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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
10 CFR Chs. II, III, and X
48 CFR Ch. 9
Fall 2023 Unified Agenda of Regulatory
and Deregulatory Actions
Department of Energy.
Semiannual Regulatory Agenda.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Department of Energy
(DOE) has prepared and is making
available its portion of the semi-annual
Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory
and Deregulatory Actions (Agenda),
including its Regulatory Plan (Plan),
pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.)
12866, ‘‘Regulatory Planning and
Review,’’ as reaffirmed and amended in
SUMMARY:
E.O. 13563, ‘‘Improving Regulation and
Regulatory Review,’’ and E.O. 14094,
‘‘Modernizing Regulatory Review,’’ and
the Regulatory Flexibility Act.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Agenda is a government-wide
compilation of upcoming and ongoing
regulatory activity, including a brief
description of each rulemaking and a
timetable for action. The Agenda also
includes a list of regulatory actions
completed since publication of the last
Agenda. The Department of Energy’s
portion of the Agenda includes
regulatory actions called for by the
Energy Policy and Conservation Act, as
amended, and programmatic needs of
DOE offices.
The internet is the basic means for
disseminating the Agenda and
providing users the ability to obtain
information from the Agenda database.
DOE’s entire Fall 2023 Regulatory
Agenda can be accessed online by going
to www.reginfo.gov.
Publication in the Federal Register is
mandated by the Regulatory Flexibility
Act (5 U.S.C. 602) only for Agenda
entries that require either a regulatory
flexibility analysis or periodic review
under section 610 of that Act. The Plan
appears in both the online Agenda and
the Federal Register and includes the
most important of DOE’s significant
regulatory actions and a Statement of
Regulatory and Deregulatory Priorities.
Samuel Walsh,
General Counsel.
ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY—FINAL RULE STAGE
Regulation
Identifier No.
Sequence No.
Title
302 ....................
Energy Conservation Standards for Residential Non-Weatherized Gas Furnaces and Mobile Home Gas
Furnaces.
Energy Conservation Standards for Consumer Water Heaters (Reg Plan Seq No. 46) ...............................
Energy Conservation Standards for Consumer Clothes Washers ..................................................................
Energy Conservation Standards for Consumer Boilers ...................................................................................
Energy Conservation Standards for Miscellaneous Residential Refrigeration ................................................
303
304
305
306
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1904–AD20
1904–AD91
1904–AD98
1904–AE82
1904–AF00
References in boldface appear in The Regulatory Plan in part II of this issue of the Federal Register.
ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY—COMPLETED ACTIONS
Sequence No.
307
308
309
310
311
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Regulation
Identifier No.
Title
Energy Conservation Standards for Residential Conventional Cooking Products ..........................................
Energy Conservation Standards for Commercial Water Heating-Equipment .................................................
Energy Conservation Standards: Computer Room Air Conditioners ..............................................................
Energy Conservation Standards for Dedicated-Purpose Pool Pump Motors .................................................
Energy Conservation Standards for 3-Phase, Small Commercial Package Air Conditioning and Heating
Equipment With a Cooling Capacity of Less Than 65,000 Btu/h.
1904–AD15
1904–AD34
1904–AF01
1904–AF27
1904–AF32
DEPARTMENTAL AND OTHERS—FINAL RULE STAGE
Title
312 ....................
Statutory Updates to the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Incentive Program ........................
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE)
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
(EE)
Final Rule Stage
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Regulation
Identifier No.
Sequence No.
302. Energy Conservation Standards for
Residential Non-Weatherized Gas
Furnaces and Mobile Home Gas
Furnaces [1904–AD20]
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C.
6295(f)(4)(C); 42 U.S.C. 6295(m)(1); 42
U.S.C. 6295(gg)(3)
Abstract: The Energy Policy and
Conservation Act, as amended, (EPCA)
prescribes energy conservation
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standards for various consumer
products and certain commercial and
industrial equipment, including the
residential furnaces which are the
subject of this rulemaking. (42 U.S.C.
6292(a)(5)) EPCA also requires the U.S.
Department of Energy (DOE) to
determine whether more-stringent
amended standards would be
technologically feasible and
economically justified and would save a
significant amount of energy (42 U.S.C.
6295(o)(2)(A) and (3)(B)). EPCA
specifically provides that DOE must
conduct two rounds of energy
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conservation standards rulemakings for
the residential furnaces at issue (42
U.S.C. 6295(f)(4)(B) and (C)), and the
statute also requires that not later than
six years after issuance of any final rule
establishing or amending a standard,
DOE must publish either a notice of
determination that standards for the
product does not need to be amended,
or a notice of proposed rulemaking
(NOPR) including new proposed energy
conservation standards (42 U.S.C.
6295(m)(1)). This rulemaking is being
undertaken pursuant to the statutorilyrequired second round of rulemaking for
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non-weatherized gas furnaces (NWGFs)
and mobile home gas furnaces (MHGFs),
and once completed, it will also satisfy
the statutorily-required six-yearlookback review. In the July 7, 2022
NOPR, DOE proposes amended and new
energy conservation standards for
NWGFs and MHGFs pursuant to a courtordered remand of DOE’s 2011
rulemaking for these products and other
statutory requirements. 87 FR 40590.
Specifically, the NOPR proposes
amended active mode annual fuel
utilization efficiency (AFUE) standards
at 95 percent for both NWGFs and
MHGFs. It also proposes amended
standby mode and off mode standards
(in watts) at 8.5 watts for both NWGFs
and MHGFs. If finalized, the proposed
standards would apply to all NWGFs
and MHGFs manufactured in, or
imported into, the United States starting
on the date five years after the
publication of the final rule for this
rulemaking.
Timetable:
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Action
Date
Notice of Public
Meeting.
