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List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 121
Air carriers, Aviation safety, Safety,
Transportation.
The Amendment
For the reasons set forth in the
preamble, the Federal Aviation
Administration amends chapter I of title
14, Code of Federal Regulations as
follows:
PART 121—OPERATING
REQUIREMENTS: DOMESTIC, FLAG,
AND SUPPLEMENTAL OPERATIONS
1. The authority citation for part 121
is revised to read as follows:
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Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g), 40103,
40113, 40119, 41706, 42301 preceding note
added by Pub. L. 112–95, sec. 412, 126 Stat.
89, 44101, 44701–44702, 44705, 44709–
44711, 44713, 44716–44717, 44722, 44729,
44732; 46105; Pub. L. 111–216, 124 Stat.
2348 (49 U.S.C. 44701 note); Pub. L. 112–95,
126 Stat. 62 (49 U.S.C. 44732 note); Pub. L.
115–254, 132 Stat. 3186 (49 U.S.C. 44701
note).
2. Amend § 121.467 by revising
paragraphs (b)(2) and (3) to read as
follows:
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§ 121.467 Flight attendant duty period
limitations and rest requirements:
Domestic, flag, and supplemental
operations.
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(2) A flight attendant scheduled to a
duty period of 14 hours or less as
provided under paragraph (b)(1) of this
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section must be given a scheduled rest
period of at least 10 consecutive hours.
This rest period must occur between the
completion of the scheduled duty
period and the commencement of the
subsequent duty period.
(3) The rest period required under
paragraph (b)(2) of this section may not
be reduced to less than 10 consecutive
hours.
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Issued in Washington, DC, under authority
provided by 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 44701(a)(5) and
sec. 335(a) of Public Law 115–254 on or
about October 4, 2022.
Billy Nolen,
Acting Administrator, Federal Aviation
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2022–21963 Filed 10–11–22; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4910–13–P
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
16 CFR Part 305
RIN 3084–AB15
Energy Labeling Rule
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Federal Trade Commission.
Final rule.
The Federal Trade
Commission (‘‘FTC’’ or ‘‘Commission’’)
issues routine updates to comparability
range information on EnergyGuide
labels for refrigerators and freezers,
dishwashers, water heaters, room air
conditioners (ranges only), clothes
washers, furnaces, and pool heaters in
the Energy Labeling Rule (‘‘Rule’’). The
Commission also makes a minor,
clarifying change to requirements for
determining room air conditioner
capacity.
SUMMARY:
The amendments are effective
January 10, 2023, with the exception of
amendatory instructions 9 (appendix
E1) and 15 (appendix L), which are
effective on October 1, 2023.
DATES:
Relevant portions of the
record of this proceeding, including this
document, are available at https://
www.ftc.gov.
ADDRESSES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Hampton Newsome (202–326–2889),
Attorney, Division of Enforcement,
Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal
Trade Commission, Room CC–9528, 600
Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20580.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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I. Background
The Commission issued the Energy
Labeling Rule (‘‘Rule’’) in 1979,1
pursuant to the Energy Policy and
Conservation Act of 1975 (‘‘EPCA’’).2
The Rule requires energy labeling for
major home appliances and other
consumer products to help consumers
compare competing models. It also
contains labeling requirements for
refrigerators, refrigerator-freezers,
freezers, dishwashers, water heaters,
clothes washers, room air conditioners,
furnaces, central air conditioners, heat
pumps, plumbing products, lighting
products, ceiling fans, and televisions.
The Rule requires manufacturers to
attach yellow EnergyGuide labels to
many covered products and prohibits
retailers from removing these labels or
rendering them illegible. In addition, it
directs sellers, including retailers, to
post label information on websites and
in paper catalogs from which consumers
can order products. EnergyGuide labels
for most covered products contain three
key disclosures: estimated annual
energy cost, a product’s energy
consumption or energy efficiency rating
as determined by Department of Energy
(‘‘DOE’’) test procedures, and a
comparability range displaying the
highest and lowest energy costs or
efficiency ratings for all similar models.
For cost calculations, the Rule specifies
national average costs for applicable
energy sources (e.g., electricity, natural
gas, oil) based on DOE estimates. Under
the Rule, the Commission periodically
updates comparability range and annual
energy cost information based on
manufacturer data submitted pursuant
to the Rule’s reporting requirements.
The Rule sets a five-year schedule for
updating range of comparability and
annual energy cost information.3
Pursuant to that schedule, the
Commission announces the following
amendments.
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II. Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
Consistent with the Rule’s five-year
schedule, on May 25, 2022 (87 FR
31754), the Commission proposed
routine updates to comparability ranges
and national average energy cost figures
(appendices K1 and K2) for several
product categories. The proposed
amendments also updated § 305.10 to
clarify that manufacturers must
determine capacity for room air
1 44
FR 66466 (Nov. 19, 1979).
U.S.C. 6294. EPCA also requires the
Department of Energy (DOE) to develop test
procedures that measure how much energy
appliances use, and to determine the representative
average cost a consumer pays for different types of
energy.
3 16 CFR 305.12.
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conditioners using current DOE
requirements. In response, the
Commission received nine comments,
several of which raised specific issues
with the proposed amendments.4 We
discuss these issues below.
III. Final Amendments
As discussed below, the Commission
updates comparability ranges and
national average energy cost figures
(appendices K1 and K2) for several
product categories consistent with the
Rule’s five-year schedule. The
amendments also update § 305.10 to
clarify that manufacturers must
determine capacity for room air
conditioners using current DOE
requirements.5
A. Comparability Range and Energy
Cost Revisions
In accordance with the Rule’s fiveyear schedule (§ 305.12), the
Commission revises the comparability
range and energy cost information for
refrigerators and freezers, dishwashers,
water heaters, room air conditioners
(ranges only), clothes washers, furnaces,
and pool heaters.6 In addition, the
Commission updates the average energy
cost figures manufacturers must use to
calculate a model’s estimated energy
cost.7 Specifically, the Commission now
updates the energy cost tables in
appendices K1 and K2.8
4 The comments are available at
www.regulations.gov. Several comments also
discussed broad issues unrelated to the notice of
proposed rulemaking’s (‘‘NPRM’’) proposed range
updates, including full fuel cycle label disclosures
(NPGA) (#007), EnergyGuide label design and
content (Consumer Technology Association (CTA)
(#009); Electrolux (#006); ACEEE (#010); and
Anonymous (#003)), clothes dryer labeling
(Electrolux (#006)), and the implementation of
electronic labeling in lieu of physical labels (CTA)
(#009). These issues fall outside the scope of the
current proceeding, but the Commission may
address them in a future review of the Rule.
5 The final amendments also insert the term
‘‘water heaters’’ to § 305.27(a)(1)(i) to correct an
inadvertent omission from a previous proceeding.
See 77 FR 15298 (Mar. 15, 2012) and 78 FR 2200
(Jan. 10, 2013) (no intent expressed to exclude
water heaters from the group of products covered
by the website requirement). Given the inadvertent
nature of this omission, the Commission finds good
cause to make this correction without additional
comment. Finally, the amendments revise the next
scheduled range update in § 305.12 from 2022 to
2027.
6 This document also contains conforming
changes to the sample labels in the Rule’s
appendices to reflect the new range and cost
information.
7 87 FR 12681 (Mar. 7, 2022) (DOE notice for
‘‘Representative Average Unit Costs of Energy’’).
Fuel costs in the FTC tables in appendices K1 and
K2 are rounded to the nearest cent.
8 In response to AHAM’s comments (#008), the
final amendments consistently use the term
‘‘Energy Costs’’ in the appendix headings, instead
of ‘‘Operating Costs.’’
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Television Ranges: In response to
comments, the Commission will wait to
update television ranges until DOE
completes proposed test procedure
changes for those products. Comments
from the Association of Home
Appliance Manufacturers (AHAM)
(#008) and American Council for an
Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE)
(#010) explained DOE is currently
finalizing changes to the television test
procedure that will make substantive
changes to the measured energy use for
these products.9 To avoid multiple
updates to the television label within a
short period of time, the FTC, in
coordination with DOE, will publish
updated ranges after data derived from
the upcoming test procedure becomes
available.
Clothes Washer Ranges: In response
to AHAM’s comment (#008), the final
amendments correct the proposed
clothes washer ranges to reflect only the
annual energy consumption of the
tested model. The proposed ranges in
the NPRM were inadvertently derived
from energy consumption figures that
reflected DOE’s Integrated Modified
Energy Factor, an efficiency rating that
does not appear on the label and
accounts for expected dryer use
associated with the washer.
Timing of Updates: Consistent with
§ 305.12, manufacturers must begin
using this information on new product
labels within 90 days after publication
of a final notification announcing
updated ranges for specific products.
Manufacturers do not have to relabel
products labeled prior to the effective
date of the changes. For room air
conditioners, however, the final
notification sets a compliance date of
October 1, 2023.
In the NPRM, the Commission
proposed setting an October 1, 2022,
effective date for those ranges because
this label must appear on product boxes,
and such package changes can require
additional planning and coordination.
The proposed October date coincides
with the annual production cycle (i.e.,
the cooling season) for those products.
However, in its comments, AHAM
(#008) stressed that, given the likely
timing of the final range publication,
manufacturers will be unable to change
labels on packaging to reflect the new
labels for this year’s production cycle.
Therefore, AHAM recommended a
compliance date for the new room air
conditioner ranges coinciding with next
year’s production cycle. In response,
this document sets the compliance date
for 2023. Adjusting the compliance date
should have minimal impact on the
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label’s usefulness in the interim because
the old and new ranges are not
substantially different for many model
categories, and the label’s primary
feature—the model-specific cost
number—will not change because of
these amendments. Additionally,
extending the compliance date will
promote consistency in labels and
otherwise foster an orderly transition
over the next year by setting a
compliance date that all manufacturers
will be able to meet.
Cost Figures for Room and Portable
Air Conditioners: As explained in the
NPRM, the amendments do not change
the range and cost information for
central air conditioner and portable air
conditioner labels because the
Commission recently updated those
ranges.10 Additionally, the amendments
do not change the cost figure for room
air conditioner labels because such a
change would make room air
conditioner labels inconsistent with cost
information on portable air
conditioners, a similar product category.
This inconsistency could cause
consumer confusion and make
comparison shopping more difficult.
Accordingly, the electricity cost figure
($0.13/kWh) for those two categories
appears in appendix K2 and in the
calculations for the room air conditioner
cost ranges (appendix E) in the
amendments. No comments opposed
this change.
B. Capacity Determinations for Room
Air Conditioners and Portable Air
Conditioners
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The amendments also update § 305.10
to clarify that manufacturers must
determine capacity for room air
conditioners using current DOE
requirements. Specifically, the
amendment eliminates obsolete text
related to rounding and updates
references to existing DOE requirements
for capacity determinations.11 No
comments opposed this change.
10 See 86 FR 9274 (Feb. 12, 2021) (portable air
conditioners); 86 FR 57985 (Oct. 20, 2021) (central
air conditioners).
11 86 FR 9274 (Feb. 12, 2022). In its comments,
AHAM (#008) also sought FTC guidance regarding
the content, including the capacity measurements,
for the new portable air conditioner labels
announced in an earlier proceeding. Manufacturers
should use the seasonally adjusted cooling capacity
for these products on the labels. The FTC will
address the issue further should pending DOE test
procedure changes (87 FR 34934 (June 8, 2022))
necessitate an alteration in that guidance. In
addition, the FTC staff has added a sample label
template for portable air conditioners to the FTC
website to aid manufacturers in creating their own
labels. See https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/
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IV. Paperwork Reduction Act
The current Rule contains
recordkeeping, disclosure, testing, and
reporting requirements that constitute
information collection requirements as
defined by 5 CFR 1320.3(c), the
definitional provision within the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB)
regulations that implement the
Paperwork Reduction Act. OMB has
approved the Rule’s existing
information collection requirements
through February 29, 2024 (OMB
Control No. 3084–0069). The
amendments do not change the
substance or frequency of the
recordkeeping, disclosure, or reporting
requirements and, therefore, do not
require further OMB clearance.
V. Regulatory Flexibility Act
The provisions of the Regulatory
Flexibility Act relating to a Regulatory
Flexibility Act analysis (5 U.S.C. 603–
604) are not applicable to this
proceeding because the amendments do
not impose any new obligations on
entities regulated by the Energy
Labeling Rule. As explained elsewhere
in this document, the amendments do
not change the substance or frequency
of the recordkeeping, disclosure, or
reporting requirements. Thus, the
amendments will not have a ‘‘significant
economic impact on a substantial
number of small entities.’’ 5 U.S.C. 605.
The Commission has concluded,
therefore, that a regulatory flexibility
analysis is not necessary, and certifies,
under Section 605 of the Regulatory
Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 605(b)), that the
amendments will not have a significant
economic impact on a substantial
number of small entities.
VI. Other Matters
Pursuant to the Congressional Review
Act (5 U.S.C. 801 et seq.), the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs
designated this rule as not a ‘‘major
rule,’’ as defined by 5 U.S.C. 804(2).
List of Subjects in 16 CFR Part 305
Advertising, Energy conservation,
Household appliances, Labeling,
Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements.
For the reasons stated above, the
Commission amends part 305 of title 16
of the Code of Federal Regulations as
follows:
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PART 305—ENERGY AND WATER USE
LABELING FOR CONSUMER
PRODUCTS UNDER THE ENERGY
POLICY AND CONSERVATION ACT
(‘‘ENERGY LABELING RULE’’)
1. The authority citation for part 305
continues to read as follows:
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Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6294.
2. Amend § 305.10 by revising
paragraph (f) to read as follows:
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§ 305.10
Determinations of capacity.
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(f) Room air conditioners and portable
air conditioners. The capacity for room
air conditioners and portable air
conditioners shall be determined
according to 10 CFR part 430, subpart B,
with rounding determined in
accordance with 10 CFR part 430.
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■ 3. Amend § 305.12 by revising
paragraphs (a) and (b) to read as follows:
§ 305.12 Ranges of comparability on the
required labels.
(a) Range of estimated annual energy
costs or energy efficiency ratings. The
range of estimated annual operating
costs or energy efficiency ratings for
each covered product (except
televisions, ceiling fans, fluorescent
lamp ballasts, lamps, metal halide lamp
fixtures, showerheads, faucets, water
closets, and urinals) shall be taken from
the appropriate appendix to this part in
effect at the time the labels are affixed
to the product. The Commission shall
publish revised ranges in the Federal
Register in 2027. When the ranges are
revised, all information disseminated
after 90 days following the publication
of the revision shall conform to the
revised ranges. Products that have been
labeled prior to the effective date of a
modification under this section need
not be relabeled.
(b) Representative average unit energy
cost. The Representative Average Unit
Energy Cost to be used on labels as
required by §§ 305.14 through 305.19
and disclosures as required by § 305.27
are listed in appendices K1 and K2 to
this part. The Commission shall publish
revised Representative Average Unit
Energy Cost figures in the Federal
Register in 2027. When the cost figures
are revised, all information
disseminated after 90 days following the
publication of the revision shall
conform to the new cost figure.
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paragraph (a)(1)(i) to read as follows:
§ 305.27
Paper catalogs and websites.
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(i) Products required to bear
EnergyGuide or Lighting Facts labels.
All websites advertising covered
refrigerators, refrigerator-freezers,
freezers, room air conditioners, portable
air conditioners, clothes washers,
dishwashers, ceiling fans, pool heaters,
water heaters, central air conditioners,
heat pumps, furnaces, general service
lamps, specialty consumer lamps (for
products offered for sale after May 2,
2018), and televisions must display, for
each model, a recognizable and legible
image of the label required for that
product by this part. The website may
hyperlink to the image of the label using
the sample EnergyGuide and Lighting
Facts icons depicted in appendix L of
this part. The website must hyperlink
the image in a way that does not require
consumers to save the hyperlinked
image to view it.
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5. Revise appendices A1 through A9
to read as follows:
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Appendix A1 to Part 305—Refrigerators
With Automatic Defrost
RANGE INFORMATION
Range of estimated annual
energy costs
(dollars/year)
Manufacturer’s rated total refrigerated volume in cubic feet
Low
Less than 10.5 .........................................................................................................................................................
10.5 to 12.4 ..............................................................................................................................................................
12.5 to 14.4 ..............................................................................................................................................................
14.5 to 16.4 ..............................................................................................................................................................
16.5 to 18.4 ..............................................................................................................................................................
18.5 to 20.4 ..............................................................................................................................................................
20.5 to 22.4 ..............................................................................................................................................................
22.5 to 24.4 ..............................................................................................................................................................
24.5 to 26.4 ..............................................................................................................................................................
26.5 to 28.4 ..............................................................................................................................................................
28.5 and over ...........................................................................................................................................................
High
$20
28
33
33
38
42
35
51
(*)
(*)
(*)
45
40
47
46
52
50
57
59
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*) No data.
Appendix A2 to Part 305—Refrigerators
and Refrigerator-Freezers With Manual
Defrost
RANGE INFORMATION
Range of estimated annual
energy costs
(dollars/year)
Manufacturer’s rated total refrigerated volume in cubic feet
Low
Less than 10.5 .........................................................................................................................................................
10.5 to 12.4 ..............................................................................................................................................................
12.5 to 14.4 ..............................................................................................................................................................
14.5 to 16.4 ..............................................................................................................................................................
16.5 to 18.4 ..............................................................................................................................................................
18.5 to 20.4 ..............................................................................................................................................................
20.5 to 22.4 ..............................................................................................................................................................
22.5 to 24.4 ..............................................................................................................................................................
24.5 to 26.4 ..............................................................................................................................................................
26.5 to 28.4 ..............................................................................................................................................................
28.5 and over ...........................................................................................................................................................
High
$11
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)
$46
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*) No data.
Appendix A3 to Part 305—RefrigeratorFreezers With Partial Automatic
Defrost
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RANGE INFORMATION
Range of estimated annual
energy costs
(dollars/year)
Manufacturer’s rated total refrigerated volume in cubic feet
Low
Less than 10.5 .........................................................................................................................................................
10.5 to 12.4 ..............................................................................................................................................................
12.5 to 14.4 ..............................................................................................................................................................
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RANGE INFORMATION—Continued
Range of estimated annual
energy costs
(dollars/year)
Manufacturer’s rated total refrigerated volume in cubic feet
Low
14.5
16.5
18.5
20.5
22.5
24.5
26.5
28.5
to 16.4 ..............................................................................................................................................................
to 18.4 ..............................................................................................................................................................
to 20.4 ..............................................................................................................................................................
to 22.4 ..............................................................................................................................................................
to 24.4 ..............................................................................................................................................................
to 26.4 ..............................................................................................................................................................
to 28.4 ..............................................................................................................................................................
and over ...........................................................................................................................................................
High
(*)
53
48
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(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)
53
55
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(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*) No data.
Appendix A4 to Part 305—RefrigeratorFreezers With Automatic Defrost With
Top-Mounted Freezer No Through-TheDoor Ice
RANGE INFORMATION
Range of estimated annual
energy costs
(dollars/year)
Manufacturer’s rated total refrigerated volume in cubic feet
Low
Less than 10.5 .........................................................................................................................................................
10.5 to 12.4 ..............................................................................................................................................................
12.5 to 14.4 ..............................................................................................................................................................
14.5 to 16.4 ..............................................................................................................................................................
16.5 to 18.4 ..............................................................................................................................................................
18.5 to 20.4 ..............................................................................................................................................................
20.5 to 22.4 ..............................................................................................................................................................
22.5 to 24.4 ..............................................................................................................................................................
24.5 to 26.4 ..............................................................................................................................................................
26.5 to 28.4 ..............................................................................................................................................................
28.5 and over ...........................................................................................................................................................
High
$40
43
44
45
49
48
51
58
66
(*)
(*)
$62
61
64
66
70
72
76
78
81
(*)
(*)
(*) No data.
Appendix A5 to Part 305—RefrigeratorFreezers With Automated Defrost With
Side-Mounted Freezer No Through-TheDoor Ice
RANGE INFORMATION
Range of estimated annual
energy costs
(dollars/year)
Manufacturer’s rated total refrigerated volume in cubic feet
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Low
Less than 10.5 .........................................................................................................................................................
10.5 to 12.4 ..............................................................................................................................................................
12.5 to 14.4 ..............................................................................................................................................................
14.5 to 16.4 ..............................................................................................................................................................
16.5 to 18.4 ..............................................................................................................................................................
18.5 to 20.4 ..............................................................................................................................................................
20.5 to 22.4 ..............................................................................................................................................................
22.5 to 24.4 ..............................................................................................................................................................
24.5 to 26.4 ..............................................................................................................................................................
26.5 to 28.4 ..............................................................................................................................................................
28.5 and over ...........................................................................................................................................................
(*) No data.
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$54
(*)
39
49
69
66
70
78
80
91
84
$82
(*)
40
65
70
70
101
105
109
113
118
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Appendix A6 to Part 305—RefrigeratorFreezers With Automatic Defrost With
Bottom-Mounted Freezer No ThroughThe-Door Ice
RANGE INFORMATION
Range of estimated annual
energy costs
(dollars/year)
Manufacturer’s rated total refrigerated volume in cubic feet
Low
Less than 10.5 .........................................................................................................................................................
10.5 to 12.4 ..............................................................................................................................................................
12.5 to 14.4 ..............................................................................................................................................................
14.5 to 16.4 ..............................................................................................................................................................
16.5 to 18.4 ..............................................................................................................................................................
18.5 to 20.4 ..............................................................................................................................................................
20.5 to 22.4 ..............................................................................................................................................................
22.5 to 24.4 ..............................................................................................................................................................
24.5 to 26.4 ..............................................................................................................................................................
26.5 to 28.4 ..............................................................................................................................................................
28.5 and over ...........................................................................................................................................................
High
$42
47
50
53
60
60
62
65
74
67
91
$73
79
77
85
86
91
94
98
96
95
101
(*) No data.
Appendix A7 to Part 305—RefrigeratorFreezers With Automatic Defrost With
Bottom-Mounted Freezer With
Through-The-Door Ice Service
RANGE INFORMATION
Range of estimated annual
energy costs
(dollars/year)
Manufacturer’s rated total refrigerated volume in cubic feet
Low
Less than 10.5 .........................................................................................................................................................
10.5 to 12.4 ..............................................................................................................................................................
12.5 to 14.4 ..............................................................................................................................................................
14.5 to 16.4 ..............................................................................................................................................................
16.5 to 18.4 ..............................................................................................................................................................
18.5 to 20.4 ..............................................................................................................................................................
20.5 to 22.4 ..............................................................................................................................................................
22.5 to 24.4 ..............................................................................................................................................................
24.5 to 26.4 ..............................................................................................................................................................
26.5 to 28.4 ..............................................................................................................................................................
28.5 and over ...........................................................................................................................................................
High
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)
$80
83
91
77
89
83
90
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)
$90
98
103
106
109
112
113
(*) No data.
Appendix A8 to Part 305—RefrigeratorFreezers With Automatic Defrost With
Side-Mounted Freezer With ThroughThe-Door Ice Service
RANGE INFORMATION
Range of estimated annual
energy costs
(dollars/year)
Manufacturer’s rated total refrigerated volume in cubic feet
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Low
Less than 10.5 .........................................................................................................................................................
10.5 to 12.4 ..............................................................................................................................................................
12.5 to 14.4 ..............................................................................................................................................................
14.5 to 16.4 ..............................................................................................................................................................
16.5 to 18.4 ..............................................................................................................................................................
18.5 to 20.4 ..............................................................................................................................................................
20.5 to 22.4 ..............................................................................................................................................................
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(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)
$87
78
72
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)
$88
110
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RANGE INFORMATION—Continued
Range of estimated annual
energy costs
(dollars/year)
Manufacturer’s rated total refrigerated volume in cubic feet
Low
22.5
24.5
26.5
28.5
to 24.4 ..............................................................................................................................................................
to 26.4 ..............................................................................................................................................................
to 28.4 ..............................................................................................................................................................
and over ...........................................................................................................................................................
High
76
81
89
104
115
116
122
124
(*) No data.
Appendix A9 to Part 305—All
Refrigerators and Refrigerator-Freezers
RANGE INFORMATION
Range of estimated annual
energy costs
(dollars/year)
Manufacturer’s rated total refrigerated volume in cubic feet
Low
Less than 10.5 .........................................................................................................................................................
10.5 to 12.4 ..............................................................................................................................................................
12.5 to 14.4 ..............................................................................................................................................................
14.5 to 16.4 ..............................................................................................................................................................
16.5 to 18.4 ..............................................................................................................................................................
18.5 to 20.4 ..............................................................................................................................................................
20.5 to 22.4 ..............................................................................................................................................................
22.5 to 24.4 ..............................................................................................................................................................
24.5 to 26.4 ..............................................................................................................................................................
26.5 to 28.4 ..............................................................................................................................................................
28.5 and over ...........................................................................................................................................................
High
$11
28
33
33
38
42
35
51
66
67
84
$82
79
77
84
90
110
109
115
116
122
124
(*) No data.
6. Revise appendices B1 through B3 to
read as follows:
Appendix B1 to Part 305—Upright
Freezers With Manual Defrost
RANGE INFORMATION
Range of estimated annual
energy costs
(dollars/year)
Manufacturer’s rated total refrigerated volume in cubic feet
Less than 5.5 ...........................................................................................................................................................
5.5 to 7.4 ..................................................................................................................................................................
..................................................................................................................................................................................
7.5 to 9.4 ..................................................................................................................................................................
9.5 to 11.4 ................................................................................................................................................................
11.5 to 13.4 ..............................................................................................................................................................
13.5 to 15.4 ..............................................................................................................................................................
15.5 to 17.4 ..............................................................................................................................................................
17.5 to 19.4 ..............................................................................................................................................................
19.5 to 21.4 ..............................................................................................................................................................
21.5 to 23.4 ..............................................................................................................................................................
23.5 to 25.4 ..............................................................................................................................................................
25.5 to 27.4 ..............................................................................................................................................................
27.5 to 29.4 ..............................................................................................................................................................
29.5 and over ...........................................................................................................................................................
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(*) No data.
Appendix B2 to Part 305—Upright
Freezers With Automatic Defrost
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High
$18
35
34
36
(*)
42
49
(*)
49
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)
........................
$43
47
40
36
(*)
47
51
(*)
56
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)
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RANGE INFORMATION
Range of estimated annual
energy costs
(dollars/year)
Manufacturer’s rated total refrigerated volume in cubic feet
Less than 5.5 ...........................................................................................................................................................
5.5 to 7.4 ..................................................................................................................................................................
..................................................................................................................................................................................
7.5 to 9.4 ..................................................................................................................................................................
9.5 to 11.4 ................................................................................................................................................................
11.5 to 13.4 ..............................................................................................................................................................
13.5 to 15.4 ..............................................................................................................................................................
15.5 to 17.4 ..............................................................................................................................................................
17.5 to 19.4 ..............................................................................................................................................................
19.5 to 21.4 ..............................................................................................................................................................
21.5 to 23.4 ..............................................................................................................................................................
23.5 to 25.4 ..............................................................................................................................................................
25.5 to 27.4 ..............................................................................................................................................................
27.5 to 29.4 ..............................................................................................................................................................
29.5 and over ...........................................................................................................................................................
Low
High
$37
(*)
44
44
54
54
58
62
63
101
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)
........................
$63
(*)
69
68
79
85
89
84
91
104
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)
........................
(*) No data.
Appendix B3 to Part 305—Chest
Freezers and All Other Freezers
RANGE INFORMATION
Range of estimated annual
energy costs
(dollars/year)
Manufacturer’s rated total refrigerated volume in cubic feet
Less than 5.5 ...........................................................................................................................................................
5.5 to 7.4 ..................................................................................................................................................................
..................................................................................................................................................................................
7.5 to 9.4 ..................................................................................................................................................................
9.5 to 11.4 ................................................................................................................................................................
11.5 to 13.4 ..............................................................................................................................................................
13.5 to 15.4 ..............................................................................................................................................................
15.5 to 17.4 ..............................................................................................................................................................
17.5 to 19.4 ..............................................................................................................................................................
19.5 to 21.4 ..............................................................................................................................................................
21.5 to 23.4 ..............................................................................................................................................................
23.5 to 25.4 ..............................................................................................................................................................
25.5 to 27.4 ..............................................................................................................................................................
27.5 to 29.4 ..............................................................................................................................................................
29.5 and over ...........................................................................................................................................................
Low
High
$19
31
27
28
35
39
38
46
50
48
59
(*)
(*)
(*)
........................
$32
36
37
35
$38
42
46
47
53
55
59
(*)
(*)
(*)
........................
(*) No data.
7. Revise appendices C1 and C2 to
read as follows:
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Appendix C1 to Part 305—Compact
Dishwashers
Range Information
‘‘Compact’’ includes countertop
dishwasher models with a capacity of
fewer than eight (8) place settings. Place
settings shall be in accordance with
appendix C to 10 CFR part 430, subpart
B. Load patterns shall conform to the
operating normal for the model being
tested.
Range of estimated annual
energy costs
(dollars/year)
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Capacity
Compact ...................................................................................................................................................................
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$14
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Appendix C2 to Part 305—Standard
Dishwashers
Range Information
‘‘Standard’’ includes dishwasher
models with a capacity of eight (8) or
more place settings. Place settings shall
be in accordance with appendix C to 10
CFR part 430, subpart B. Load patterns
shall conform to the operating normal
for the model being tested.
Range of estimated annual
energy costs
(dollars/year)
Capacity
Standard ..................................................................................................................................................................
8. Revise appendices D1 through D5
to read as follows:
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Low
High
$28
$43
Appendix D1 to Part 305—Water
Heaters—Gas
RANGE INFORMATION
Range of estimated annual energy costs
(dollars/year)
Capacity
(first hour rating in gallons)
Natural gas
($/year)
Low
‘‘Very Small’’—less than 18 .............................................................................
‘‘Low’’—18 to 50.9 ...........................................................................................
‘‘Medium’’—51 to 74.9 .....................................................................................
‘‘High’’—over 75 ...............................................................................................
Propane
($/year)
High
(*)
$162
227
227
Low
(*)
$172
300
336
High
(*)
(*)
460
460
(*)
(*)
606
679
(*) No data.
Appendix D2 to Part 305—Water
Heaters—Electric
RANGE INFORMATION
Capacity
Range of estimated annual
energy costs
(dollars/year)
First hour rating
Low
‘‘Very Small’’—less than 18 .....................................................................................................................................
‘‘Low’’—18 to 50.9 ...................................................................................................................................................
‘‘Medium’’—51 to 74.9 .............................................................................................................................................
‘‘High’’—over 75 .......................................................................................................................................................
High
(*)
$90
154
173
(*)
$357
630
747
(*) No data.
Appendix D3 to Part 305—Water
Heaters—Oil
RANGE INFORMATION
Capacity
Range of estimated annual
energy costs
(dollars/year)
First hour rating
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Low
‘‘Very Small’’—less than 18 .....................................................................................................................................
‘‘Low’’—18 to 50.9 ...................................................................................................................................................
‘‘Medium’’—51 to 74.9 .............................................................................................................................................
‘‘High’’—over 75 .......................................................................................................................................................
(*) No data.
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(*)
(*)
(*)
$625
(*)
(*)
(*)
$686
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Appendix D4 to Part 305—Water
Heaters—Instantaneous—Gas
RANGE INFORMATION
Capacity
Range of estimated annual energy costs
(dollars/year)
Natural gas
($/year)
Capacity (maximum flow rate); gallons per minute (gpm)
Low
‘‘Very Small’’—less than 1.6 ............................................................................
‘‘Low’’—1.7 to 2.7 ............................................................................................
‘‘Medium’’—2.8 to 3.9 ......................................................................................
‘‘High’’—over 4.0 ..............................................................................................
Propane
($/year)
High
$24
(*)
183
210
Low
$30
(*)
216
253
High
$50
(*)
370
427
$61
(*)
437
511
(*) No data.
Appendix D5 to Part 305—Water
Heaters—Instantaneous—Electric
RANGE INFORMATION
Capacity
Range of estimated annual
energy costs
(dollars/year)
Capacity (maximum flow rate); gallons per minute (gpm)
Low
‘‘Very Small’’—less than 1.6 ....................................................................................................................................
