NPGA touts Supreme Court ruling protecting propane furnaces

June 11, 2026 By Brian Richesson 0 Comments

For the second time within a week, the National Propane Gas Association (NPGA) is touting a major win for the propane industry. The latest victory concerns propane furnaces.

In a member alert, NPGA explains that the U.S. Supreme Court granted its case challenging the consumer furnace rule from the Biden-era U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and vacated the judgment of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals. NPGA collaborated with other gas groups in challenging the rule.

The announcement follows an NPGA member alert only days earlier in which the DOE issued a slate of program notices providing that nearly $9 billion of Inflation Reduction Act funding may no longer be used to incentivize consumers to switch from propane or other gas heating and cooling systems to electric heat pumps.

“I’m on year seven. These are two of the biggest wins we’ve gotten since I’ve been here,” Stephen Kaminski, president and CEO of NPGA, shared this week during the association’s board meeting in Washington, D.C.

According to NPGA, the now-eliminated DOE rule would have mandated 95 percent annual fuel utilization efficiency on all furnace sales by the end of 2028. Without the victory, the association adds, all non-condensing propane furnace sales in the United States would have been eliminated.

Kaminski credited the formation of the NPGA’s Legal Action Committee three years ago as integral to defending the industry through the court system.

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