Department of Energy May 7, 2021 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents
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Energy Conservation Program: Test Procedure for Room Air Conditioners; Correction
On March 29, 2021, the U.S. Department of Energy (``DOE'') published a final rule adopting test procedures for room air conditioners (hereafter the ``March 2021 final rule''). This document corrects errors and omissions in the Federal test procedure for room air conditioners as amended by the March 2021 final rule, including an incorrect mathematical notation and missing detail regarding the full compressor speed setpoint in the testing instructions. Neither the errors and omissions, nor the corrections in this document, affect the substance of the rulemaking or any conclusions reached in support of the final rule.
Energy Conservation Program: Decision and Order Granting a Waiver to Hussmann Corporation From the Department of Energy Walk-In Coolers and Walk-In Freezers Test Procedure
The U.S. Department of Energy (``DOE'') gives notification of a Decision and Order (Case Number 2020-010) that grants to Hussmann Corporation (``Hussmann'') a waiver from specified portions of the DOE test procedure for determining the energy efficiency of specified carbon dioxide (``CO2'') direct expansion unit coolers. Under the Decision and Order, Hussmann is required to test and rate the specified basic models of its CO2 direct expansion unit coolers in accordance with the alternate test procedure set forth in the Decision and Order.
Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Consumer Products; Early Assessment Review; Ceiling Fans
The U.S. Department of Energy (``DOE'') is undertaking an early assessment review for amended energy conservation standards for ceiling fans to determine whether to amend applicable energy conservation standards for this product. Specifically, through this request for information (``RFI''), DOE seeks data and information to evaluate whether amended energy conservation standards would result in significant savings of energy; be technologically feasible; and be economically justified. DOE welcomes written comments from the public on any subject within the scope of this document (including those topics not specifically raised in this RFI), as well as the submission of data and other relevant information concerning this early assessment review.
Energy Conservation Program: Decision and Order Granting a Waiver to KeepRite Refrigeration From the Department of Energy Walk-In Coolers and Walk-In Freezers Test Procedure
The U.S. Department of Energy (``DOE'') gives notification of a Decision and Order (Case Number 2020-014) that grants to KeepRite Refrigeration (``KeepRite'') a waiver from specified portions of the DOE test procedure for determining the energy efficiency of specified carbon dioxide (``CO2'') direct expansion unit coolers. Under the Decision and Order, KeepRite is required to test and rate the specified basic models of its CO2 direct expansion unit coolers in accordance with the alternate test procedure set forth in the Decision and Order.
Energy Conservation Program: Establishment of New Product Classes for Residential Clothes Washers and Consumer Clothes Dryers; Correction
On December 16, 2020, the U.S. