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10 CFR Chs. II, III, and X
pursuant to Executive Order 12866,
‘‘Regulatory Planning and Review,’’ and
the Regulatory Flexibility Act.
48 CFR Ch. 9
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Unified Agenda of Federal 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)
SUMMARY:
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 Spring 2024 Agenda can be
accessed online by going to
www.reginfo.gov.
DOE’s regulatory flexibility agenda is
made up of rulemakings setting energy
efficiency standards and requirements
applicable to DOE sites.
Samuel Walsh,
General Counsel.
ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY—FINAL RULE STAGE
Regulation
Identifier No.
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Title
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60 ......................
61 ......................
Energy Conservation Standards for Circulator Pumps ....................................................................................
Energy Conservation Standards for Consumer Water Heaters ......................................................................
Test Procedures for Air-Cooled, Evaporatively-Cooled, and Water-Cooled Commercial Package Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps.
Energy Conservation Standards for Distribution Transformers .......................................................................
Energy Conservation Standards for Consumer Boilers ...................................................................................
Test Procedures for Evaporatively-Cooled Commercial Unitary Air Conditioners (ECUACs) and WaterCooled Commercial Unitary Air Conditioners (WCUACs).
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63 ......................
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1904–AD93
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Title
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Energy Conservation Standards for Residential Non-Weatherized Gas Furnaces and Mobile Home Gas
Furnaces.
Energy Conservation Standards for Consumer Clothes Washers ..................................................................
Energy Conservation Standards for Miscellaneous Residential Refrigeration ................................................
Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for General Service Lamps ......................
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67 ......................
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE)
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
(EE)
Final Rule Stage
equipment would result in significant
conservation of energy, and are
technologically feasible and
economically justified.
Timetable:
59. Energy Conservation Standards for
Circulator Pumps [1904–AD61]
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Regulation
Identifier No.
Sequence No.
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6311(1)(A);
42 U.S.C. 6316(a); 42 U.S.C. 6295(o)
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
circulator pumps. EPCA also requires
the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to
periodically determine whether morestringent, standards would be
technologically feasible and
economically justified, and would result
in significant energy savings. In the final
rule, DOE adopted new energy
conservation standards for circulator
pumps. It has determined that the
energy conservation standards for this
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Action
Date
Notice of Intent to
Start a Negotiated Rulemaking Working
Group and Notice of Public
Meeting.
Notice of Working
Group Public
Meetings.
Request for Information (RFI).
RFI Comment Period Extended.
RFI Comment Period Extended
End.
NPRM ..................
NPRM Comment
Period End.
Final Action .........
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Final Action Effective.
Date
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1904–AD98
1904–AF00
1904–AF43
FR Cite
08/05/24
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Jeremy Dommu,
Building Technologies Office, EE–2J,
Department of Energy, 1000
Independence Avenue SW, Washington,
DC 20585, Phone: 202 586–9870, Email:
jeremy.dommu@ee.doe.gov.
RIN: 1904–AD61
02/03/16
81 FR 5658
03/16/16
81 FR 14024
60. Energy Conservation Standards for
Consumer Water Heaters [1904–AD91]
05/07/21
86 FR 24516
05/26/21
86 FR 28298
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6295(m)(1)
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
consumer water heaters. EPCA also
requires the U.S. Department of Energy
(DOE) to periodically determine
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whether more stringent standards would
be technologically feasible and
economically justified, and would result
in significant energy savings. In the final
rule, DOE has adopted amended energy
conservation standards for consumer
water heaters, except for gas-fired
instantaneous water heaters (GIWHs).
DOE has determined that the new and
amended energy conservation standards
for these products would result in
significant conservation of energy, and
are technologically feasible and
economically justified. DOE is still
considering amended energy
conservation standards for GIWHs and
will continue to consider comments
submitted previously to inform any
decision on amended standards.
Timetable:
Action
Date
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Request for Information (RFI).
RFI Comment Period End.
Notice of Webinar
and Availability
of Preliminary
Technical Support Document.
Public Meeting ....
Preliminary Technical Support
Document
Comment Period End.
