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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Office of Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy
Energy Conservation Program for
Consumer Products: Representative
Average Unit Costs of Energy
Office of Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy, Department of
Energy.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In this notice, the U.S.
Department of Energy (DOE) is
forecasting the representative average
unit costs of five residential energy
sources for the year 2011 pursuant to
the Energy Policy and Conservation Act.
The five sources are electricity, natural
gas, No. 2 heating oil, propane, and
kerosene.
DATES: The representative average unit
costs of energy contained in this notice
will become effective April 11, 2011 and
will remain in effect until further notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mohammed Khan, U.S. Department of
Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy, Forrestal Building,
Mail Station EE–2J, 1000 Independence
SUMMARY:
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585–
0121, (202) 586–7892,
Mohammed.Khan@ee.doe.gov.
Francine Pinto, Esq. U.S. Department
of Energy, Office of General Counsel,
Forrestal Building, Mail Station GC–72,
1000 Independence Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20585–0103, (202) 586–
7432, Francine.pinto@hq.doe.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
323 of the Energy Policy and
Conservation Act (Act) requires that
DOE prescribe test procedures for the
measurement of the estimated annual
operating costs or other measures of
energy consumption for certain
consumer products specified in the Act.
(42 U.S.C. 6293(b)(3)) These test
procedures are found in Title 10 of the
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) part
430, subpart B.
Section 323(b)(3) of the Act requires
that the estimated annual operating
costs of a covered product be calculated
from measurements of energy use in a
representative average use cycle or
period of use and from representative
average unit costs of the energy needed
to operate such product during such
cycle. (42 U.S.C. 6293(b)(3)) The section
further requires that DOE provide
information to manufacturers regarding
the representative average unit costs of
energy. (42 U.S.C. 6293(b)(4)) This cost
information should be used by
manufacturers to meet their obligations
under section 323(c) of the Act. Most
notably, these costs are used to comply
with Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
requirements for labeling.
Manufacturers are required to use the
revised DOE representative average unit
costs when the FTC publishes new
ranges of comparability for specific
covered products, 16 CFR part 305.
Interested parties can also find
information covering the FTC labeling
requirements at https://www.ftc.gov/
appliances.
DOE last published representative
average unit costs of residential energy
in a Federal Register notice entitled,
‘‘Energy Conservation Program for
Consumer Products: Representative
Average Unit Costs of Energy’’, dated
March 18, 2010, 75 FR 13123. Effective
April 11, 2011, the cost figures
published on March 18, 2010, will be
superseded by the cost figures set forth
in this notice.
DOE’s Energy Information
Administration (EIA) has developed the
2011 representative average unit aftertax costs found in this notice. The
representative average unit after-tax
costs for electricity, natural gas, No. 2
heating oil, and propane are based on
simulations used to produce the
February, 2011, EIA Short-Term Energy
Outlook. (EIA releases the Outlook
monthly.) The representative average
unit after-tax cost for kerosene is
derived from its price relative to that of
heating oil, based on the 2005–2009
averages for these two fuels. The source
for these price data is the January, 2011,
Monthly Energy Review DOE/EIA–
0035(2011/01). The Short-Term Energy
Outlook and the Monthly Energy Review
are available on the EIA Web site at
https://www.eia.doe.gov. For more
information on the two sources, contact
the National Energy Information Center,
Forrestal Building, EI–30, 1000
Independence Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586–8800,
e-mail: infoctr@eia.doe.gov.
The 2011 representative average unit
costs under section 323(b)(4) of the Act
are set forth in Table 1, and will become
effective April 11, 2011. They will
remain in effect until further notice.
Issued in Washington, DC, on March 3,
2011.
Cathy Zoi,
Assistant Secretary, Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy.
TABLE 1—REPRESENTATIVE AVERAGE UNIT COSTS OF ENERGY FOR FIVE RESIDENTIAL ENERGY SOURCES (2011)
Per million
Btu 1
Type of energy
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Electricity ....................................................................
Natural Gas ................................................................
No. 2 Heating Oil .......................................................
Propane ......................................................................
Kerosene ....................................................................
