Biden administration expected to crack down on water heaters to 'reduce carbon emissions'

The Biden administration is expected to crack down on water heaters in order to "reduce carbon emissions." 

The Department of Energy said in its proposal on Friday that this proposal would "accelerate deployment" of electric heat pump water heaters and reduce carbon emissions, according to Fox News. 

"Today’s actions — together with our industry partners and stakeholders — improve outdated efficiency standards for common household appliances, which is essential to slashing utility bills for American families and cutting harmful carbon emissions," Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said in a statement.

"This proposal reinforces the trajectory of consumer savings that forms the key pillar of Bidenomics and builds on the unprecedented actions already taken by this Administration to lower energy costs for working families across the nation," she added. 

The DOE projected regulations are expected to go into effect in 2029. The department also predicted that this proposal would save Americans about $198 billion.

"It's just spreading to more and more appliances. It seems that almost everything that plugs in or fires up around the house is either subject to a pending regulation or soon will be," Ben Lieberman, a senior fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute told Fox News Digital in an interview.