‘‘Low’’—1.7 to 2.7 ....................................................................................................................................................
‘‘Medium’’—2.8 to 3.9 ..............................................................................................................................................
‘‘High’’—over 4.0 ......................................................................................................................................................
High
$82
(*)
(*)
(*)
$90
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*) No data.
9. Effective October 1, 2023, revise
appendix E1 to read as follows:
■
Appendix E1 to Part 305—Room Air
Conditioners
RANGE INFORMATION
Range of estimated annual
energy costs
(dollars/year)
Manufacturer’s rated cooling capacity in Btu/hr
Low
Without Reverse Cycle and with Louvered Sides:
Less than 6,000 Btu .........................................................................................................................................
6,000 to 7,999 Btu ............................................................................................................................................
8,000 to 13,999 Btu ..........................................................................................................................................
14,000 to 19,999 Btu ........................................................................................................................................
20,000 to 27,999 Btu ........................................................................................................................................
28,000 and more Btu ........................................................................................................................................
Without Reverse Cycle and without Louvered Sides:
Less than 8,000 Btu .........................................................................................................................................
8,000 to 10,999 Btu ..........................................................................................................................................
11,000 to 13,999 Btu ........................................................................................................................................
14,000 to 19,999 Btu ........................................................................................................................................
20,000 or more Btu ..........................................................................................................................................
With Reverse Cycle and with Louvered Sides ........................................................................................................
With Reverse Cycle, without Louvered Sides .........................................................................................................
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(*) No data.
10. Revise appendices F1 and F2 to
read as follows:
■
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$40
47
49
91
147
275
$46
69
121
169
287
380
(*)
73
107
144
(*)
79
81
(*)
102
140
162
(*)
230
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Appendix F1 to Part 305—Standard
Clothes Washers
Range Information
‘‘Standard’’ includes all household
clothes washers with a tub capacity of
1.6 cu. ft. or more.
Range of estimated annual
energy costs
(dollars/year)
Capacity
Standard ..................................................................................................................................................................
Low
High
$4
$48
Appendix F2 to Part 305—Compact
Clothes Washers
Range Information
‘‘Compact’’ includes all household
clothes washers with a tub capacity of
less than 1.6 cu. ft.
Range of estimated annual
energy costs
(dollars/year)
Capacity
Compact ...................................................................................................................................................................
Low
High
$2
$14
(*) No data.
11. Revise appendices G1 through G8
to read as follows:
■
Appendix G1 to Part 305—Furnaces—
Gas
Range of annual fuel utilization
efficiencies
(AFUEs)
Furnace type
Low
Non-Weatherized Gas Furnaces—All Capacities ...................................................................................................
Weatherized Gas Furnaces—All Capacities ...........................................................................................................
High
80.0
81.0
99.0
95.0
Appendix G2 to Part 305—Furnaces—
Electric
Range of annual fuel utilization
efficiencies
(AFUEs)
Furnace type
Electric Furnaces—All Capacities ...........................................................................................................................
Low
High
100.0
100.0
Appendix G3 to Part 305—Furnaces—
Oil
Range of annual fuel utilization
efficiencies
(AFUEs)
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Type
Low
Non-Weatherized Oil Furnaces—All Capacities ......................................................................................................
Weatherized Oil Furnaces—All Capacities .............................................................................................................
(*) No data.
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83.0
(*)
96.7
(*)
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Appendix G4 to Part 305—Mobile
Home Furnaces—Gas
Range of annual fuel utilization
efficiencies
(AFUEs)
Type
Mobile Home Gas Furnaces—All Capacities ..........................................................................................................
Low
High
80.0
97.3
Appendix G5 to Part 305—Mobile
Home Furnaces—Oil
Range of annual fuel utilization
efficiencies
(AFUEs)
Type
Mobile Home Oil Furnaces—All Capacities ............................................................................................................
Low
High
80.0
87.0
Appendix G6 to Part 305—Boilers (Gas)
Range of annual fuel utilization
efficiencies
(AFUEs)
Type
Low
Gas Boilers (except steam)—All Capacities ...........................................................................................................
Gas Boilers (steam)—All Capacities .......................................................................................................................
High
84
82
96.4
83.4
Appendix G7 to Part 305—Boilers (Oil)
Range of annual fuel utilization
efficiencies
(AFUEs)
Type
Oil Boilers—All Capacities .......................................................................................................................................
Low
High
85
88.2
Appendix G8 to Part 305—Boilers
(Electric)
Range of annual fuel utilization
efficiencies
(AFUEs)
Type
Electric Boilers—All Capacities ...............................................................................................................................
12. Revise appendices J1 and J2 to
read as follows:
■
Low
High
100
100
Appendix J1 to Part 305—Pool
Heaters—Gas
RANGE INFORMATION
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Range of thermal efficiencies
(percent)
Manufacturer’s rated heating capacities
Natural gas
All capacities ....................................................................................................
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High
Low
High
82.0
95.0
82.0
95.0
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Appendix J2 to Part 305—Pool
Heaters—Oil
RANGE INFORMATION
Range of thermal efficiencies
(percent)
Manufacturer’s rated heating capacities
All capacities ............................................................................................................................................................
Low
High
(*)
(*)
(*) No data.
13. Revise appendices K1 and K2 to
read as follows:
Appendix K1 to Part 305—
Representative Average Unit Energy
Costs for Refrigerators, RefrigeratorFreezers, Freezers, Clothes Washers,
Dishwashers, and Water Heater Labels
■
This table contains the representative
unit energy costs that must be utilized
Type of energy
to calculate estimated annual energy
cost disclosures required under this part
for refrigerators, refrigerator-freezers,
freezers, clothes washers, dishwashers,
and water heaters. This table is based on
information published by the U.S.
Department of Energy in 2022.
In commonly used terms
Electricity ...........................................................
Natural Gas .......................................................
No. 2 Heating Oil ...............................................
Propane .............................................................
Kerosene ...........................................................
¢14/kWh 1 2
.......................................................
$1.21/therm 3 ....................................................
$12.6/MCF 5 6 ...................................................
$3.45/gallon 7 ....................................................
$223/gallon 8 .....................................................
$4.01/gallon 9 ....................................................
As required by DOE test procedure
$.1400/kWh.
$0.00001209/Btu.4
$0.00002511/Btu.
$0.00002446/Btu.
$ 0.00002973/Btu.
1 kWh
stands for kiloWatt hour.
kWh = 3,412 Btu.
therm = 100,000 Btu. Natural gas prices include taxes.
4 Btu stands for British thermal unit.
5 MCF stands for 1,000 cubic feet.
6 For the purposes of this table, 1 cubic foot of natural gas has an energy equivalence of 1,039 Btu.
7 For the purposes of this table, one gallon of No. 2 heating oil has an energy equivalence of 13,738 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.
21
31
Appendix K2 to Part 305—
Representative Average Unit Energy
Costs for Room Air Conditioner and
Portable Air Conditioner Labels
This table contains the representative
unit energy costs that must be utilized
Type of energy
In commonly used terms
Electricity ...........................................................
¢13/kWh 1 .........................................................
$.1300/kWh.
labels 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 9, and 9A to read as
follows:
BILLING CODE 6750–01–P
1 kWh
As required by DOE test procedure
stands for kilowatt hour.
14. Amend appendix L by revising
prototype labels 1 and 2 and sample
■
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cost disclosures required under this part
for room air conditioners and portable
air conditioners. This table is based on
information published by the U.S.
Department of Energy in 2017.
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Prototype Label 1 - Refrigerator-Freezer
10/12-----► U.S. Government
Federal law prohibits removal of this label before consumer purchase.
Arial Narrow
10/12-----~efrigerator-Freezer
Arial Narrow Bold
• Automatic Defrost
• Side-Mounted Freezer
• No through-the-door ice
◄
XYZ Corporation
ModelABC-L
Capacity: 23.0 Cubic Feet
~
Compare ONLY to other labels with yellow numbers.
16.5pt.
Arial Narrow Bold
Labels with yellow numbers are based on the same test procedures.
13 pt
Arial Narrow Bold
10/12
Arial Narrow Bold
16.5pt.
Arial Narrow Bold
~1-----50 pt.
36 p t - - - - - 1 - .
Arial Black
Arial Black
15/11 pt.
Arial Narrow Bold
9/10 pt. ----11..-1H
Arial Narrow Bold
-....;1-------....
36/14
Arial Black
664kWh
Estimated Yearly Electricity Use
11 pt.
Arial Narrow Bold
•
10/12 ------► Your cost will depend on your utility rates and use.
Arial Narrow
• Both cost ranges based on models of similar size capacity.
Use bold
• Models with similar features have automatic defrost, side-mounted
where indicated
freezer, and no through-the-door ice.
• Estimated energy cost based on a national average electricity cost
of 14 cents per kWh.
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Prototype Label 2 - Clothes Washer
U.S. Government
9pt.Arial
Narrow
Federal law prohibtts removal of this label before consumer purchase.
XYZ Corporation
Models G39, XBB, Z33
Capacity (tub volume): 2.5 cubic feet
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(when used with a natural gas water heater)
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Sample Label 1 -Refrigerator-Freezer
U.S. Government
Federal law prohibits removal of this label before consumer purchase.
Refrigerator-Freezer
• Automatic Defrost
• Side-Mounted Freezer
• No through-the-door ice
XYZ Corporation
ModelABC-L
Capacity: 23.0 Cubic Feet
Compare ONLY to other labels with yellow numbers.
Labels with yellow numbers are based on the same test procedures.
• Your cost will depend on your utility rates and use.
• Both cost ranges based on models of similar size capacity.
• Models with similar features have automatic defrost, side-mounted
freezer, and no through-the-door ice.
• Estimated energy cost based on a national average electricity cost
of 14 cents per kWh.
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Sample Label 2- Clothes Washer
U.S. Government
Federal law prohibits removal of this label before consumer purchase.
Clothes Washer
Capacity Class: Standard
XYZ Corporation
Models G39, X88, 233
Capacity (tub volume): 2.5 cubic feet
Compare ONLY to other labels with yellow numbers.
Labels with yellow numbers are based on the same test procedures.
• Your cost will depend on your utility rates and use.
• Cost range based only on standard capacity models.
• Estimated energy cost based on six wash loads a week and a national average
electricity cost of 14 cents per kWh and natural gas cost of $1.21 per therm.
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Sample Label 3 - Dishwasher
U.S. Government
Federal law prohibits removal of this label before consumer purchase.
Dishwasher
Capacity: Standard
XYZ Corporation
Models G39, X88, 233
Estimated Yearly Energy Cost
(when used with an electric water heater)
$21
I
$43
$28
Cost Range of Similar Models
The estimated yearly energy cost of this model was not available at the time the range was published.
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(when used with a natural gas water heater)
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• Cost range based only on standard capacity models.
• Estimated energy cost based on four wash loads a week and a national
average electricity cost of 14 cents per kWh and natural gas cost of $1.21
per therm.
• For more information, visit www.ftc.gov/energy.
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Sample Label 5 - Water Heater
U.S. Government
Federal law prohibits removal of this label before consumer purchase.
Water Heater - Natural Gas
Tank Size (Storage Capacity): 80 gallons
XYZ Corporation
Model XXXXXXX
Estimated Yearly Energy Cost
$291
Tl
$227
Cost Range of Similar Models
First Hour Rating
{How much hot water you get in the first hour of use)
very small
low
high
• Your cost will depend on your utility rates and use.
• Cost range based only on models fueled by natural gas with a
medium first hour rating (51-75 gallons).
• Estimated energy cost based on a national average natural gas cost
• of $1.21 per therm.
• Estimated yearly energy use: 186 therms.
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Sample Label 6 - Pool Heater
U.S. Government
Federal law prohibits removal of this label before consumer purchase.
Pool Heater
Natural Gas
ABC Corporation
Model 14287
Thermal Efficiency
86.0
T
82.0
95.0
Least Efficient
Most Efficient
• Efficiency range based only on models fueled by natural gas.
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Sample Label 9-Non-weatherized Gas Furnace
U.S. Government
Federal law prohibits removal of this label before consumer purchase.
Furnace
Non-weatherized
Natural Gas
XYZ Corporation
ModelTJ81
Efficiency Rating (AFUE)*
82.9
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80.0
99.0
Least Efficient
For energy cost info, visit
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Most Efficient
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Sample Label 9A-Non-weatherized Gas Furnace (ENERGY STAR certified)
U.S. Government
Federal law prohibits removal of this label before consumer purchase.
Furnace
Non-weatherized
Natural Gas
XYZ Corporation
Model5XC4
Efficiency Rating (AFUE)*
92.8
T
80.0
For energy cost info, visit
productinfo.energy .gov
99.0
Least Efficient
Most Efficient
Range of Similar Models
• Annual Fuel Utilization Efficiency
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Sample Label 4 - Room Air Conditioner
U.S. Government
Federal law prohibits removal of this label before consumer purchase.
Room Air Conditioner
Without Reverse Cycle
With Louvered Sides
XYZ Corporation
Model 12X4
Capacity: 11,000 BTUs
Estimated Yearly Energy Cost
$78
T
$121
$49
Cost Range of Similar Models
15.0
Combined Energy Efficiency Ratio
Your cost will depend on your utility rates and use.
• Cost range based only on models of similar capacity without reverse cycle
with louvered sides.
• Estimated energy cost based on a national average electricity cost of 13
cents per kWh and a seasonal use of 8 hours a day over a 3 month period.
• For more information, visit www.ftc.gov/energy.
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By direction of the Commission,
Commissioner Wilson dissenting.
April J. Tabor,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022–22036 Filed 10–11–22; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6750–01–C
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
19 CFR Chapter I
Arrival Restrictions Applicable to
Flights Carrying Persons Who Have
Recently Traveled From or Were
Otherwise Present Within Uganda
U.S. Customs and Border
Protection, Department of Homeland
Security.
ACTION: Announcement of arrival
restrictions.
AGENCY:
This document announces the
decision of the Secretary of the
Department of Homeland Security
(DHS) to direct all flights to the United
States carrying persons who have
recently traveled from, or were
otherwise present within, Uganda to
arrive at one of the United States
airports where the United States
government is focusing public health
resources to implement enhanced
public health measures. For purposes of
this document, a person has recently
traveled from Uganda if that person
departed from, or was otherwise present
within, Uganda within 21 days of the
date of the person’s entry or attempted
entry into the United States. Also, for
purposes of this document, crew and
flights carrying only cargo (i.e., no
passengers or non-crew), are excluded
from the measures herein.
DATES: The arrival restrictions apply to
flights departing after 11:59 p.m. Eastern
Daylight Time on October 10, 2022.
Arrival restrictions continue until
cancelled or modified by the Secretary
of DHS and notice of such cancellation
or modification is published in the
Federal Register.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Stephanie Watson, Office of Field
Operations, U.S. Customs and Border
Protection at 202–255–7018.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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SUMMARY:
Background
Ebola disease, caused by the virus
genus Ebolavirus, is a severe and often
fatal disease that can affect humans and
non-human primates. Disease
transmission occurs via direct contact
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with bodily fluids (e.g., blood, mucus,
vomit, urine). The first known Ebola
disease outbreak occurred in 1976. From
2013–2016, the largest recorded Ebola
disease outbreak occurred in West
Africa, primarily affecting Guinea,
Liberia, and Sierra Leone, with cases
exported to seven additional countries
across three continents, including the
United States. The epidemic
demonstrated the potential for Ebola
disease to become an international crisis
in the absence of early intervention.
Further, Ebola disease can have
substantial medical, public health, and
economic consequences if it spreads to
densely populated areas. As such, Ebola
disease may present a threat to United
States health security given the
unpredictable nature of outbreaks and
the interconnectedness of countries
through global travel.
On September 19, 2022, Uganda
reported a single, fatal case of Ebola
disease due to the Sudan virus (species
Sudan ebolavirus). Earlier in September
2022, community reports had described
occurrences of strange illness and
sudden deaths in the affected area.
Some of these unexplained deaths were
in persons who had known contact with
the index patient. As of October 4, 2022,
a total of 43 confirmed cases with 10
confirmed deaths have been reported
from five districts within Uganda
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) has issued an Alert—
Level 2, Practice Enhanced Precautions
advising against non-essential travel to
several regions in Uganda where the
Ministry of Health in Uganda has
declared an Ebola virus outbreak.1 The
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) is closely monitoring
an outbreak of Ebola virus in five
districts within Uganda. In order to
assist in preventing or limiting the
introduction and spread of this
communicable disease into the United
States, the Departments of Homeland
Security and Health and Human
Services, including CDC, and other
agencies charged with protecting the
homeland and the American public, are
currently implementing enhanced
public health measures at five United
States. airports that receive the largest
number of travelers originating from
Uganda. To ensure that all travelers
with recent presence in Uganda arrive at
one of these airports, DHS is directing
all flights to the United States carrying
such persons to arrive at airports where
enhanced public health measures are
1 CDC, Ebola in Uganda Alert—Level 2, Practice
Enhanced Precautions, CDC (Oct. 4, 2022), https://
wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/notices/alert/ebola-inuganda.
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being implemented. While DHS, in
coordination with other applicable
federal agencies, anticipates working
with the operators of aircraft in an
endeavor to identify potential travelers
who have recently traveled from, or
were otherwise present within, Uganda
prior to boarding, operators of aircraft
will remain obligated to comply with
the requirements of this notice.
Department of Defense (DoD) flights, via
either military aircraft or contract
flights, will be managed by DoD in
accordance with HHS guidelines.
Notice of Arrival Restrictions
Applicable to All Flights Carrying
Persons Who Have Recently Traveled
From or Were Otherwise Present
Within Uganda
Pursuant to 6 U.S.C. 112(a), 19 U.S.C.
1433(c), and 19 CFR 122.32, DHS has
the authority to limit the locations
where all flights entering the United
States from abroad may land. Under this
authority and effective for flights
departing after 11:59 p.m. Eastern
Daylight Time on October 10, 2022, I
hereby direct all operators of aircraft to
ensure that all flights (with the
exception of those operated or
contracted by DoD) carrying persons
who have recently traveled from, or
were otherwise present within, Uganda
only land at one of the following
airports:
• Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta
International Airport (ATL), Georgia;
• Chicago O’Hare International
Airport (ORD), Illinois;
• Newark Liberty International
Airport (EWR), New Jersey;
• John F. Kennedy International
Airport (JFK), New York;
• Washington-Dulles International
Airport (IAD), Virginia;
This direction considers a person to
have recently traveled from Uganda if
that person departed from, or was
otherwise present within, Uganda
within 21 days before the date of the
person’s entry or attempted entry into
the United States. Also, for purposes of
this document, crew and flights carrying
only cargo (i.e., no passengers or noncrew), are excluded from the applicable
measures set forth in this notification.
This direction is subject to any changes
to the airport landing destination that
may be required for aircraft and/or
airspace safety, as directed by the
Federal Aviation Administration.
This list of designated airports may be
modified by the Secretary of Homeland
Security in consultation with the
Secretary of Health and Human Services
and the Secretary of Transportation.
This list of designated airports may be
modified by an updated publication in
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 196 (Wednesday, October 12, 2022)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 61465-61488]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-22036]
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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
16 CFR Part 305
RIN 3084-AB15
Energy Labeling Rule
AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission.
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Trade Commission (``FTC'' or ``Commission'')
issues routine updates to comparability range information on
EnergyGuide labels for refrigerators and freezers, dishwashers, water
heaters, room air conditioners (ranges only), clothes washers,
furnaces, and pool heaters in the Energy Labeling Rule (``Rule''). The
Commission also makes a minor, clarifying change to requirements for
determining room air conditioner capacity.
DATES: The amendments are effective January 10, 2023, with the
exception of amendatory instructions 9 (appendix E1) and 15 (appendix
L), which are effective on October 1, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Relevant portions of the record of this proceeding,
including this document, are available at https://www.ftc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Hampton Newsome (202-326-2889),
Attorney, Division of Enforcement, Bureau of Consumer Protection,
Federal Trade Commission, Room CC-9528, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20580.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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I. Background
The Commission issued the Energy Labeling Rule (``Rule'') in
1979,\1\ pursuant to the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975
(``EPCA'').\2\ The Rule requires energy labeling for major home
appliances and other consumer products to help consumers compare
competing models. It also contains labeling requirements for
refrigerators, refrigerator-freezers, freezers, dishwashers, water
heaters, clothes washers, room air conditioners, furnaces, central air
conditioners, heat pumps, plumbing products, lighting products, ceiling
fans, and televisions.
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\1\ 44 FR 66466 (Nov. 19, 1979).
\2\ 42 U.S.C. 6294. EPCA also requires the Department of Energy
(DOE) to develop test procedures that measure how much energy
appliances use, and to determine the representative average cost a
consumer pays for different types of energy.
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The Rule requires manufacturers to attach yellow EnergyGuide labels
to many covered products and prohibits retailers from removing these
labels or rendering them illegible. In addition, it directs sellers,
including retailers, to post label information on websites and in paper
catalogs from which consumers can order products. EnergyGuide labels
for most covered products contain three key disclosures: estimated
annual energy cost, a product's energy consumption or energy efficiency
rating as determined by Department of Energy (``DOE'') test procedures,
and a comparability range displaying the highest and lowest energy
costs or efficiency ratings for all similar models. For cost
calculations, the Rule specifies national average costs for applicable
energy sources (e.g., electricity, natural gas, oil) based on DOE
estimates. Under the Rule, the Commission periodically updates
comparability range and annual energy cost information based on
manufacturer data submitted pursuant to the Rule's reporting
requirements. The Rule sets a five-year schedule for updating range of
comparability and annual energy cost information.\3\ Pursuant to that
schedule, the Commission announces the following amendments.