$34.14
11.01
24.59
27.70
28.81
In commonly used terms
11.65¢/kWh 2,3 ..........................................................
$1.101/therm 4 or $11.29/MCF 5 6 .............................
$3.41/gallon 7 ............................................................
$2.53/gallon 8 ............................................................
$3.89/gallon 9 ............................................................
As required by
test procedure
$.1165/kWh.
.00001101/Btu.
.00002459/Btu.
.00002770/Btu.
.00002881/Btu.
Sources: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Short-Term Energy Outlook (February 2011) and Monthly Energy Review (January 2011).
1. Btu stands for British thermal units.
2. kWh stands for kilowatt hour.
3. 1 kWh = 3,412 Btu.
4. 1 therm = 100,000 Btu. Natural gas prices include taxes.
5. MCF stands for 1,000 cubic feet.
6. For the purposes of this table, one cubic foot of natural gas has an energy equivalence of 1,025 Btu.
7. For the purposes of this table, one gallon of No. 2 heating oil has an energy equivalence of 138,690 Btu.
8. For the purposes of this table, one gallon of liquid propane has an energy equivalence of 91,333 Btu.
9. For the purposes of this table, one gallon of kerosene has an energy equivalence of 135,000 Btu.
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[FR Doc. 2011–5501 Filed 3–9–11; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Office of Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy
[Case No. CW–014]
Energy Conservation Program for
Consumer Products: Decision and
Order Granting a Waiver to Samsung
Electronics America, Inc. From the
Department of Energy Residential
Clothes Washer Test Procedure
Office of Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy, Department of
Energy.
ACTION: Decision and Order.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Department of
Energy (DOE) gives notice of the
decision and order (Case No. CW–014)
that grants to Samsung Electronics
America, Inc. (Samsung) a waiver from
the DOE clothes washer test procedure
for determining the energy consumption
of clothes washers. Under today’s
decision and order, Samsung shall be
required to test and rate its clothes
washers with larger clothes containers
using an alternate test procedure that
takes this technology into account when
measuring energy consumption.
DATES: This Decision and Order is
effective March 10, 2011.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
Michael G. Raymond, U.S. Department
of Energy, Building Technologies
Program, Mailstop EE–2J, 1000
Independence Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20585–0121.
Telephone: (202) 586–9611, E-mail: mail
to: Michael.Raymond@ee.doe.gov.
Elizabeth Kohl, U.S. Department of
Energy, Office of the General Counsel,
Mail Stop GC–71, 1000 Independence
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585–
0103. Telephone: (202) 586–7796, Email: mail to:
Elizabeth.Kohl@hq.doe.gov.
SUMMARY:
In
accordance with Title 10 of the Code of
Federal Regulations (10 CFR 430.27(l)),
DOE gives notice of the issuance of its
decision and order as set forth below.
The decision and order grants Samsung
a waiver from the applicable clothes
washer test procedure in 10 CFR part
430, subpart B, appendix J1 for certain
basic models of clothes washers with
capacities greater than 3.8 cubic feet,
provided that Samsung tests and rates
such products using the alternate test
procedure described in this notice.
Today’s decision prohibits Samsung
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from making representations concerning
the energy efficiency of these products
unless the product has been tested
consistent with the provisions and
restrictions in the alternate test
procedure set forth in the decision and
order below, and the representations
fairly disclose the test results.
Distributors, retailers, and private
labelers are held to the same standard
when making representations regarding
the energy efficiency of these products.
42 U.S.C. 6293(c).
Issued in Washington, DC, on March 3,
2011.
Cathy Zoi,
Assistant Secretary, Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy.
Decision and Order
In the Matter of: Samsung Electronics
America, Inc. (Case No. CW–014)
I. Background and Authority
Title III of the Energy Policy and
Conservation Act (EPCA) sets forth a
variety of provisions concerning energy
efficiency. Part B of Title III provides for
the ‘‘Energy Conservation Program for
Consumer Products Other Than
Automobiles.’’ 42 U.S.C. 6291–6309.1
Part B includes definitions, test
procedures, labeling provisions, energy
conservation standards, and the
authority to require information and
reports from manufacturers. Further,
Part B authorizes the Secretary of
Energy to prescribe test procedures that
are reasonably designed to produce
results that measure energy efficiency,
energy use, or estimated operating costs,
and that are not unduly burdensome to
conduct. 42 U.S.C. 6293(b)(3). The test
procedure for residential clothes
washers, the subject of today’s notice, is
contained in 10 CFR part 430, subpart
B, appendix J1.
