The various federal climate change rules targeted at household appliances enacted under former President Joe Biden pose threats to manufacturers of those devices in the United States.

Biden administration officials at agencies like the Department of Energy wrote various regulations over the past four years claiming to mitigate environmental harms from gas stoves, water heaters, and other common household appliances, especially those fueled by natural gas.

Frank Windsor, the president of Rinnai America Corporation, a leading maker of tankless water heaters in the United States, warned that hundreds of positions at his Georgia manufacturing facility are under threat, leading him to challenge the Department of Energy policy in the courts.

“The scary thing is most Americans don't understand what's going on with these, I would describe, radical energy decisions that people are making that are going to have far-reaching impacts on consumers,” Windsor commented in an interview about the situation last week.

Alabama Republican Representative Gary Palmer filed a bill last month to end the rule. Georgia Republican Representative Brian Jack, whose district includes the facility, said that the previous administration put “the livelihoods of my constituents in peril during the holiday season.”

President Donald Trump recently asked the Environmental Protection Agency to eliminate previous rules restricting lightbulbs, showerheads, and similar devices for climate reasons.

Windsor also commended the newly confirmed Energy Secretary Chris Wright for seeking to overturn the rule that is threatening his company. “It’s been really overwhelming, the support that we’ve seen with the new administration, a completely different change of direction,” he said.