Biden Uses Emergency Wartime Powers to Boost Electric Heat Pumps Amid Push to Replace Gas Appliances

Published on November 18, 2023

President Joe Biden will use emergency wartime powers invoked in the name of “climate change” to boost U.S. production of electric heat pumps as his administration continues its push to replace gas furnaces and other appliances that run on fossil fuels. President Biden will use the Cold War-era Defense Production Act (DPA) to boost spending on five alternative energy technologies, with electric heat pumps being the first to be awarded money under the emergency authority that is being invoked “on the basis of climate change,” the Department of Energy (DOE) said Friday. The award involves $169 million for nine projects to accelerate electric heat pump manufacturing at 15 sites across the United States. The money was appropriated under the Inflation Reduction Act, the biggest climate-related bill in United States history....

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