RFI Comment Period Reopened.
RFI Comment Period Reopened
End.
NPRM ..................
Public Meeting ....
NPRM Comment
Period End.
Supplemental
NPRM.
Supplemental
NPRM Comment Period
End.
Final Action .........
Final Action Effective.
05/21/20
FR Cite
85 FR 30853
07/06/20
03/01/22
87 FR 11327
04/12/22
05/02/22
05/04/22
87 FR 26303
05/16/22
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C.
6314(a)(4)(B); 42 U.S.C. 6314(a)(1)(A)
Abstract: The U.S. Department of
Energy (DOE) has amended the Federal
test procedures for air-cooled
commercial package air conditioners
and heat pumps with a rated cooling
capacity greater than or equal to 65,000
Btu/h, evaporatively-cooled commercial
package air conditioners, and watercooled commercial package air
conditioners to incorporate by reference
the latest versions of the applicable
industry test standards. In the final rule,
DOE has amended the current test
procedure for this equipment for
measuring the current cooling and
heating metrics—integrated energy
efficiency ratio (IEER) and coefficient of
performance (COP), respectively; and
established a new test procedure for this
equipment that adopts two new
metrics—integrated ventilation,
economizer, and cooling (IVEC) and
integrated ventilation and heating
efficiency (IVHE). Testing to the IVEC
and IVHE metrics will not be required
until such time as compliance is
required with any amended energy
conservation standard based on the new
metrics. Additionally, DOE amended
certain provisions of DOE’s regulations
related to representations and
enforcement for the subject equipment.
Timetable:
Action
07/28/23
09/13/23
09/26/23
88 FR 49058
12/27/23
88 FR 89330
01/10/24
05/06/24
07/05/24
89 FR 37778
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–AD91
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Date
Request for Information (RFI).
RFI Comment Period End.
Request for Information (RFI).
RFI Comment Period End.
Working Group
Notice of Open
Meetings.
NPRM ..................
NPRM Comment
Period End.
Final Action .........
Final Action Effective.
07/25/17
FR Cite
82 FR 34427
08/24/17
05/25/22
87 FR 31743
06/24/22
09/01/22
87 FR 53699
08/17/23
10/16/23
88 FR 56392
05/20/24
08/05/24
89 FR 43986
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: lucas.adin@
ee.doe.gov.
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62. Energy Conservation Standards for
Distribution Transformers [1904–AE12]
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6295
(m)(1); 42 U.S.C. 6295(y); 42 U.S.C.
6316(a); 42 U.S.C. 6317(a)
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
distribution transformers. EPCA also
requires the U.S. Department of Energy
(DOE) to periodically review its existing
standards to determine whether more
stringent standards would be
technologically feasible and
economically justified, and would result
in significant energy savings. In the final
rule, DOE is adopting amended energy
conservation standards for distribution
transformers. DOE has determined that
the amended energy conservation
standards for distribution transformers
represent the maximum improvement in
energy efficiency that is technologically
feasible and economically justified, and
would result in the significant
conservation of energy.
Timetable:
Action
Request for Information (RFI).
RFI Comment Period End.
Notice of Availability of Preliminary Technical Support
Document.
Preliminary Analysis Reopened.
Preliminary Technical Support
Document
Comment End.
NPRM ..................
NPRM Comment
Period Extended.
NPRM Comment
Period Extended End.
Final Action .........
Final Action Effective.
Date
06/18/19
FR Cite
84 FR 28239
08/02/19
08/27/21
86 FR 48058
11/16/21
86 FR 63318
12/10/21
01/11/23
02/22/23
88 FR 1722
88 FR 10856
03/27/23
04/22/24
07/08/24
89 FR 29834
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Jeremy Dommu,
Building Technologies Office, EE–2J,
Department of Energy, 1000
Independence Avenue SW, Washington,
DC 20585, Phone: 202 586–9870, Email:
jeremy.dommu@ee.doe.gov.
RIN: 1904–AE12
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63. 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
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
FR Cite
86 FR 15804
04/26/21
04/09/21
86 FR 18478
05/26/21
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE)
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C.