DOE’s regulations for covered
products contain provisions allowing a
person to seek a waiver for a particular
basic model from the test procedure
requirements for covered consumer
products when (1) the petitioner’s basic
model for which the petition for waiver
was submitted contains one or more
design characteristics that prevent
testing according to the prescribed test
procedure, or (2) when prescribed test
procedures may evaluate the basic
model in a manner so unrepresentative
of its true energy consumption
characteristics as to provide materially
inaccurate comparative data. 10 CFR
430.27(a)(1). Petitioners must include in
their petition any alternate test
procedures known to the petitioner to
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evaluate the basic model in a manner
representative of its energy
consumption characteristics. 10 CFR
430.27(b)(1)(iii).
The Assistant Secretary for Energy
Efficiency and Renewable Energy (the
Assistant Secretary) may grant a waiver
subject to conditions, including
adherence to alternate test procedures.
10 CFR 430.27(l). Waivers remain in
effect pursuant to the provisions of 10
CFR 430.27(m).
Any interested person who has
submitted a petition for waiver may also
file an application for interim waiver of
the applicable test procedure
requirements. 10 CFR 430.27(a)(2). The
Assistant Secretary will grant an interim
waiver request if it is determined that
the applicant will experience economic
hardship if the interim waiver is denied,
if it appears likely that the petition for
waiver will be granted, and/or the
Assistant Secretary determines that it
would be desirable for public policy
reasons to grant immediate relief
pending a determination on the petition
for waiver. 10 CFR 430.27(g).
II. Samsung’s Petition for Waiver:
Assertions and Determinations
On July 20, 2010, Samsung filed a
petition for waiver from the test
procedure applicable to automatic and
semi-automatic clothes washers set forth
in 10 CFR part 430, subpart B, appendix
J1. In particular, Samsung requested a
waiver to test its clothes washers on the
basis of the residential test procedures
contained in 10 CFR part 430, Subpart
B, Appendix J1, with a revised Table 5.1
extended to larger container volumes.
Samsung’s petition was published in the
Federal Register on September 23, 2010.
75 FR 57937. DOE received no
comments on the Samsung petition.
Samsung’s petition seeks a waiver
from the DOE test procedure because
the mass of the test load used in the
DOE test procedure is based on the
basket volume of the test specimen,
which is currently not defined for the
basket sizes of the basic models cited in
its waiver application. In the DOE test
procedure, the relation between basket
volume and test load mass is defined for
basket volumes between 0 and 3.8 cubic
feet. Samsung has designed a series of
clothes washers that contain basket
volumes greater than 3.8 cubic feet.
DOE has granted petitions for waiver
and requests for interim waiver to other
manufacturers for clothes washer basic
models with capacities greater than 3.8
cubic feet. In addition to the interim
waiver granted to Samsung (75 FR
57937, Sept. 23, 2010), DOE has granted
interim waivers to Whirlpool
Corporation (71 FR 48913, Aug. 22,
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products: Representative
Average Unit Costs of Energy
AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of
Energy.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In this notice, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is
forecasting the representative average unit costs of five residential
energy sources for the year 2011 pursuant to the Energy Policy and
Conservation Act. The five sources are electricity, natural gas, No. 2
heating oil, propane, and kerosene.
DATES: The representative average unit costs of energy contained in
this notice will become effective April 11, 2011 and will remain in
effect until further notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mohammed Khan, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy
Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Forrestal Building, Mail Station EE-
2J, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585-0121, (202)
586-7892, Mohammed.Khan@ee.doe.gov.
