US utilities defend gas stoves to head off electrification threat

The lowly kitchen stove accounts for less than 1 per cent of US natural gas consumption. But the companies whose pipes deliver it to homes have marshalled political forces to head off suggestions that gas stove use be curtailed.

Federal records show large US gas utilities, including CenterPoint Energy and CMS Energy, and their trade groups have lobbied on bills this year such as the Save Our Gas Stoves Act, which the House of Representatives passed in June.