NPRM and Notice
of Public Meeting.
NPRM Comment
Period Extended.
NPRM Comment
Period Extended End.
Notice of Data
Availability
(NODA).
NODA Comment
Period End.
NODA Comment
Period Reopened.
NODA Comment
Period Reopened End.
Supplemental
NPRM and Notice of Public
Meeting.
Supplemental
NPRM Comment Period
End.
SNPRM Comment
Period Reopened.
SNPRM Comment
Period End.
Notice of NPRM
Withdrawal.
NPRM ..................
NPRM Comment
Period Extended, NODA
and Notice of
Public Meeting.
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10/30/14
79 FR 64517
03/12/15
80 FR 13120
05/20/15
80 FR 28851
07/10/15
09/14/15
80 FR 55038
10/14/15
10/23/15
80 FR 64370
11/06/15
09/23/16
81 FR 65720
11/22/16
12/05/16
81 FR 87493
01/06/17
01/15/21
86 FR 3873
07/07/22
08/30/22
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Action
Date
NPRM Comment
Period Extended End.
Final Action .........
FR Cite
10/06/22
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Julia Hegarty,
Department of Energy, 1000
Independence Avenue SW, Washington,
DC 20585, Phone: 240 597–6737, Email:
julia.hegarty@ee.doe.gov.
RIN: 1904–AD20
303. Energy Conservation Standards for
Consumer Water Heaters [1904–AD91]
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq.
No. 46 in part II of this issue of the
Federal Register.
RIN: 1904–AD91
304. Energy Conservation Standards for
Consumer Clothes Washers [1904–
AD98]
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6295(g); 42
U.S.C. 6295(m)
Abstract: Consistent with the
requirements under the Energy Policy
and Conservation Act (EPCA), as
amended, the U.S. Department of
Energy (DOE) is examining whether to
amend the current energy conservation
standards for consumer clothes washers
found at 10 CFR 430.32(g). To this end,
DOE must determine whether standards
more stringent than those currently in
place would result in a significant
amount of energy savings and whether
such amended standards would be
technologically feasible and
economically justified. DOE has
tentatively proposed standards that
represent the maximum improvement in
energy efficiency that is technologically
feasible and economically justified, and
would result in the significant
conservation of energy. Specifically,
with regards to technological feasibility,
products achieving these standard levels
are already commercially available for
all product classes covered by this
proposal. As for economic justification,
DOE’s analysis shows that the benefits
of the proposed standard exceed the
burdens. Once completed, this
rulemaking will fulfill DOE’s statutory
obligation to either propose amended
standards for this product or determine
that the standards do not need to be
amended.
Additionally, EPCA directs DOE to
provide interested persons an
opportunity to present oral and written
comments on matters related to any
energy conservation standard proposed
rule. To satisfy this requirement, DOE
held an initial public meeting in
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November 2021 to discuss preliminary
materials and a second meeting in
March 2023 to specifically discuss the
proposed rule. DOE intends address any
feedback provided during the March
2023 public meeting in subsequent
materials.
Timetable:
Action
Request for Information (RFI).
RFI Comment Period Extended.
RFI Comment Period Extended
End.
RFI Comment Period Reopened.
RFI Comment Period Reopened
End.
Preliminary Analysis and Notice
of Webinar.
Public Meeting ....
Preliminary Analysis Comment
Period Extended.
Preliminary Analysis Comment
Period Extended End.
Notice of Data
Availability
(NODA).
NODA Comment
Period End.
NODA Comment
Period Reopened.
NODA Comment
Period Reopened End.
NPRM ..................
Public Meeting ....
NPRM Comment
Period Extended.
NPRM Comment
Period Extended End.
Final Action .........
Date
FR Cite
08/02/19
84 FR 37794
08/26/19
84 FR 44557
10/03/19
10/03/19
84 FR 52818
10/17/19
09/29/21
86 FR 53886
11/10/21
10/29/21
86 FR 59889
01/27/22
04/13/22
87 FR 21816
05/13/22
05/19/22
87 FR 30433
05/27/22
03/03/23
03/28/23
05/01/23
88 FR 13520
88 FR 26511
05/17/23
12/00/23
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Bryan D. Berringer,
Building Technologies Office, EE–5B,
Department of Energy, Energy Efficiency
and Renewable Energy, 1000
Independence Avenue SW, Washington,
DC 20585, Phone: 202 586–0371, Email:
bryan.berringer@ee.doe.gov.
RIN: 1904–AD98
305. Energy Conservation Standards for
Consumer Boilers [1904–AE82]
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6295(m)(1)
Abstract: Consistent with the
requirements under the Energy Policy
and Conservation Act (EPCA), as
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amended, the U.S. Department of
Energy (DOE) is examining whether to
amend the current energy conservation
standards in place for consumer boilers
found at 10 CFR 430.32(e). As a result
of this effort, DOE may propose and
adopt more-stringent standards or issue
a determination that no amendments to
the current standards are required. To
this end, DOE must determine whether
national standards more stringent than
those currently in place would result in
a significant amount of energy savings
and whether such amended national
standards would be technologically
feasible and economically justified.
Once completed, this rulemaking will
fulfill DOE’s statutory obligation to
either propose and adopt amended
standards for this product or determine
that the existing standards do not need
to be amended.
Timetable:
Action
Date
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Request for Information (RFI);
Early Assessment Review.
RFI Comment Period End.
RFI; Early Assessment Comment Period Extended.
RFI; Early Assessment Comment Period Extended End.
Notice of Webinar
and Availability
of Preliminary
Technical Support Document.
Preliminary Technical Support
Document
Comment Period End.
NPRM ..................
Notice of Public
Meeting and
Webinar.
NPRM Comment
Period End.
Final Rule ............
