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“Cooking products” are consumer products that are used as the major household cooking appliances. They are designed to cook or heat different types of food by one or more of the following sources of heat: gas, electricity, or microwave energy. Each product may consist of a horizontal cooking top containing one or more surface units and/or one or more heating compartments. Residential conventional cooking products include conventional cooking tops and conventional ovens. 10 CFR 430.2
“Conventional cooking top” means a class of cooking products that is a household cooking appliance consisting of a horizontal surface containing one or more surface units that utilize a gas flame, electric resistance heating, or electric inductive heating. “Conventional oven” means a class of cooking products that is a household cooking appliance consisting of one or more compartments intended for the cooking or heating of food by means of either a gas flame or electric resistance heating. It does not include portable or countertop ovens that use electric resistance heating for the cooking or heating of food and are designed for an electrical supply of approximately 120 volts. 10 CFR 430.2
Manufacturers have been required to comply with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) energy conservation standards for residential conventional cooking products since 1990.
DOE has published a Federal Register notice proposing to rescind the amended design requirements for conventional ovens. This will return the design requirements for conventional ovens to the standards for kitchen ranges and ovens set by Congress: Gas kitchen ranges and ovens having an electrical supply cord shall not be equipped with a constant burning pilot for products manufactured on or after January 1, 1990.
DOE has published a Federal Register notice proposing to rescind the amended design requirements for conventional cooking tops. This will return the design requirements for conventional cooking tops to the standards for kitchen ranges and ovens set by Congress: Gas kitchen ranges and ovens having an electrical supply cord shall not be equipped with a constant burning pilot for products manufactured on or after January 1, 1990.
DOE published a direct final rule to establish new and amended energy conservation standards for consumer conventional cooking products in the Federal Register on February 14, 2024. DOE has determined that the comments received in response to the direct final rule do not provide a reasonable basis for withdrawing the direct final rule. Therefore, DOE has published this Federal Register notice confirming the effective and compliance dates of those standards.
- The effective date of June 13, 2024, for the direct final rule published on February 14, 2024 (89 FR 11434) is confirmed. Compliance with the standards established in the direct final rule will be required on January 31, 2028.
Standards
Proposed Rule - Federal Register, 90FR20885 (May 16, 2025)
Proposed Rule - Federal Register, 90FR20881 (May 16, 2025)
Direct Final Rule; Confirmation of Effective and Compliance Dates - Federal Register, 89FR65520 (August 12, 2024)
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking - Federal Register, 89FR11548 (February 14, 2024)
Direct Final Rule - Federal Register 89FR11434 (February 14, 2024)
- Technical Support Document
Notification of Data Availability - Federal Register, 88 FR 50810 (August 2, 2023)
Notification of Data Availability - Federal Register, 88FR12603 (February 28, 2023)
Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking; Extension of Comment Period
Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
- Federal Register, 88FR19122 (March 30, 2023)
- Federal Register, 88FR6818 (February 1, 2023)
- Technical Support Document
Notification of Proposed Determination - Federal Register, 85FR80982 (December 14, 2020)
- Frequently Asked Questions
Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking; Extension of Comment Period
Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
- Federal Register, 81FR67219 (November 2, 2016)
- Federal Register, 81FR60784 (September 2, 2016)
- Technical Support Document
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking - Federal Register, 80FR33029 (August 10, 2015)
- Technical Support Document
Request for Information; Extension of Comment Period
Request for Information
The conventional cooking product energy conservation standard rulemaking docket EERE-2014-BT-STD-0005 contains all notices, public comments, public meeting transcripts, and supporting documents pertaining to this rulemaking.
Public Meeting Information
There is no public meeting scheduled at this time.
Submitting Public Comments
The comment period is closed.
Test Procedure
Notification of Petition for Rulemaking - Federal Register, 88FR24133 (April 19, 2023)
Final Rule; Correcting Amendments
Final Rule
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking; Extension of Comment Period
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking; Extension of Comment Period and Notice of Data Availability
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
The conventional cooking product test procedure rulemaking docket EERE-2021-BT-TP-0023 contains all notices, public comments, public meeting transcripts, and supporting documents pertaining to this rulemaking.
Public Meeting Information
There is no public meeting scheduled at this time.
Submitting Public Comments
The comment period is closed.
Residential conventional cooking products manufactured and distributed in commerce, as defined by 42 U.S.C. 6291(16), must meet the energy conservation standards specified in the Code of Federal Regulations at 10 CFR 430.32(j)(1) and (2).
Test procedure methods for conventional cooking products are available at 10 CFR 430, Subpart B, Appendix I 1.
Compliance
DOE has established regulations on certification, compliance, and enforcement in the CFR at 10 CFR Part 429. These regulations cover statistical sampling plans, certified ratings, certification reports, record retention, and enforcement. More information on these regulations is available here.
Waivers
For information on current test procedure waivers, see DOE’s Waivers webpage.
For information about obtaining test procedure waivers, see 10 CFR 430.27.
Exceptions
DOE's Office of Hearings and Appeals has not authorized exception relief for residential conventional cooking products.
For information about obtaining exception relief, see 10 CFR part 1003.
Guidance and Frequently Asked Questions
For information on further guidance and answers to Frequently Asked Questions on all covered products, see DOE’s Further Guidance database.
State Exemptions to Federal Pre-emption
DOE has not exempted any state from this energy conservation standard. States may petition DOE to exempt a state regulation from preemption by the federal energy conservation standard. States may also petition DOE to withdraw such exemptions. For details, see 10 CFR part 430, subpart D.
Small Business Exemptions
Any manufacturer of a covered product with annual gross revenues that do not exceed $8,000,000 from all its operations and meets certain other conditions may apply for an exemption to the energy conservation standard. For details, see 10 CFR part 430, subpart E.
ENERGY STAR®
DOE supports the testing and verification of ENERGY STAR® products in close collaboration with the Environmental Protection Agency.
Find tips and guidance for making your home, workplace, or vehicle more energy efficient visit EnergySavers.gov.
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