-wing radical activists were behind the Consumer Product Safety Commission’s push to ban gas stoves that Americans use every day,” Sen. Ted Cruz (R., Texas), the chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, told the Free Beacon in a statement.
“I am glad President Trump’s administration is putting a stop to this massive government overreach and that the Biden era rule will not advance,” he added.
Cruz in February 2023 authored the Gas Stove Protection and Freedom Act, which was inspired by Trumka’s comments and would block the Consumer Product Safety Commission from banning gas stoves.