03/25/21
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86 FR 15804
04/26/21
04/09/21
86 FR 18478
05/26/21
05/04/22
87 FR 26304
07/05/22
08/14/23
08/31/23
88 FR 55128
88 FR 60152
10/13/23
07/00/24
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Julia Hegarty,
Department of Energy, 1000
Independence Avenue SW, Washington,
DC 20585, Phone: 240 597–6737, Email:
julia.hegarty@ee.doe.gov.
RIN: 1904–AE82
306. Energy Conservation Standards for
Miscellaneous Residential Refrigeration
[1904–AF00]
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6292(a)(20);
42 U.S.C. 6295(l); 42 U.S.C. 6295(m)
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Abstract: The U.S. Department of
Energy (DOE) has initiated an effort to
consider amending the energy
conservation standards for
miscellaneous residential refrigeration
(e.g., wine coolers and certain other
combination consumer refrigeration
products). Once completed, this
rulemaking will fulfill DOE’s statutory
obligation to either propose amended
energy conservation standards for these
products or determine that the existing
standards do not need to be amended.
To this end, DOE must determine
whether national standards more
stringent than those currently in place
would result in a significant amount of
energy savings and whether such
amended national standards would be
technologically feasible and
economically justified.
In the notice of proposed rulemaking,
DOE proposed standards that represent
the maximum improvement in energy
efficiency that is technologically
feasible and economically justified, and
would result in the significant
conservation of energy. Specifically,
with regards to technological feasibility
products achieving these standard levels
are already commercially available for
all product classes covered by this
proposal. As for economic justification,
DOE’s analysis shows that the benefits
of the proposed standard exceed, to a
great extent, the burdens of the
proposed standards.
Timetable:
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Date
Request for Information (RFI);
Early Assessment Review.
Comment Period
End.
Notification of
Webinar and
Availability of
Preliminary
Technical Support Document.
Notice of rescheduled public
meeting to
March 7, 2022.
Preliminary Analysis Comment
Period End.
NPRM ..................
NPRM Comment
Period End.
Final Rule ............
12/08/20
FR Cite
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02/22/21
01/21/22
87 FR 3229
02/09/22
87 FR 7396
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE)
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
(EE)
Completed Actions
307. Energy Conservation Standards for
Residential Conventional Cooking
Products [1904–AD15]
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6295(m)(1);
42 U.S.C. 6292 (a)(10); 42 U.S.C. 6295(h)
Abstract: The Energy Policy and
Conservation Act (EPCA), as amended
by Energy Independence and Security
Act of 2007 (EISA), prescribes energy
conservation standards for various
consumer products, including consumer
conventional cooking products. EPCA
also requires the U.S. Department of
Energy (DOE) to periodically determine
whether more stringent standards would
be technologically feasible and
economically justified and would result
in a significant conservation of energy.
In this rulemaking, DOE proposes new
and amended energy conservation
standards for consumer conventional
cooking products and tentatively
concludes that the proposed standards
represent the maximum improvement in
energy efficiency that is technologically
feasible and economically justified, and
would result in the significant
conservation of energy.
On September 25, 2023, the
Association of Home Appliance
Manufacturers and efficiency and
consumer organizations and utilities,
submitted a joint letter to DOE
recommending new and amended
efficiency standards for various home
appliances for consideration including
for conventional cooking products.
Under the authority provided in 42
U.S.C. 6295(p)(4), DOE is now pursuing
this effort through a direct final rule, see
1904–AF57.
Completed:
Reason
03/22/22
03/31/23
05/30/23
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Lucas Adin, Project
Manager, Department of Energy, Energy
Efficiency and Renewable Energy, 1000
Independence Avenue SW, Mail Stop
PO 00000
EE–5B, Washington, DC 20585, Phone:
202 287–5904, Email: lucas.adin@
ee.doe.gov.
RIN: 1904–AF00
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NPRM; Extension of Public
Comment Period End.
NODA Comment
Period End.
Withdrawn ...........
Date
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04/03/23
11/03/23
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Carl Shapiro, Phone:
240 315–4339.
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308. Energy Conservation Standards for
Commercial Water Heating-Equipment
[1904–AD34]
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C.
6313(a)(6)(C)(i) and (vi)
Abstract: The U.S. Department of
Energy (DOE) has completed a
rulemaking to amend energy
conservation standards for commercial
water heaters. Now completed, this
rulemaking fulfills DOE’s statutory
obligation under the Energy Policy and
Conservation Act, as amended, (EPCA)
to either propose amended energy
conservation standards for commercial
water heaters and hot water supply
boilers (CWHs), or determine that the
existing standards do not need to be
amended. (Unfired hot water storage
tanks and commercial heat pump water
heaters are being considered in a
separate rulemaking.) DOE must
determine whether national standards
more stringent than those that are
currently in place would result in a
significant additional amount of energy
savings and whether such amended
national standards would be
technologically feasible and
economically justified. In the final rule,
DOE concludes, based on clear and
convincing evidence that the standards
adopted are technologically feasible and
economically justified, and would result
in significant additional conservation of
energy. Specifically, with regards to
technological feasibility, CWH
equipment achieving the adopted
standard levels are already
commercially available for all
equipment classes covered by the final
rule. As for economic justification,
DOE’s analysis shows that the benefits
of the proposed standard exceed, to a
great extent, the burdens of the adopted
standards.
Completed:
Reason
Date
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Julia Hegarty, Phone:
240 597–6737, Email: julia.hegarty@
ee.doe.gov.
RIN: 1904–AD34
309. Energy Conservation Standards:
Computer Room Air Conditioners
[1904–AF01]
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C.