Francine Pinto, Esq. U.S. Department of Energy, Office of General
Counsel, Forrestal Building, Mail Station GC-72, 1000 Independence
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585-0103, (202) 586-7432,
Francine.pinto@hq.doe.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 323 of the Energy Policy and
Conservation Act (Act) requires that DOE prescribe test procedures for
the measurement of the estimated annual operating costs or other
measures of energy consumption for certain consumer products specified
in the Act. (42 U.S.C. 6293(b)(3)) These test procedures are found in
Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) part 430, subpart B.
Section 323(b)(3) of the Act requires that the estimated annual
operating costs of a covered product be calculated from measurements of
energy use in a representative average use cycle or period of use and
from representative average unit costs of the energy needed to operate
such product during such cycle. (42 U.S.C. 6293(b)(3)) The section
further requires that DOE provide information to manufacturers
regarding the representative average unit costs of energy. (42 U.S.C.
6293(b)(4)) This cost information should be used by manufacturers to
meet their obligations under section 323(c) of the Act. Most notably,
these costs are used to comply with Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
requirements for labeling. Manufacturers are required to use the
revised DOE representative average unit costs when the FTC publishes
new ranges of comparability for specific covered products, 16 CFR part
305. Interested parties can also find information covering the FTC
labeling requirements at https://www.ftc.gov/appliances.
DOE last published representative average unit costs of residential
energy in a Federal Register notice entitled, ``Energy Conservation
Program for Consumer Products: Representative Average Unit Costs of
Energy'', dated March 18, 2010, 75 FR 13123. Effective April 11, 2011,
the cost figures published on March 18, 2010, will be superseded by the
cost figures set forth in this notice.
DOE's Energy Information Administration (EIA) has developed the
2011 representative average unit after-tax costs found in this notice.
The representative average unit after-tax costs for electricity,
natural gas, No. 2 heating oil, and propane are based on simulations
used to produce the February, 2011, EIA Short-Term Energy Outlook. (EIA
releases the Outlook monthly.) The representative average unit after-
tax cost for kerosene is derived from its price relative to that of
heating oil, based on the 2005-2009 averages for these two fuels. The
source for these price data is the January, 2011, Monthly Energy Review
DOE/EIA-0035(2011/01). The Short-Term Energy Outlook and the Monthly
Energy Review are available on the EIA Web site at https://www.eia.doe.gov. For more information on the two sources, contact the
National Energy Information Center, Forrestal Building, EI-30, 1000
Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586-8800, e-mail:
infoctr@eia.doe.gov.
The 2011 representative average unit costs under section 323(b)(4)
of the Act are set forth in Table 1, and will become effective April
11, 2011. They will remain in effect until further notice.
Issued in Washington, DC, on March 3, 2011.
Cathy Zoi,
Assistant Secretary, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.
Table 1--Representative Average Unit Costs of Energy for Five Residential Energy Sources (2011)
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Per million As required by
Type of energy Btu \1\ In commonly used terms test procedure
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Electricity................................. $34.14 11.65[cent]/kWh \2,3\.......... $.1165/kWh.
Natural Gas................................. 11.01 $1.101/therm \4\ or $11.29/MCF .00001101/Btu.
5 6.
No. 2 Heating Oil........................... 24.59 $3.41/gallon \7\............... .00002459/Btu.
Propane..................................... 27.70 $2.53/gallon \8\............... .00002770/Btu.
Kerosene.................................... 28.81 $3.89/gallon \9\............... .00002881/Btu.
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Sources: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Short-Term Energy Outlook (February 2011) and Monthly Energy
Review (January 2011).
1. Btu stands for British thermal units.
2. kWh stands for kilowatt hour.
3. 1 kWh = 3,412 Btu.
4. 1 therm = 100,000 Btu. Natural gas prices include taxes.
5. MCF stands for 1,000 cubic feet.
6. For the purposes of this table, one cubic foot of natural gas has an energy equivalence of 1,025 Btu.
7. For the purposes of this table, one gallon of No. 2 heating oil has an energy equivalence of 138,690 Btu.
8. For the purposes of this table, one gallon of liquid propane has an energy equivalence of 91,333 Btu.
9. For the purposes of this table, one gallon of kerosene has an energy equivalence of 135,000 Btu.
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