6314(a)(4)(B); 42 U.S.C. 6314(a)(1)(A)
Abstract: The U.S. Department of
Energy (DOE) has amended the Federal
test procedures for air-cooled
commercial package air conditioners
and heat pumps with a rated cooling
capacity greater than or equal to 65,000
Btu/h, evaporatively-cooled commercial
package air conditioners, and watercooled commercial package air
conditioners to incorporate by reference
the latest versions of the applicable
industry test standards. In the final rule,
DOE has amended the current test
procedure for this equipment for
measuring the current cooling and
heating—metrics integrated energy
efficiency ratio (IEER) and coefficient of
performance (COP), respectively; and
established a new test procedure for this
equipment that adopts two new
metrics—integrated ventilation,
economizer, and cooling (IVEC) and
integrated ventilation and heating
efficiency (IVHE). Testing to the IVEC
and IVHE metrics will not be required
until such time as compliance is
required with any amended energy
conservation standard based on the new
metrics. Additionally, DOE amended
certain provisions of DOE’s regulations
related to representations and
enforcement for the subject equipment.
Timetable:
65. 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 statutorilyrequired second round of rulemaking for
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
proposed 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 proposed amended active
mode annual fuel utilization efficiency
(AFUE) standards at 95 percent for both
NWGFs and MHGFs. It also proposed
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
Action
05/04/22
87 FR 26304
07/05/22
08/14/23
08/31/23
88 FR 55128
88 FR 60152
Date
Request for Information (RFI).
RFI Comment Period End.
Second RFI .........
Second RFI Comment Period
End.
NPRM ..................
NPRM Comment
Period End.
Final Action .........
Final Rule Effective.
07/25/17
FR Cite
82 FR 34427
08/24/17
05/25/22
06/24/22
87 FR 31743
08/17/23
10/16/23
88 FR 56392
05/20/24
08/05/24
89 FR 43986
10/13/23
12/00/24
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
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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: lucas.adin@
ee.doe.gov.
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publication of the final rule for this
rulemaking.
In the final rule, DOE adopts the
amended energy conservation standards
for both NWGFs and MHGFs. DOE has
determined that the amended energy
conservation standards for the subject
products would result in significant
conservation of energy, and are
technologically feasible and
economically justified.
In the final rule, DOE adopted the
amended energy conservation standards
for consumer furnaces, specifically
nonweatherized gas furnaces and
mobile home gas furnaces. The
Department has determined that the
amended energy conservation standards
for the subject products would result in
significant conservation of energy, and
are technologically feasible and
economically justified.
Completed:
Reason
Date
Final Rule ............
Final Rule Effective.
12/18/23
02/16/24
FR Cite
88 FR 87502
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Julia Hegarty, Phone:
240 597–6737, Email: julia.hegarty@
ee.doe.gov.
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66. 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
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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.
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
residential clothes washers. 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–AF58.
Completed:
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.
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
miscellaneous refrigeration 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–AF62.
Completed:
Reason
Action
Date
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67. 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
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01/16/24
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Bryan D. Berringer,
Phone: 202 586–0371, Email:
bryan.berringer@ee.doe.gov.
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Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Lucas Adin., Phone:
202 287–5904, Email: lucas.adin@
ee.doe.gov.
RIN: 1904–AF00
68. Energy Conservation Program:
Energy Conservation Standards for
General Service Lamps [1904–AF43]
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C.
6295(i)(6)(B); 42 U.S.C. 6295(m); 42
U.S.C. 6295(o); 42 U.S.C. 6295(p)
Abstract: The Energy Policy and
Conservation Act, as amended (EPCA),
directs the U.S. Department of Energy
(DOE) to initiate two rulemaking cycles
for general service lamps (GSLs) that,
among other requirements, determine
whether standards in effect for GSLs
should be amended. EPCA also requires
DOE to periodically determine whether
more-stringent standards would be
technologically feasible and
economically justified, and would result
in significant energy savings. In this
final rule, DOE is adopting amended
energy conservation standards for GSLs.
DOE has determined that the amended
energy conservation standards for these
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products would result in significant
conservation of energy and are
technologically feasible and
economically justified.