6313(a)6)(A); 42 U.S.C. 6313(a)(6)(C)(i)
Abstract: This rulemaking for
Computer Room Air Conditioners
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(CRACs) is required under the Energy
Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA), as
amended, ASHRAE trigger provision at
42 U.S.C. 6313(a)(6)(A). Under the
statute, U.S. Department of Energy
(DOE) is required to either: (1) establish
an amended uniform national standard
for this equipment at the minimum level
specified in the amended ASHRAE
Standard 90.1; or (2) adopt a morestringent standard, if supported by clear
and convincing evidence. To adopt a
more-stringent standard, the Secretary
must determine, by rule published in
the Federal Register, that adoption of
such standard would result in
significant additional conservation of
energy and is technologically feasible
and economically justified.
As noted previously, this rulemaking
originally started under RIN 1904–
AD92, with the publication of a notice
of data availability and request for
information addressing CRACs on
September 11, 2019 (84 FR 48006).
However, ASHRAE 90.1–2019 made
additional revisions to the efficiency
levels for CRACs and newly acted to
amend the efficiency levels for 3-Phase
Commercial Unitary Air-Cooled Air
Conditioners and Heat Pumps Less
Than 65,000 Btu/h. Consequently, DOE
had bundled these two equipment
categories in the rulemaking under RIN
1904–AF01. (Note that the earlier RIN
1904–AD92 also addressed Dedicated
Outdoor Air Systems, but since that
equipment category saw no further
ASHRAE action, DOE is moving forward
with that equipment category separately
under that RIN.) However, DOE is now
addressing consideration of potential
amended energy conservation standards
for 3-Phase Commercial Unitary AirCooled Air Conditioners and Heat
Pumps Less Than 65,000 Btu/h in a
separate rulemaking under RIN 1904–
AF32. Consequently, RIN 1904–AF01 is
currently limited to consideration of
amended energy conservation standards
for CRACs.
In the final rule, DOE is adopting
amended energy conservation standards
for CRACs that rely on a new efficiency
metric and are equivalent to those levels
specified in ASHRAE Standard 90.1
2019. DOE has determined that it lacks
the clear and convincing evidence
required by the statute to adopt
standards more stringent than the levels
specified in the industry standard.
Completed:
Reason
Date
Final Rule ............
Final Rule Effective.
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Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Troy Watson, Phone:
240 449–9387, Email: troy.watson@
ee.doe.gov.
RIN: 1904–AF01
310. Energy Conservation Standards for
Dedicated-Purpose Pool Pump Motors
[1904–AF27]
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6295(o); 42
U.S.C. 6316(a); 42 U.S.C. 6311(1)(A)
Abstract: The U.S. Department of
Energy (DOE) published a final rule
adopting energy conservation standards
for dedicated-purpose pool pump
motors (DPPP), which is a category of
electric motor. DOE determined that the
standards adopted represent the
maximum improvement in energy
efficiency that is technologically
feasible and economically justified, and
would result in the significant
conservation of energy. Specifically,
equipment are able to achieve these
standard levels using technology
options currently available in the
DPPPM market. As for economic
justification, DOE’s analysis shows that
the benefits of the standards exceed the
burdens of the standards.
Completed:
Reason
Final Action .........
Final Action Effective.
Date
09/28/23
11/27/23
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Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Jeremy Dommu,
Phone: 202 586–9870, Email:
jeremy.dommu@ee.doe.gov.
RIN: 1904–AF27
311. Energy Conservation Standards for
3-Phase, Small Commercial Package
Air Conditioning and Heating
Equipment With a Cooling Capacity of
Less Than 65,000 Btu/h [1904–AF32]
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C.
6313(a)(6)(A); 42 U.S.C. 6313(a)(6)(C)(i)
Abstract: Consistent with the
requirements under the Energy Policy
and Conservation Act (EPCA), as
amended, the Department of Energy
(DOE) is examining whether to amend
the current energy conservation
standards for certain categories of
Commercial Air Conditioning and
Heating Equipment found at 10 CFR
431.97. As a result of this effort, DOE
may either propose and adopt: (1) the
amended ASHRAE standard 90.1–2019
levels; or (2) more-stringent standards if
supported by ‘‘clear and convincing’’
evidence. DOE has proposed amended
energy conservation standards that rely
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on new efficiency metrics and align
with the amended efficiency levels in
the industry standard, ASHRAE 90.1–
2019. DOE has preliminarily determined
that it lacks clear and convincing
evidence required by the EPCA to adopt
standards more stringent than the levels
specified in the industry standard. DOE
has also proposed definitions for spaceconstrained commercial package air
conditioning and heating equipment
and for small-duct, high-velocity
commercial package air conditioning
and heating equipment.
In the final rule, DOE is adopting
amended energy conservation standards
for air cooled, three-phase, small
commercial air conditioners and heat
pumps with a cooling capacity of less
than 65,000 Btu/h and air-cooled, threephase, variable refrigerant flow air
conditioners and heat pumps with a
cooling capacity of less than 65,000 Btu/
h that rely on new efficiency metrics
and align with amended efficiency
levels in the industry standard. For the
relevant equipment classes, DOE has
determined that it lacks clear and
convincing evidence required by the
statute to adopt standards more
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stringent than the levels specified in the
industry standard.
Completed:
Reason
Date
Final Rule ............
Final Rule Effective.
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Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Troy Watson, Phone:
240 449–9387, Email: troy.watson@
ee.doe.gov.
RIN: 1904–AF32
the Advanced Technology Vehicles
Manufacturing (ATVM) Loan Program
authorized by section 136 of the Energy
Independence and Security Act of 2007,
as amended (42 U.S.C. 17013) to allow
parties to apply for direct loans in
connection with certain categories
projects made eligible for such loans by
the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs
Act of 2021 and the Inflation Reduction
Act. Relatedly, LPO is also pursuing
another rulemaking effort via 1901–
AB55 to address additional changes for
the ATVM Loan Program.