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\3\ 16 CFR 305.12.
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II. Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
Consistent with the Rule's five-year schedule, on May 25, 2022 (87
FR 31754), the Commission proposed routine updates to comparability
ranges and national average energy cost figures (appendices K1 and K2)
for several product categories. The proposed amendments also updated
Sec. 305.10 to clarify that manufacturers must determine capacity for
room air conditioners using current DOE requirements. In response, the
Commission received nine comments, several of which raised specific
issues with the proposed amendments.\4\ We discuss these issues below.
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\4\ The comments are available at www.regulations.gov. Several
comments also discussed broad issues unrelated to the notice of
proposed rulemaking's (``NPRM'') proposed range updates, including
full fuel cycle label disclosures (NPGA) (#007), EnergyGuide label
design and content (Consumer Technology Association (CTA) (#009);
Electrolux (#006); ACEEE (#010); and Anonymous (#003)), clothes
dryer labeling (Electrolux (#006)), and the implementation of
electronic labeling in lieu of physical labels (CTA) (#009). These
issues fall outside the scope of the current proceeding, but the
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III. Final Amendments
As discussed below, the Commission updates comparability ranges and
national average energy cost figures (appendices K1 and K2) for several
product categories consistent with the Rule's five-year schedule. The
amendments also update Sec. 305.10 to clarify that manufacturers must
determine capacity for room air conditioners using current DOE
requirements.\5\
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\5\ The final amendments also insert the term ``water heaters''
to Sec. 305.27(a)(1)(i) to correct an inadvertent omission from a
previous proceeding. See 77 FR 15298 (Mar. 15, 2012) and 78 FR 2200
(Jan. 10, 2013) (no intent expressed to exclude water heaters from
the group of products covered by the website requirement). Given the
inadvertent nature of this omission, the Commission finds good cause
to make this correction without additional comment. Finally, the
amendments revise the next scheduled range update in Sec. 305.12
from 2022 to 2027.
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A. Comparability Range and Energy Cost Revisions
In accordance with the Rule's five-year schedule (Sec. 305.12),
the Commission revises the comparability range and energy cost
information for refrigerators and freezers, dishwashers, water heaters,
room air conditioners (ranges only), clothes washers, furnaces, and
pool heaters.\6\ In addition, the Commission updates the average energy
cost figures manufacturers must use to calculate a model's estimated
energy cost.\7\ Specifically, the Commission now updates the energy
cost tables in appendices K1 and K2.\8\
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\6\ This document also contains conforming changes to the sample
labels in the Rule's appendices to reflect the new range and cost
information.
\7\ 87 FR 12681 (Mar. 7, 2022) (DOE notice for ``Representative
Average Unit Costs of Energy''). Fuel costs in the FTC tables in
appendices K1 and K2 are rounded to the nearest cent.
\8\ In response to AHAM's comments (#008), the final amendments
consistently use the term ``Energy Costs'' in the appendix headings,
instead of ``Operating Costs.''
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Television Ranges: In response to comments, the Commission will
wait to update television ranges until DOE completes proposed test
procedure changes for those products. Comments from the Association of
Home Appliance Manufacturers (AHAM) (#008) and American Council for an
Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) (#010) explained DOE is currently
finalizing changes to the television test procedure that will make
substantive changes to the measured energy use for these products.\9\
To avoid multiple updates to the television label within a short period
of time, the FTC, in coordination with DOE, will publish updated ranges
after data derived from the upcoming test procedure becomes available.
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\9\ 87 FR 11892 (March 2, 2022).
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Clothes Washer Ranges: In response to AHAM's comment (#008), the
final amendments correct the proposed clothes washer ranges to reflect
only the annual energy consumption of the tested model. The proposed
ranges in the NPRM were inadvertently derived from energy consumption
figures that reflected DOE's Integrated Modified Energy Factor, an
efficiency rating that does not appear on the label and accounts for
expected dryer use associated with the washer.
Timing of Updates: Consistent with Sec. 305.12, manufacturers must
begin using this information on new product labels within 90 days after
publication of a final notification announcing updated ranges for
specific products. Manufacturers do not have to relabel products
labeled prior to the effective date of the changes. For room air
conditioners, however, the final notification sets a compliance date of
October 1, 2023.
In the NPRM, the Commission proposed setting an October 1, 2022,
effective date for those ranges because this label must appear on
product boxes, and such package changes can require additional planning
and coordination. The proposed October date coincides with the annual
production cycle (i.e., the cooling season) for those products.
However, in its comments, AHAM (#008) stressed that, given the
likely timing of the final range publication, manufacturers will be
unable to change labels on packaging to reflect the new labels for this
year's production cycle. Therefore, AHAM recommended a compliance date
for the new room air conditioner ranges coinciding with next year's
production cycle. In response, this document sets the compliance date
for 2023. Adjusting the compliance date should have minimal impact on
the
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label's usefulness in the interim because the old and new ranges are
not substantially different for many model categories, and the label's
primary feature--the model-specific cost number--will not change
because of these amendments. Additionally, extending the compliance
date will promote consistency in labels and otherwise foster an orderly
transition over the next year by setting a compliance date that all
manufacturers will be able to meet.
Cost Figures for Room and Portable Air Conditioners: As explained
in the NPRM, the amendments do not change the range and cost
information for central air conditioner and portable air conditioner
labels because the Commission recently updated those ranges.\10\
Additionally, the amendments do not change the cost figure for room air
conditioner labels because such a change would make room air
conditioner labels inconsistent with cost information on portable air
conditioners, a similar product category. This inconsistency could
cause consumer confusion and make comparison shopping more difficult.
Accordingly, the electricity cost figure ($0.13/kWh) for those two
categories appears in appendix K2 and in the calculations for the room
air conditioner cost ranges (appendix E) in the amendments. No comments
opposed this change.
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\10\ See 86 FR 9274 (Feb. 12, 2021) (portable air conditioners);
86 FR 57985 (Oct. 20, 2021) (central air conditioners).
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B. Capacity Determinations for Room Air Conditioners and Portable Air
Conditioners
The amendments also update Sec. 305.10 to clarify that
manufacturers must determine capacity for room air conditioners using
current DOE requirements. Specifically, the amendment eliminates
obsolete text related to rounding and updates references to existing
DOE requirements for capacity determinations.\11\ No comments opposed
this change.
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\11\ 86 FR 9274 (Feb. 12, 2022). In its comments, AHAM (#008)
also sought FTC guidance regarding the content, including the
capacity measurements, for the new portable air conditioner labels
announced in an earlier proceeding. Manufacturers should use the
seasonally adjusted cooling capacity for these products on the
labels. The FTC will address the issue further should pending DOE
test procedure changes (87 FR 34934 (June 8, 2022)) necessitate an
alteration in that guidance. In addition, the FTC staff has added a
sample label template for portable air conditioners to the FTC
website to aid manufacturers in creating their own labels. See
https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/resources/energyguide-labels-templates-manufacturers.
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IV. Paperwork Reduction Act
The current Rule contains recordkeeping, disclosure, testing, and
reporting requirements that constitute information collection
requirements as defined by 5 CFR 1320.3(c), the definitional provision
within the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) regulations that
implement the Paperwork Reduction Act. OMB has approved the Rule's
existing information collection requirements through February 29, 2024
(OMB Control No. 3084-0069). The amendments do not change the substance
or frequency of the recordkeeping, disclosure, or reporting
requirements and, therefore, do not require further OMB clearance.
V. Regulatory Flexibility Act
The provisions of the Regulatory Flexibility Act relating to a
Regulatory Flexibility Act analysis (5 U.S.C. 603-604) are not
applicable to this proceeding because the amendments do not impose any
new obligations on entities regulated by the Energy Labeling Rule. As
explained elsewhere in this document, the amendments do not change the
substance or frequency of the recordkeeping, disclosure, or reporting
requirements. Thus, the amendments will not have a ``significant
economic impact on a substantial number of small entities.'' 5 U.S.C.
605. The Commission has concluded, therefore, that a regulatory
flexibility analysis is not necessary, and certifies, under Section 605
of the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 605(b)), that the
amendments will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial
number of small entities.
VI. Other Matters
Pursuant to the Congressional Review Act (5 U.S.C. 801 et seq.),
the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs designated this rule
as not a ``major rule,'' as defined by 5 U.S.C. 804(2).
List of Subjects in 16 CFR Part 305
Advertising, Energy conservation, Household appliances, Labeling,
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
For the reasons stated above, the Commission amends part 305 of
title 16 of the Code of Federal Regulations as follows:
PART 305--ENERGY AND WATER USE LABELING FOR CONSUMER PRODUCTS UNDER
THE ENERGY POLICY AND CONSERVATION ACT (``ENERGY LABELING RULE'')
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1. The authority citation for part 305 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6294.
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2. Amend Sec. 305.10 by revising paragraph (f) to read as follows:
Sec. 305.10 Determinations of capacity.
* * * * *
(f) Room air conditioners and portable air conditioners. The
capacity for room air conditioners and portable air conditioners shall
be determined according to 10 CFR part 430, subpart B, with rounding
determined in accordance with 10 CFR part 430.
* * * * *
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3. Amend Sec. 305.12 by revising paragraphs (a) and (b) to read as
follows:
Sec. 305.12 Ranges of comparability on the required labels.
(a) Range of estimated annual energy costs or energy efficiency
ratings. The range of estimated annual operating costs or energy
efficiency ratings for each covered product (except televisions,
ceiling fans, fluorescent lamp ballasts, lamps, metal halide lamp
fixtures, showerheads, faucets, water closets, and urinals) shall be
taken from the appropriate appendix to this part in effect at the time
the labels are affixed to the product. The Commission shall publish
revised ranges in the Federal Register in 2027. When the ranges are
revised, all information disseminated after 90 days following the
publication of the revision shall conform to the revised ranges.
Products that have been labeled prior to the effective date of a
modification under this section need not be relabeled.
(b) Representative average unit energy cost. The Representative
Average Unit Energy Cost to be used on labels as required by Sec. Sec.
305.14 through 305.19 and disclosures as required by Sec. 305.27 are
listed in appendices K1 and K2 to this part. The Commission shall
publish revised Representative Average Unit Energy Cost figures in the
Federal Register in 2027. When the cost figures are revised, all
information disseminated after 90 days following the publication of the
revision shall conform to the new cost figure.
* * * * *
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4. Amend Sec. 305.27 by revising paragraph (a)(1)(i) to read as
follows:
Sec. 305.27 Paper catalogs and websites.
(a) * * *
[[Page 61468]]
(1) * * *
(i) Products required to bear EnergyGuide or Lighting Facts labels.