Completed:
Reason
Date
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Bryan D. Berringer,
Phone: 202 586–0371, Email:
bryan.berringer@ee.doe.gov.
RIN: 1904–AF43
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
10 CFR Chs. II, III, and X
48 CFR Ch. 9
Unified Agenda of Federal 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) pursuant to Executive
Order 12866, ``Regulatory Planning and 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 Spring 2024 Agenda can be accessed online by going to
www.reginfo.gov.
DOE's regulatory flexibility agenda is made up of rulemakings
setting energy efficiency standards and requirements applicable to DOE
sites.
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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59........................ Energy Conservation 1904-AD61
Standards for Circulator
Pumps.
60........................ Energy Conservation 1904-AD91
Standards for Consumer
Water Heaters.
61........................ Test Procedures for Air- 1904-AD93
Cooled, Evaporatively-
Cooled, and Water-Cooled
Commercial Package Air
Conditioners and Heat
Pumps.
62........................ Energy Conservation 1904-AE12
Standards for
Distribution Transformers.
63........................ Energy Conservation 1904-AE82
Standards for Consumer
Boilers.
64........................ Test Procedures for 1904-AF45
Evaporatively-Cooled
Commercial Unitary Air
Conditioners (ECUACs) and
Water-Cooled Commercial
Unitary Air Conditioners
(WCUACs).
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Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy--Completed Actions
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Regulation
Sequence No. Title Identifier No.
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65........................ Energy Conservation 1904-AD20
Standards for Residential
Non-Weatherized Gas
Furnaces and Mobile Home
Gas Furnaces.
66........................ Energy Conservation 1904-AD98
Standards for Consumer
Clothes Washers.
67........................ Energy Conservation 1904-AF00
Standards for
Miscellaneous Residential
Refrigeration.
68........................ Energy Conservation 1904-AF43
Program: Energy
Conservation Standards
for General Service Lamps.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE)
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EE)
Final Rule Stage
59. Energy Conservation Standards for Circulator Pumps [1904-AD61]
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6311(1)(A); 42 U.S.C. 6316(a); 42 U.S.C.
6295(o)
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
circulator pumps. 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 significant energy savings. In the final rule, DOE adopted
new energy conservation standards for circulator pumps. It has
determined that the energy conservation standards for this equipment
would result in significant conservation of energy, and are
technologically feasible and economically justified.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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Notice of Intent to Start a 02/03/16 81 FR 5658
Negotiated Rulemaking Working Group
and Notice of Public Meeting.
Notice of Working Group Public 03/16/16 81 FR 14024
Meetings.
Request for Information (RFI)....... 05/07/21 86 FR 24516
RFI Comment Period Extended......... 05/26/21 86 FR 28298
RFI Comment Period Extended End..... 07/30/21
NPRM................................ 12/06/22 87 FR 74850
NPRM Comment Period End............. 02/06/23
Final Action........................ 05/20/24 89 FR 44464
Final Action Effective.............. 08/05/24
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Jeremy Dommu, Building Technologies Office, EE-2J,
Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC
20585, Phone: 202 586-9870, Email: [email protected].
RIN: 1904-AD61
60. Energy Conservation Standards for Consumer Water Heaters [1904-
AD91]
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6295(m)(1)
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
consumer water heaters. EPCA also requires the U.S. Department of
Energy (DOE) to periodically determine
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whether more stringent standards would be technologically feasible and
economically justified, and would result in significant energy savings.
In the final rule, DOE has adopted amended energy conservation
standards for consumer water heaters, except for gas-fired
instantaneous water heaters (GIWHs). DOE has determined that the new
and amended energy conservation standards for these products would
result in significant conservation of energy, and are technologically
feasible and economically justified. DOE is still considering amended
energy conservation standards for GIWHs and will continue to consider
comments submitted previously to inform any decision on amended
standards.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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Request for Information (RFI)....... 05/21/20 85 FR 30853
RFI Comment Period End.............. 07/06/20
Notice of Webinar and Availability 03/01/22 87 FR 11327
of Preliminary Technical Support
Document.