Timetable:
Action
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE)
Departmental and Others (ENDEP)
Final Rule Stage
312. Statutory Updates to the Advanced
Technology Vehicles Manufacturing
Incentive Program [1901–AB60]
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 17013(d);
42 U.S.C. 17013(e)
Abstract: The U.S. Department of
Energy (DOE) Loan Programs Office
(LPO) intends to issue a direct final rule
to amend the regulations applicable to
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Rebecca Limmer,
Chief Counsel, Department of Energy,
1000 Independence Avenue SW,
Washington, DC 20585, Phone: 202 586–
1174, Email: rebecca.limmer@
hq.doe.gov.
RIN: 1901–AB60
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
10 CFR Chs. II, III, and X
48 CFR Ch. 9
Fall 2023 Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions
AGENCY: Department of Energy.
ACTION: Semiannual Regulatory Agenda.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Energy (DOE) has prepared and is making
available its portion of the semi-annual Unified Agenda of Federal
Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions (Agenda), including its Regulatory
Plan (Plan), pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 12866, ``Regulatory
Planning and Review,'' as reaffirmed and amended in E.O. 13563,
``Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review,'' and E.O. 14094,
``Modernizing Regulatory Review,'' and the Regulatory Flexibility Act.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Agenda is a government-wide compilation
of upcoming and ongoing regulatory activity, including a brief
description of each rulemaking and a timetable for action. The Agenda
also includes a list of regulatory actions completed since publication
of the last Agenda. The Department of Energy's portion of the Agenda
includes regulatory actions called for by the Energy Policy and
Conservation Act, as amended, and programmatic needs of DOE offices.
The internet is the basic means for disseminating the Agenda and
providing users the ability to obtain information from the Agenda
database. DOE's entire Fall 2023 Regulatory Agenda can be accessed
online by going to www.reginfo.gov.
Publication in the Federal Register is mandated by the Regulatory
Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 602) only for Agenda entries that require
either a regulatory flexibility analysis or periodic review under
section 610 of that Act. The Plan appears in both the online Agenda and
the Federal Register and includes the most important of DOE's
significant regulatory actions and a Statement of Regulatory and
Deregulatory Priorities.
Samuel Walsh,
General Counsel.
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy--Final Rule Stage
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Regulation
Sequence No. Title Identifier No.
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302....................... Energy Conservation 1904-AD20
Standards for Residential
Non-Weatherized Gas
Furnaces and Mobile Home
Gas Furnaces.
303....................... Energy Conservation 1904-AD91
Standards for Consumer
Water Heaters (Reg Plan
Seq No. 46).
304....................... Energy Conservation 1904-AD98
Standards for Consumer
Clothes Washers.
305....................... Energy Conservation 1904-AE82
Standards for Consumer
Boilers.
306....................... Energy Conservation 1904-AF00
Standards for
Miscellaneous Residential
Refrigeration.
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References in boldface appear in The Regulatory Plan in part II of this
issue of the Federal Register.
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy--Completed Actions
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Regulation
Sequence No. Title Identifier No.
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307....................... Energy Conservation 1904-AD15
Standards for Residential
Conventional Cooking
Products.
308....................... Energy Conservation 1904-AD34
Standards for Commercial
Water Heating-Equipment.
309....................... Energy Conservation 1904-AF01
Standards: Computer Room
Air Conditioners.
310....................... Energy Conservation 1904-AF27
Standards for Dedicated-
Purpose Pool Pump Motors.
311....................... Energy Conservation 1904-AF32
Standards for 3-Phase,
Small Commercial Package
Air Conditioning and
Heating Equipment With a
Cooling Capacity of Less
Than 65,000 Btu/h.
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Departmental and Others--Final Rule Stage
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Regulation
Sequence No. Title Identifier No.
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312....................... Statutory Updates to the 1901-AB60
Advanced Technology
Vehicles Manufacturing
Incentive Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE)
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EE)
Final Rule Stage
302. Energy Conservation Standards for Residential Non-Weatherized Gas
Furnaces and Mobile Home Gas Furnaces [1904-AD20]
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6295(f)(4)(C); 42 U.S.C. 6295(m)(1); 42
U.S.C. 6295(gg)(3)
Abstract: The Energy Policy and Conservation Act, as amended,
(EPCA) prescribes energy conservation standards for various consumer
products and certain commercial and industrial equipment, including the
residential furnaces which are the subject of this rulemaking. (42
U.S.C. 6292(a)(5)) EPCA also requires the U.S. Department of Energy
(DOE) to determine whether more-stringent amended standards would be
technologically feasible and economically justified and would save a
significant amount of energy (42 U.S.C. 6295(o)(2)(A) and (3)(B)). EPCA
specifically provides that DOE must conduct two rounds of energy
conservation standards rulemakings for the residential furnaces at
issue (42 U.S.C. 6295(f)(4)(B) and (C)), and the statute also requires
that not later than six years after issuance of any final rule
establishing or amending a standard, DOE must publish either a notice
of determination that standards for the product does not need to be
amended, or a notice of proposed rulemaking (NOPR) including new
proposed energy conservation standards (42 U.S.C. 6295(m)(1)). This
rulemaking is being undertaken pursuant to the statutorily-required
second round of rulemaking for
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non-weatherized gas furnaces (NWGFs) and mobile home gas furnaces
(MHGFs), and once completed, it will also satisfy the statutorily-
required six-year-lookback review. In the July 7, 2022 NOPR, DOE
proposes amended and new energy conservation standards for NWGFs and
MHGFs pursuant to a court-ordered remand of DOE's 2011 rulemaking for
these products and other statutory requirements. 87 FR 40590.
