NEWS: The DOE is upending a program that helped homes switch from gas to electric appliances.

Per new DOE guidance, US households can’t use rebate funds from an IRA program to swap fossil fuel-powered appliances with electric alternatives. Instead, that money must go toward electric-to-electric swaps…scrapping the program’s entire point. 

The DOE has also rendered ENERGY STAR—a popular program President Donald Trump has tried to end—optional in states.