Public Meeting...................... 04/12/22
Preliminary Technical Support 05/02/22
Document Comment Period End.
RFI Comment Period Reopened......... 05/04/22 87 FR 26303
RFI Comment Period Reopened End..... 05/16/22
NPRM................................ 07/28/23 88 FR 49058
Public Meeting...................... 09/13/23
NPRM Comment Period End............. 09/26/23
Supplemental NPRM................... 12/27/23 88 FR 89330
Supplemental NPRM Comment Period End 01/10/24
Final Action........................ 05/06/24 89 FR 37778
Final Action Effective.............. 07/05/24
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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-AD91
61. Test Procedures for Air-Cooled, Evaporatively-Cooled, and Water-
Cooled Commercial Package Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps [1904-AD93]
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6314(a)(4)(B); 42 U.S.C. 6314(a)(1)(A)
Abstract: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has amended the
Federal test procedures for air-cooled commercial package air
conditioners and heat pumps with a rated cooling capacity greater than
or equal to 65,000 Btu/h, evaporatively-cooled commercial package air
conditioners, and water-cooled commercial package air conditioners to
incorporate by reference the latest versions of the applicable industry
test standards. In the final rule, DOE has amended the current test
procedure for this equipment for measuring the current cooling and
heating metrics--integrated energy efficiency ratio (IEER) and
coefficient of performance (COP), respectively; and established a new
test procedure for this equipment that adopts two new metrics--
integrated ventilation, economizer, and cooling (IVEC) and integrated
ventilation and heating efficiency (IVHE). Testing to the IVEC and IVHE
metrics will not be required until such time as compliance is required
with any amended energy conservation standard based on the new metrics.
Additionally, DOE amended certain provisions of DOE's regulations
related to representations and enforcement for the subject equipment.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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Request for Information (RFI)....... 07/25/17 82 FR 34427
RFI Comment Period End.............. 08/24/17
Request for Information (RFI)....... 05/25/22 87 FR 31743
RFI Comment Period End.............. 06/24/22
Working Group Notice of Open 09/01/22 87 FR 53699
Meetings.
NPRM................................ 08/17/23 88 FR 56392
NPRM Comment Period End............. 10/16/23
Final Action........................ 05/20/24 89 FR 43986
Final Action Effective.............. 08/05/24
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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-AD93
62. Energy Conservation Standards for Distribution Transformers [1904-
AE12]
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6295 (m)(1); 42 U.S.C. 6295(y); 42
U.S.C. 6316(a); 42 U.S.C. 6317(a)
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
distribution transformers. EPCA also requires the U.S. Department of
Energy (DOE) to periodically review its existing standards to determine
whether more stringent standards would be technologically feasible and
economically justified, and would result in significant energy savings.
In the final rule, DOE is adopting amended energy conservation
standards for distribution transformers. DOE has determined that the
amended energy conservation standards for distribution transformers
represent the maximum improvement in energy efficiency that is
technologically feasible and economically justified, and would result
in the significant conservation of energy.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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Request for Information (RFI)....... 06/18/19 84 FR 28239
RFI Comment Period End.............. 08/02/19
Notice of Availability of 08/27/21 86 FR 48058
Preliminary Technical Support
Document.
Preliminary Analysis Reopened....... 11/16/21 86 FR 63318
Preliminary Technical Support 12/10/21
Document Comment End.
NPRM................................ 01/11/23 88 FR 1722
NPRM Comment Period Extended........ 02/22/23 88 FR 10856
NPRM Comment Period Extended End.... 03/27/23
Final Action........................ 04/22/24 89 FR 29834
Final Action Effective.............. 07/08/24
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Jeremy Dommu, Building Technologies Office, EE-2J,
Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC
20585, Phone: 202 586-9870, Email: [email protected].