Specifically, the NOPR proposes amended active mode annual fuel
utilization efficiency (AFUE) standards at 95 percent for both NWGFs
and MHGFs. It also proposes amended standby mode and off mode standards
(in watts) at 8.5 watts for both NWGFs and MHGFs. If finalized, the
proposed standards would apply to all NWGFs and MHGFs manufactured in,
or imported into, the United States starting on the date five years
after the publication of the final rule for this rulemaking.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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Notice of Public Meeting............ 10/30/14 79 FR 64517
NPRM and Notice of Public Meeting... 03/12/15 80 FR 13120
NPRM Comment Period Extended........ 05/20/15 80 FR 28851
NPRM Comment Period Extended End.... 07/10/15
Notice of Data Availability (NODA).. 09/14/15 80 FR 55038
NODA Comment Period End............. 10/14/15
NODA Comment Period Reopened........ 10/23/15 80 FR 64370
NODA Comment Period Reopened End.... 11/06/15
Supplemental NPRM and Notice of 09/23/16 81 FR 65720
Public Meeting.
Supplemental NPRM Comment Period End 11/22/16
SNPRM Comment Period Reopened....... 12/05/16 81 FR 87493
SNPRM Comment Period End............ 01/06/17
Notice of NPRM Withdrawal........... 01/15/21 86 FR 3873
NPRM................................ 07/07/22 87 FR 40590
NPRM Comment Period Extended, NODA 08/30/22 87 FR 52861
and Notice of Public Meeting.
NPRM Comment Period Extended End.... 10/06/22
Final Action........................ 11/00/23
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Julia Hegarty, Department of Energy, 1000
Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20585, Phone: 240 597-6737,
Email: [email protected].
RIN: 1904-AD20
303. Energy Conservation Standards for Consumer Water Heaters [1904-
AD91]
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No. 46 in part II of this issue
of the Federal Register.
RIN: 1904-AD91
304. Energy Conservation Standards for Consumer Clothes Washers [1904-
AD98]
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6295(g); 42 U.S.C. 6295(m)
Abstract: Consistent with the requirements under the Energy Policy
and Conservation Act (EPCA), as amended, the U.S. Department of Energy
(DOE) is examining whether to amend the current energy conservation
standards for consumer clothes washers found at 10 CFR 430.32(g). To
this end, DOE must determine whether standards more stringent than
those currently in place would result in a significant amount of energy
savings and whether such amended standards would be technologically
feasible and economically justified. DOE has tentatively proposed
standards that represent the maximum improvement in energy efficiency
that is technologically feasible and economically justified, and would
result in the significant conservation of energy. Specifically, with
regards to technological feasibility, products achieving these standard
levels are already commercially available for all product classes
covered by this proposal. As for economic justification, DOE's analysis
shows that the benefits of the proposed standard exceed the burdens.
Once completed, this rulemaking will fulfill DOE's statutory obligation
to either propose amended standards for this product or determine that
the standards do not need to be amended.
Additionally, EPCA directs DOE to provide interested persons an
opportunity to present oral and written comments on matters related to
any energy conservation standard proposed rule. To satisfy this
requirement, DOE held an initial public meeting in November 2021 to
discuss preliminary materials and a second meeting in March 2023 to
specifically discuss the proposed rule. DOE intends address any
feedback provided during the March 2023 public meeting in subsequent
materials.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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Request for Information (RFI)....... 08/02/19 84 FR 37794
RFI Comment Period Extended......... 08/26/19 84 FR 44557
RFI Comment Period Extended End..... 10/03/19
RFI Comment Period Reopened......... 10/03/19 84 FR 52818
RFI Comment Period Reopened End..... 10/17/19
Preliminary Analysis and Notice of 09/29/21 86 FR 53886
Webinar.
Public Meeting...................... 11/10/21
Preliminary Analysis Comment Period 10/29/21 86 FR 59889
Extended.
Preliminary Analysis Comment Period 01/27/22
Extended End.
Notice of Data Availability (NODA).. 04/13/22 87 FR 21816
NODA Comment Period End............. 05/13/22
NODA Comment Period Reopened........ 05/19/22 87 FR 30433
NODA Comment Period Reopened End.... 05/27/22
NPRM................................ 03/03/23 88 FR 13520
Public Meeting...................... 03/28/23
NPRM Comment Period Extended........ 05/01/23 88 FR 26511
NPRM Comment Period Extended End.... 05/17/23
Final Action........................ 12/00/23
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Bryan D. Berringer, Building Technologies Office,
EE-5B, Department of Energy, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy,
1000 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20585, Phone: 202 586-0371,
Email: [email protected].
RIN: 1904-AD98
305. Energy Conservation Standards for Consumer Boilers [1904-AE82]
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6295(m)(1)
Abstract: Consistent with the requirements under the Energy Policy
and Conservation Act (EPCA), as
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amended, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is examining whether to
amend the current energy conservation standards in place for consumer
boilers found at 10 CFR 430.32(e). As a result of this effort, DOE may
propose and adopt more-stringent standards or issue a determination
that no amendments to the current standards are required. To this end,
DOE must determine whether national standards more stringent than those
currently in place would result in a significant amount of energy
savings and whether such amended national standards would be
technologically feasible and economically justified. Once completed,
this rulemaking will fulfill DOE's statutory obligation to either
propose and adopt amended standards for this product or determine that
the existing standards do not need to be amended.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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Request for Information (RFI); Early 03/25/21 86 FR 15804
Assessment Review.
RFI Comment Period End.............. 04/26/21
RFI; Early Assessment Comment Period 04/09/21 86 FR 18478
Extended.
RFI; Early Assessment Comment Period 05/26/21
Extended End.
Notice of Webinar and Availability 05/04/22 87 FR 26304
of Preliminary Technical Support
Document.
Preliminary Technical Support 07/05/22
Document Comment Period End.