All websites advertising covered refrigerators, refrigerator-freezers,
freezers, room air conditioners, portable air conditioners, clothes
washers, dishwashers, ceiling fans, pool heaters, water heaters,
central air conditioners, heat pumps, furnaces, general service lamps,
specialty consumer lamps (for products offered for sale after May 2,
2018), and televisions must display, for each model, a recognizable and
legible image of the label required for that product by this part. The
website may hyperlink to the image of the label using the sample
EnergyGuide and Lighting Facts icons depicted in appendix L of this
part. The website must hyperlink the image in a way that does not
require consumers to save the hyperlinked image to view it.
* * * * *
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5. Revise appendices A1 through A9 to read as follows:
Appendix A1 to Part 305--Refrigerators With Automatic Defrost
Range Information
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Range of estimated annual
Manufacturer's rated total refrigerated energy costs (dollars/year)
volume in cubic feet -------------------------------
Low High
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Less than 10.5.......................... $20 45
10.5 to 12.4............................ 28 40
12.5 to 14.4............................ 33 47
14.5 to 16.4............................ 33 46
16.5 to 18.4............................ 38 52
18.5 to 20.4............................ 42 50
20.5 to 22.4............................ 35 57
22.5 to 24.4............................ 51 59
24.5 to 26.4............................ (*) (*)
26.5 to 28.4............................ (*) (*)
28.5 and over........................... (*) (*)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(*) No data.
Appendix A2 to Part 305--Refrigerators and Refrigerator-Freezers With
Manual Defrost
Range Information
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Range of estimated annual
Manufacturer's rated total refrigerated energy costs (dollars/year)
volume in cubic feet -------------------------------
Low High
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Less than 10.5.......................... $11 $46
10.5 to 12.4............................ (*) (*)
12.5 to 14.4............................ (*) (*)
14.5 to 16.4............................ (*) (*)
16.5 to 18.4............................ (*) (*)
18.5 to 20.4............................ (*) (*)
20.5 to 22.4............................ (*) (*)
22.5 to 24.4............................ (*) (*)
24.5 to 26.4............................ (*) (*)
26.5 to 28.4............................ (*) (*)
28.5 and over........................... (*) (*)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(*) No data.
Appendix A3 to Part 305--Refrigerator-Freezers With Partial Automatic
Defrost
Range Information
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Range of estimated annual
Manufacturer's rated total refrigerated energy costs (dollars/year)
volume in cubic feet -------------------------------
Low High
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Less than 10.5.......................... $27 $55
10.5 to 12.4............................ (*) (*)
12.5 to 14.4............................ (*) (*)
[[Page 61469]]
14.5 to 16.4............................ (*) (*)
16.5 to 18.4............................ 53 53
18.5 to 20.4............................ 48 55
20.5 to 22.4............................ (*) (*)
22.5 to 24.4............................ (*) (*)
24.5 to 26.4............................ (*) (*)
26.5 to 28.4............................ (*) (*)
28.5 and over........................... (*) (*)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(*) No data.
Appendix A4 to Part 305--Refrigerator-Freezers With Automatic Defrost
With Top-Mounted Freezer No Through-The-Door Ice
Range Information
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Range of estimated annual
Manufacturer's rated total refrigerated energy costs (dollars/year)
volume in cubic feet -------------------------------
Low High
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Less than 10.5.......................... $40 $62
10.5 to 12.4............................ 43 61
12.5 to 14.4............................ 44 64
14.5 to 16.4............................ 45 66
16.5 to 18.4............................ 49 70
18.5 to 20.4............................ 48 72
20.5 to 22.4............................ 51 76
22.5 to 24.4............................ 58 78
24.5 to 26.4............................ 66 81
26.5 to 28.4............................ (*) (*)
28.5 and over........................... (*) (*)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(*) No data.
Appendix A5 to Part 305--Refrigerator-Freezers With Automated Defrost
With Side-Mounted Freezer No Through-The-Door Ice
Range Information
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Range of estimated annual
Manufacturer's rated total refrigerated energy costs (dollars/year)
volume in cubic feet -------------------------------
Low High
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Less than 10.5.......................... $54 $82
10.5 to 12.4............................ (*) (*)
12.5 to 14.4............................ 39 40
14.5 to 16.4............................ 49 65
16.5 to 18.4............................ 69 70
18.5 to 20.4............................ 66 70
20.5 to 22.4............................ 70 101
22.5 to 24.4............................ 78 105
24.5 to 26.4............................ 80 109
26.5 to 28.4............................ 91 113
28.5 and over........................... 84 118
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(*) No data.
[[Page 61470]]
Appendix A6 to Part 305--Refrigerator-Freezers With Automatic Defrost
With Bottom-Mounted Freezer No Through-The-Door Ice
Range Information
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Range of estimated annual
Manufacturer's rated total refrigerated energy costs (dollars/year)
volume in cubic feet -------------------------------
Low High
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Less than 10.5.......................... $42 $73
10.5 to 12.4............................ 47 79
12.5 to 14.4............................ 50 77
14.5 to 16.4............................ 53 85
16.5 to 18.4............................ 60 86
18.5 to 20.4............................ 60 91
20.5 to 22.4............................ 62 94
22.5 to 24.4............................ 65 98
24.5 to 26.4............................ 74 96
26.5 to 28.4............................ 67 95
28.5 and over........................... 91 101
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(*) No data.
Appendix A7 to Part 305--Refrigerator-Freezers With Automatic Defrost
With Bottom-Mounted Freezer With Through-The-Door Ice Service
Range Information
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Range of estimated annual
Manufacturer's rated total refrigerated energy costs (dollars/year)
volume in cubic feet -------------------------------
Low High
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Less than 10.5.......................... (*) (*)
10.5 to 12.4............................ (*) (*)
12.5 to 14.4............................ (*) (*)
14.5 to 16.4............................ (*) (*)
16.5 to 18.4............................ $80 $90
18.5 to 20.4............................ 83 98
20.5 to 22.4............................ 91 103
22.5 to 24.4............................ 77 106
24.5 to 26.4............................ 89 109
26.5 to 28.4............................ 83 112
28.5 and over........................... 90 113
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(*) No data.
Appendix A8 to Part 305--Refrigerator-Freezers With Automatic Defrost
With Side-Mounted Freezer With Through-The-Door Ice Service
Range Information
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Range of estimated annual
Manufacturer's rated total refrigerated energy costs (dollars/year)
volume in cubic feet -------------------------------
Low High
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Less than 10.5.......................... (*) (*)
10.5 to 12.4............................ (*) (*)
12.5 to 14.4............................ (*) (*)
14.5 to 16.4............................ (*) (*)
16.5 to 18.4............................ $87 $88
18.5 to 20.4............................ 78 110
20.5 to 22.4............................ 72 109
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22.5 to 24.4............................ 76 115
24.5 to 26.4............................ 81 116
26.5 to 28.4............................ 89 122
28.5 and over........................... 104 124
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(*) No data.
Appendix A9 to Part 305--All Refrigerators and Refrigerator-Freezers
Range Information
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Range of estimated annual
Manufacturer's rated total refrigerated energy costs (dollars/year)
volume in cubic feet -------------------------------
Low High
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Less than 10.5.......................... $11 $82
10.5 to 12.4............................ 28 79
12.5 to 14.4............................ 33 77
14.5 to 16.4............................ 33 84
16.5 to 18.4............................ 38 90
18.5 to 20.4............................ 42 110
20.5 to 22.4............................ 35 109
22.5 to 24.4............................ 51 115
24.5 to 26.4............................ 66 116
26.5 to 28.4............................ 67 122
28.5 and over........................... 84 124
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(*) No data.
6. Revise appendices B1 through B3 to read as follows:
Appendix B1 to Part 305--Upright Freezers With Manual Defrost
Range Information
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Range of estimated annual
Manufacturer's rated total refrigerated energy costs (dollars/year)
volume in cubic feet -------------------------------
Low High
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Less than 5.5........................... $18 $43
5.5 to 7.4.............................. 35 47
34 40
7.5 to 9.4.............................. 36 36
9.5 to 11.4............................. (*) (*)
11.5 to 13.4............................ 42 47
13.5 to 15.4............................ 49 51
15.5 to 17.4............................ (*) (*)
17.5 to 19.4............................ 49 56
19.5 to 21.4............................ (*) (*)
21.5 to 23.4............................ (*) (*)
23.5 to 25.4............................ (*) (*)
25.5 to 27.4............................ (*) (*)
27.5 to 29.4............................ (*) (*)
29.5 and over........................... .............. ..............
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(*) No data.
Appendix B2 to Part 305--Upright Freezers With Automatic Defrost
[[Page 61472]]
Range Information
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Range of estimated annual
Manufacturer's rated total refrigerated energy costs (dollars/year)
volume in cubic feet -------------------------------
Low High
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Less than 5.5........................... $37 $63
5.5 to 7.4.............................. (*) (*)
44 69
7.5 to 9.4.............................. 44 68
9.5 to 11.4............................. 54 79
11.5 to 13.4............................ 54 85
13.5 to 15.4............................ 58 89
15.5 to 17.4............................ 62 84
17.5 to 19.4............................ 63 91
19.5 to 21.4............................ 101 104
21.5 to 23.4............................ (*) (*)
23.5 to 25.4............................ (*) (*)
25.5 to 27.4............................ (*) (*)
27.5 to 29.4............................ (*) (*)
29.5 and over........................... .............. ..............
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(*) No data.
Appendix B3 to Part 305--Chest Freezers and All Other Freezers
Range Information
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Range of estimated annual
Manufacturer's rated total refrigerated energy costs (dollars/year)
volume in cubic feet -------------------------------
Low High
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Less than 5.5........................... $19 $32
5.5 to 7.4.............................. 31 36
27 37
7.5 to 9.4.............................. 28 35
9.5 to 11.4............................. 35 $38
11.5 to 13.4............................ 39 42
13.5 to 15.4............................ 38 46
15.5 to 17.4............................ 46 47
17.5 to 19.4............................ 50 53
19.5 to 21.4............................ 48 55
21.5 to 23.4............................ 59 59
23.5 to 25.4............................ (*) (*)
25.5 to 27.4............................ (*) (*)
27.5 to 29.4............................ (*) (*)
29.5 and over........................... .............. ..............
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(*) No data.
