Department of Energy January 29, 2019 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Residential Furnaces and Commercial Water Heaters
Document Number: 2019-00257
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2019-01-29
Agency: Department of Energy
On November 1, 2018, the U.S. Department of Energy (``DOE'') published in the Federal Register a notice of petition for rulemaking and request for comment regarding whether DOE should issue an interpretive rule stating that DOE's proposed energy conservation standards for residential furnaces and commercial water heaters would result in the unavailability of ``performance characteristics'' within the meaning of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975, as amended, and withdraw its proposals for amended standards for those products/equipment based upon such findings. The comment period in that notice was set to close on January 30, 2019. In the intervening period, DOE received two requests from interested parties seeking an extension of the comment period in order to develop additional data relevant to the petition. This notice announces an extension of the public comment period for submitting comments in response to that notice of petition for rulemaking. The comment period is hereby extended by 30 days to March 1, 2019.
Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Certain External Power Supplies
Document Number: 2019-00228
Type: Rule
Date: 2019-01-29
Agency: Department of Energy
The Department of Energy (DOE) is publishing this final rule to amend its current regulations regarding certain aspects related to its energy conservation standards and scope of coverage for external power supplies. The contents of these technical amendments correspond with provisions enacted by Congress through the Power and Security Systems Act and EPS Improvement Act. DOE is also correcting a misprint related to a table detailing certain statutorily-prescribed requirements.
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