The topic of gas stoves ignited a heated debate last year when a Biden appointee suggested they could be banned because they posed a risk to human health.
But a ban isn’t in the works — and this week the administration will finalize a scaled-back plan to make new stoves less energy-intensive.
It’s hard to find a simple coil top stove. Most now have computerized controls, those computers don’t last longer than 10 years before the capacitors in them wear out. Cost of repair is the the cost of a new stove.