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7. Revise appendices C1 and C2 to read as follows:
Appendix C1 to Part 305--Compact Dishwashers
Range Information
``Compact'' includes countertop dishwasher models with a capacity
of fewer than eight (8) place settings. Place settings shall be in
accordance with appendix C to 10 CFR part 430, subpart B. Load patterns
shall conform to the operating normal for the model being tested.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Range of estimated annual
energy costs (dollars/year)
Capacity ---------------------------------
Low High
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Compact............................... $14 $32
------------------------------------------------------------------------
[[Page 61473]]
Appendix C2 to Part 305--Standard Dishwashers
Range Information
``Standard'' includes dishwasher models with a capacity of eight
(8) or more place settings. Place settings shall be in accordance with
appendix C to 10 CFR part 430, subpart B. Load patterns shall conform
to the operating normal for the model being tested.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Range of estimated annual
energy costs (dollars/year)
Capacity ---------------------------------
Low High
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Standard.............................. $28 $43
------------------------------------------------------------------------
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8. Revise appendices D1 through D5 to read as follows:
Appendix D1 to Part 305--Water Heaters--Gas
Range Information
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Range of estimated annual energy costs (dollars/year)
---------------------------------------------------------------
Capacity (first hour rating in gallons) Natural gas ($/year) Propane ($/year)
---------------------------------------------------------------
Low High Low High
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
``Very Small''--less than 18.................... (*) (*) (*) (*)
``Low''--18 to 50.9............................. $162 $172 (*) (*)
``Medium''--51 to 74.9.......................... 227 300 460 606
``High''--over 75............................... 227 336 460 679
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(*) No data.
Appendix D2 to Part 305--Water Heaters--Electric
Range Information
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Capacity Range of estimated annual
----------------------------------------- energy costs (dollars/year)
-------------------------------
First hour rating Low High
------------------------------------------------------------------------
``Very Small''--less than 18............ (*) (*)
``Low''--18 to 50.9..................... $90 $357
``Medium''--51 to 74.9.................. 154 630
``High''--over 75....................... 173 747
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(*) No data.
Appendix D3 to Part 305--Water Heaters--Oil
Range Information
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Capacity Range of estimated annual
----------------------------------------- energy costs (dollars/year)
-------------------------------
First hour rating Low High
------------------------------------------------------------------------
``Very Small''--less than 18............ (*) (*)
``Low''--18 to 50.9..................... (*) (*)
``Medium''--51 to 74.9.................. (*) (*)
``High''--over 75....................... $625 $686
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(*) No data.
[[Page 61474]]
Appendix D4 to Part 305--Water Heaters--Instantaneous--Gas
Range Information
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Capacity Range of estimated annual energy costs (dollars/year)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural gas ($/year) Propane ($/year)
Capacity (maximum flow rate); gallons per minute ---------------------------------------------------------------
(gpm) Low High Low High
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
``Very Small''--less than 1.6................... $24 $30 $50 $61
``Low''--1.7 to 2.7............................. (*) (*) (*) (*)
``Medium''--2.8 to 3.9.......................... 183 216 370 437
``High''--over 4.0.............................. 210 253 427 511
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(*) No data.
Appendix D5 to Part 305--Water Heaters--Instantaneous--Electric
Range Information
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Capacity Range of estimated annual
----------------------------------------- energy costs (dollars/year)
Capacity (maximum flow rate); gallons -------------------------------
per minute (gpm) Low High
------------------------------------------------------------------------
``Very Small''--less than 1.6........... $82 $90
``Low''--1.7 to 2.7..................... (*) (*)
``Medium''--2.8 to 3.9.................. (*) (*)
``High''--over 4.0...................... (*) (*)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(*) No data.
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9. Effective October 1, 2023, revise appendix E1 to read as follows:
Appendix E1 to Part 305--Room Air Conditioners
Range Information
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Range of estimated annual
Manufacturer's rated cooling capacity in energy costs (dollars/year)
Btu/hr -------------------------------
Low High
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Without Reverse Cycle and with Louvered
Sides:
Less than 6,000 Btu................. $40 $46
6,000 to 7,999 Btu.................. 47 69
8,000 to 13,999 Btu................. 49 121
14,000 to 19,999 Btu................ 91 169
20,000 to 27,999 Btu................ 147 287
28,000 and more Btu................. 275 380
Without Reverse Cycle and without
Louvered Sides:
Less than 8,000 Btu................. (*) (*)
8,000 to 10,999 Btu................. 73 102
11,000 to 13,999 Btu................ 107 140
14,000 to 19,999 Btu................ 144 162
20,000 or more Btu.................. (*) (*)
With Reverse Cycle and with Louvered 79 230
Sides..................................
With Reverse Cycle, without Louvered 81 117
Sides..................................
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(*) No data.
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10. Revise appendices F1 and F2 to read as follows:
[[Page 61475]]
Appendix F1 to Part 305--Standard Clothes Washers
Range Information
``Standard'' includes all household clothes washers with a tub
capacity of 1.6 cu. ft. or more.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Range of estimated annual
energy costs (dollars/year)
Capacity ---------------------------------
Low High
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Standard.............................. $4 $48
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Appendix F2 to Part 305--Compact Clothes Washers
Range Information
``Compact'' includes all household clothes washers with a tub
capacity of less than 1.6 cu. ft.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Range of estimated annual
energy costs (dollars/year)
Capacity ---------------------------------
Low High
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Compact............................... $2 $14
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(*) No data.
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11. Revise appendices G1 through G8 to read as follows:
Appendix G1 to Part 305--Furnaces--Gas
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Range of annual fuel
utilization efficiencies
Furnace type (AFUEs)
-------------------------------
Low High
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Non-Weatherized Gas Furnaces--All 80.0 99.0
Capacities.............................
Weatherized Gas Furnaces--All Capacities 81.0 95.0
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Appendix G2 to Part 305--Furnaces--Electric
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Range of annual fuel utilization
efficiencies (AFUEs)
Furnace type ---------------------------------
Low High
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Electric Furnaces--All Capacities..... 100.0 100.0
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Appendix G3 to Part 305--Furnaces--Oil
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Range of annual fuel
utilization efficiencies
Type (AFUEs)
-------------------------------
Low High
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Non-Weatherized Oil Furnaces--All 83.0 96.7
Capacities.............................
Weatherized Oil Furnaces--All Capacities (*) (*)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(*) No data.
[[Page 61476]]
Appendix G4 to Part 305--Mobile Home Furnaces--Gas
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Range of annual fuel utilization
efficiencies (AFUEs)
Type ---------------------------------
Low High
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Mobile Home Gas Furnaces--All 80.0 97.3
Capacities...........................
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Appendix G5 to Part 305--Mobile Home Furnaces--Oil
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Range of annual fuel utilization
efficiencies (AFUEs)
Type ---------------------------------
Low High
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Mobile Home Oil Furnaces--All 80.0 87.0
Capacities...........................
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Appendix G6 to Part 305--Boilers (Gas)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Range of annual fuel
utilization efficiencies
Type (AFUEs)
-------------------------------
Low High
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Gas Boilers (except steam)--All 84 96.4
Capacities.............................
Gas Boilers (steam)--All Capacities..... 82 83.4
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Appendix G7 to Part 305--Boilers (Oil)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Range of annual fuel utilization
efficiencies (AFUEs)
Type ---------------------------------
Low High
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Oil Boilers--All Capacities........... 85 88.2
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Appendix G8 to Part 305--Boilers (Electric)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Range of annual fuel utilization
efficiencies (AFUEs)
Type ---------------------------------
Low High
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Electric Boilers--All Capacities...... 100 100
------------------------------------------------------------------------
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12. Revise appendices J1 and J2 to read as follows:
Appendix J1 to Part 305--Pool Heaters--Gas
Range Information
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Range of thermal efficiencies (percent)
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Manufacturer's rated heating capacities Natural gas Propane
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Low High Low High
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
All capacities.............................. 82.0 95.0 82.0 95.0
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[[Page 61477]]
Appendix J2 to Part 305--Pool Heaters--Oil
Range Information
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Range of thermal efficiencies
Manufacturer's rated heating (percent)
capacities ---------------------------------
Low High
------------------------------------------------------------------------
All capacities........................ (*) (*)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(*) No data.
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13. Revise appendices K1 and K2 to read as follows:
Appendix K1 to Part 305--Representative Average Unit Energy Costs for
Refrigerators, Refrigerator-Freezers, Freezers, Clothes Washers,
Dishwashers, and Water Heater Labels
This table contains the representative unit energy costs that must
be utilized to calculate estimated annual energy cost disclosures
required under this part for refrigerators, refrigerator-freezers,
freezers, clothes washers, dishwashers, and water heaters. This table
is based on information published by the U.S. Department of Energy in
2022.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
In commonly used As required by DOE
Type of energy terms test procedure
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Electricity..................... [cent]14/kWh \1\ $.1400/kWh.
\2\.
Natural Gas..................... $1.21/therm \3\... $0.00001209/
$12.6/MCF \5\ \6\. Btu.\4\
No. 2 Heating Oil............... $3.45/gallon \7\.. $0.00002511/Btu.
Propane......................... $223/gallon \8\... $0.00002446/Btu.
Kerosene........................ $4.01/gallon \9\.. $ 0.00002973/Btu.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ kWh stands for kiloWatt hour.
\2\ 1 kWh = 3,412 Btu.
\3\ 1 therm = 100,000 Btu. Natural gas prices include taxes.
\4\ Btu stands for British thermal unit.
\5\ MCF stands for 1,000 cubic feet.
\6\ For the purposes of this table, 1 cubic foot of natural gas has an
energy equivalence of 1,039 Btu.
\7\ For the purposes of this table, one gallon of No. 2 heating oil has
an energy equivalence of 13,738 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.
Appendix K2 to Part 305--Representative Average Unit Energy Costs for
Room Air Conditioner and Portable Air Conditioner Labels
This table contains the representative unit energy costs that must
be utilized to calculate estimated annual energy cost disclosures
required under this part for room air conditioners and portable air
conditioners. This table is based on information published by the U.S.
Department of Energy in 2017.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
In commonly used As required by DOE
Type of energy terms test procedure
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Electricity..................... [cent]13/kWh \1\.. $.1300/kWh.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ kWh stands for kilowatt hour.
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14. Amend appendix L by revising prototype labels 1 and 2 and sample
labels 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 9, and 9A to read as follows:
Appendix L to Part 305--Sample Labels
BILLING CODE 6750-01-P
[[Page 61478]]
[GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TR12OC22.004
[[Page 61479]]
[GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TR12OC22.005
* * * * *
[[Page 61480]]
[GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TR12OC22.006
[[Page 61481]]
[GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TR12OC22.007
[[Page 61482]]
[GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TR12OC22.008
* * * * *
[[Page 61483]]
[GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TR12OC22.009
[[Page 61484]]
[GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TR12OC22.010
* * * * *
[[Page 61485]]
[GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TR12OC22.011
[[Page 61486]]
[GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TR12OC22.012
* * * * *
15. Effective October 1, 2023, appendix L is further amended by
revising sample label 4 to read as follows:
Appendix L to Part 305--Sample Labels
* * * * *
[[Page 61487]]
[GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TR12OC22.013
* * * * *
[[Page 61488]]
By direction of the Commission, Commissioner Wilson dissenting.
April J. Tabor,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-22036 Filed 10-11-22; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6750-01-C