RIN: 1904-AE12
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63. 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 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.......................... 12/00/24
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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
64. Test Procedures for Evaporatively-Cooled Commercial Unitary Air
Conditioners (ECUACS) and Water-Cooled Commercial Unitary Air
Conditioners (WCUACS) [1904-AF45]
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6314(a)(4)(B); 42 U.S.C. 6314(a)(1)(A)
Abstract: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has amended the
Federal test procedures for air-cooled commercial package air
conditioners and heat pumps with a rated cooling capacity greater than
or equal to 65,000 Btu/h, evaporatively-cooled commercial package air
conditioners, and water-cooled commercial package air conditioners to
incorporate by reference the latest versions of the applicable industry
test standards. In the final rule, DOE has amended the current test
procedure for this equipment for measuring the current cooling and
heating--metrics integrated energy efficiency ratio (IEER) and
coefficient of performance (COP), respectively; and established a new
test procedure for this equipment that adopts two new metrics--
integrated ventilation, economizer, and cooling (IVEC) and integrated
ventilation and heating efficiency (IVHE). Testing to the IVEC and IVHE
metrics will not be required until such time as compliance is required
with any amended energy conservation standard based on the new metrics.
Additionally, DOE amended certain provisions of DOE's regulations
related to representations and enforcement for the subject equipment.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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Request for Information (RFI)....... 07/25/17 82 FR 34427
RFI Comment Period End.............. 08/24/17
Second RFI.......................... 05/25/22 87 FR 31743
Second RFI Comment Period End....... 06/24/22
NPRM................................ 08/17/23 88 FR 56392
NPRM Comment Period End............. 10/16/23
Final Action........................ 05/20/24 89 FR 43986
Final Rule Effective................ 08/05/24
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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-AF45
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE)
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EE)
Completed Actions
65. 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 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 proposed 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 proposed amended
active mode annual fuel utilization efficiency (AFUE) standards at 95
percent for both NWGFs and MHGFs. It also proposed 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
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publication of the final rule for this rulemaking.
In the final rule, DOE adopts the amended energy conservation
standards for both NWGFs and MHGFs. DOE has determined that the amended
energy conservation standards for the subject products would result in
significant conservation of energy, and are technologically feasible
and economically justified.
In the final rule, DOE adopted the amended energy conservation
standards for consumer furnaces, specifically nonweatherized gas
furnaces and mobile home gas furnaces. The Department has determined
that the amended energy conservation standards for the subject products
would result in significant conservation of energy, and are
technologically feasible and economically justified.
Completed:
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Reason Date FR Cite
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Final Rule.......................... 12/18/23 88 FR 87502
Final Rule Effective................ 02/16/24
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Julia Hegarty, Phone: 240 597-6737, Email:
[email protected].
RIN: 1904-AD20
66. 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.
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
residential clothes washers. 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-AF58.
Completed:
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Action Date FR Cite
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Withdrawn........................... 01/16/24
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Bryan D. Berringer, Phone: 202 586-0371, Email:
[email protected].
RIN: 1904-AD98
67. 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.
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
miscellaneous refrigeration 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-AF62.
Completed:
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Reason Date FR Cite
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Withdrawn........................... 02/06/24
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Lucas Adin., Phone: 202 287-5904, Email:
[email protected].
RIN: 1904-AF00
68. Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for
General Service Lamps [1904-AF43]
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6295(i)(6)(B); 42 U.S.C. 6295(m); 42
U.S.C. 6295(o); 42 U.S.C. 6295(p)
Abstract: The Energy Policy and Conservation Act, as amended
(EPCA), directs the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to initiate two
rulemaking cycles for general service lamps (GSLs) that, among other
requirements, determine whether standards in effect for GSLs should be
amended. EPCA also requires DOE to periodically determine whether more-
stringent standards would be technologically feasible and economically
justified, and would result in significant energy savings. In this
final rule, DOE is adopting amended energy conservation standards for
GSLs. DOE has determined that the amended energy conservation standards
for these
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products would result in significant conservation of energy and are
technologically feasible and economically justified.
Completed:
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Reason Date FR Cite
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Final Action........................ 04/19/24 89 FR 28856
Final Action Effective.............. 07/03/24
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Bryan D. Berringer, Phone: 202 586-0371, Email:
[email protected].
RIN: 1904-AF43
[FR Doc. 2024-16450 Filed 8-15-24; 8:45 am]
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