NPRM................................ 08/14/23 88 FR 55128
Notice of Public Meeting and Webinar 08/31/23 88 FR 60152
NPRM Comment Period End............. 10/13/23
Final Rule.......................... 07/00/24
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Julia Hegarty, Department of Energy, 1000
Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20585, Phone: 240 597-6737,
Email: [email protected].
RIN: 1904-AE82
306. Energy Conservation Standards for Miscellaneous Residential
Refrigeration [1904-AF00]
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6292(a)(20); 42 U.S.C. 6295(l); 42
U.S.C. 6295(m)
Abstract: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has initiated an
effort to consider amending the energy conservation standards for
miscellaneous residential refrigeration (e.g., wine coolers and certain
other combination consumer refrigeration products). Once completed,
this rulemaking will fulfill DOE's statutory obligation to either
propose amended energy conservation standards for these products or
determine that the existing standards do not need to be amended. To
this end, DOE must determine whether national standards more stringent
than those currently in place would result in a significant amount of
energy savings and whether such amended national standards would be
technologically feasible and economically justified.
In the notice of proposed rulemaking, DOE proposed standards that
represent the maximum improvement in energy efficiency that is
technologically feasible and economically justified, and would result
in the significant conservation of energy. Specifically, with regards
to technological feasibility products achieving these standard levels
are already commercially available for all product classes covered by
this proposal. As for economic justification, DOE's analysis shows that
the benefits of the proposed standard exceed, to a great extent, the
burdens of the proposed standards.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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Request for Information (RFI); Early 12/08/20 85 FR 78964
Assessment Review.
Comment Period End.................. 02/22/21
Notification of Webinar and 01/21/22 87 FR 3229
Availability of Preliminary
Technical Support Document.
Notice of rescheduled public meeting 02/09/22 87 FR 7396
to March 7, 2022.
Preliminary Analysis Comment Period 03/22/22
End.
NPRM................................ 03/31/23 88 FR 19382
NPRM Comment Period End............. 05/30/23
Final Rule.......................... 07/00/24
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Lucas Adin, Project Manager, Department of Energy,
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue SW,
Mail Stop EE-5B, Washington, DC 20585, Phone: 202 287-5904, Email:
[email protected].
RIN: 1904-AF00
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE)
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EE)
Completed Actions
307. Energy Conservation Standards for Residential Conventional Cooking
Products [1904-AD15]
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6295(m)(1); 42 U.S.C. 6292 (a)(10); 42
U.S.C. 6295(h)
Abstract: The Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA), as amended
by Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA), prescribes
energy conservation standards for various consumer products, including
consumer conventional cooking products. EPCA also requires the U.S.
Department of Energy (DOE) to periodically determine whether more
stringent standards would be technologically feasible and economically
justified and would result in a significant conservation of energy. In
this rulemaking, DOE proposes new and amended energy conservation
standards for consumer conventional cooking products and tentatively
concludes that the proposed standards represent the maximum improvement
in energy efficiency that is technologically feasible and economically
justified, and would result in the significant conservation of energy.
On September 25, 2023, the Association of Home Appliance
Manufacturers and efficiency and consumer organizations and utilities,
submitted a joint letter to DOE recommending new and amended efficiency
standards for various home appliances for consideration including for
conventional cooking products. Under the authority provided in 42
U.S.C. 6295(p)(4), DOE is now pursuing this effort through a direct
final rule, see 1904-AF57.
Completed:
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Reason Date FR Cite
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Supplemental NPRM; Extension of 04/17/23
Public Comment Period End.
NODA Comment Period End............. 04/03/23
Withdrawn........................... 11/03/23
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Carl Shapiro, Phone: 240 315-4339.
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RIN: 1904-AD15
308. Energy Conservation Standards for Commercial Water Heating-
Equipment [1904-AD34]
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6313(a)(6)(C)(i) and (vi)
Abstract: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has completed a
rulemaking to amend energy conservation standards for commercial water
heaters. Now completed, this rulemaking fulfills DOE's statutory
obligation under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act, as amended,
(EPCA) to either propose amended energy conservation standards for
commercial water heaters and hot water supply boilers (CWHs), or
determine that the existing standards do not need to be amended.
(Unfired hot water storage tanks and commercial heat pump water heaters
are being considered in a separate rulemaking.) DOE must determine
whether national standards more stringent than those that are currently
in place would result in a significant additional amount of energy
savings and whether such amended national standards would be
technologically feasible and economically justified. In the final rule,
DOE concludes, based on clear and convincing evidence that the
standards adopted are technologically feasible and economically
justified, and would result in significant additional conservation of
energy. Specifically, with regards to technological feasibility, CWH
equipment achieving the adopted standard levels are already
commercially available for all equipment classes covered by the final
rule. As for economic justification, DOE's analysis shows that the
benefits of the proposed standard exceed, to a great extent, the
burdens of the adopted standards.
Completed:
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Reason Date FR Cite
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Final Action........................ 10/06/23 88 FR 69686
Final Action Effective.............. 12/05/23
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Julia Hegarty, Phone: 240 597-6737, Email:
[email protected].
RIN: 1904-AD34
309. Energy Conservation Standards: Computer Room Air Conditioners
[1904-AF01]
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6313(a)6)(A); 42 U.S.C. 6313(a)(6)(C)(i)
Abstract: This rulemaking for Computer Room Air Conditioners
(CRACs) is required under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act
(EPCA), as amended, ASHRAE trigger provision at 42 U.S.C.
6313(a)(6)(A). Under the statute, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is
required to either: (1) establish an amended uniform national standard
for this equipment at the minimum level specified in the amended ASHRAE
Standard 90.1; or (2) adopt a more-stringent standard, if supported by
clear and convincing evidence. To adopt a more-stringent standard, the
Secretary must determine, by rule published in the Federal Register,
that adoption of such standard would result in significant additional
conservation of energy and is technologically feasible and economically
justified.
As noted previously, this rulemaking originally started under RIN
1904-AD92, with the publication of a notice of data availability and
request for information addressing CRACs on September 11, 2019 (84 FR
48006). However, ASHRAE 90.1-2019 made additional revisions to the
efficiency levels for CRACs and newly acted to amend the efficiency
levels for 3-Phase Commercial Unitary Air-Cooled Air Conditioners and
Heat Pumps Less Than 65,000 Btu/h. Consequently, DOE had bundled these
two equipment categories in the rulemaking under RIN 1904-AF01. (Note
that the earlier RIN 1904-AD92 also addressed Dedicated Outdoor Air
Systems, but since that equipment category saw no further ASHRAE
action, DOE is moving forward with that equipment category separately
under that RIN.) However, DOE is now addressing consideration of
potential amended energy conservation standards for 3-Phase Commercial
Unitary Air-Cooled Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps Less Than 65,000
Btu/h in a separate rulemaking under RIN 1904-AF32. Consequently, RIN
1904-AF01 is currently limited to consideration of amended energy
conservation standards for CRACs.
In the final rule, DOE is adopting amended energy conservation
standards for CRACs that rely on a new efficiency metric and are
equivalent to those levels specified in ASHRAE Standard 90.1 2019. DOE
has determined that it lacks the clear and convincing evidence required
by the statute to adopt standards more stringent than the levels
specified in the industry standard.
Completed:
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Reason Date FR Cite
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Final Rule.......................... 06/02/23 88 FR 36392
Final Rule Effective................ 08/01/23
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Troy Watson, Phone: 240 449-9387, Email:
[email protected].
RIN: 1904-AF01
310. Energy Conservation Standards for Dedicated-Purpose Pool Pump
Motors [1904-AF27]
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6295(o); 42 U.S.C. 6316(a); 42 U.S.C.
6311(1)(A)
Abstract: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) published a final
rule adopting energy conservation standards for dedicated-purpose pool
pump motors (DPPP), which is a category of electric motor. DOE
determined that the standards adopted represent the maximum improvement
in energy efficiency that is technologically feasible and economically
justified, and would result in the significant conservation of energy.
Specifically, equipment are able to achieve these standard levels using
technology options currently available in the DPPPM market. As for
economic justification, DOE's analysis shows that the benefits of the
standards exceed the burdens of the standards.
Completed:
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Reason Date FR Cite
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Final Action........................ 09/28/23 88 FR 66966
Final Action Effective.............. 11/27/23
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Jeremy Dommu, Phone: 202 586-9870, Email:
[email protected].
RIN: 1904-AF27
311. Energy Conservation Standards for 3-Phase, Small Commercial
Package Air Conditioning and Heating Equipment With a Cooling Capacity
of Less Than 65,000 Btu/h [1904-AF32]
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6313(a)(6)(A); 42 U.S.C.
6313(a)(6)(C)(i)
Abstract: Consistent with the requirements under the Energy Policy
and Conservation Act (EPCA), as amended, the Department of Energy (DOE)
is examining whether to amend the current energy conservation standards
for certain categories of Commercial Air Conditioning and Heating
Equipment found at 10 CFR 431.97. As a result of this effort, DOE may
either propose and adopt: (1) the amended ASHRAE standard 90.1-2019
levels; or (2) more-stringent standards if supported by ``clear and
convincing'' evidence. DOE has proposed amended energy conservation
standards that rely
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on new efficiency metrics and align with the amended efficiency levels
in the industry standard, ASHRAE 90.1-2019. DOE has preliminarily
determined that it lacks clear and convincing evidence required by the
EPCA to adopt standards more stringent than the levels specified in the
industry standard. DOE has also proposed definitions for space-
constrained commercial package air conditioning and heating equipment
and for small-duct, high-velocity commercial package air conditioning
and heating equipment.
In the final rule, DOE is adopting amended energy conservation
standards for air cooled, three-phase, small commercial air
conditioners and heat pumps with a cooling capacity of less than 65,000
Btu/h and air-cooled, three-phase, variable refrigerant flow air
conditioners and heat pumps with a cooling capacity of less than 65,000
Btu/h that rely on new efficiency metrics and align with amended
efficiency levels in the industry standard. For the relevant equipment
classes, DOE has determined that it lacks clear and convincing evidence
required by the statute to adopt standards more stringent than the
levels specified in the industry standard.
Completed:
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Reason Date FR Cite
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Final Rule.......................... 06/02/23 88 FR 36368
Final Rule Effective................ 08/01/23
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Troy Watson, Phone: 240 449-9387, Email:
[email protected].
RIN: 1904-AF32
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE)
Departmental and Others (ENDEP)
Final Rule Stage
312. Statutory Updates to the Advanced Technology Vehicles
Manufacturing Incentive Program [1901-AB60]
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 17013(d); 42 U.S.C. 17013(e)
Abstract: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Loan Programs Office
(LPO) intends to issue a direct final rule to amend the regulations
applicable to the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing (ATVM)
Loan Program authorized by section 136 of the Energy Independence and
Security Act of 2007, as amended (42 U.S.C. 17013) to allow parties to
apply for direct loans in connection with certain categories projects
made eligible for such loans by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs
Act of 2021 and the Inflation Reduction Act. Relatedly, LPO is also
pursuing another rulemaking effort via 1901-AB55 to address additional
changes for the ATVM Loan Program.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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Direct Final Rule................... 12/00/23
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Rebecca Limmer, Chief Counsel, Department of
Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20585, Phone: 202
586-1174, Email: [email protected].
RIN: 1901-AB60
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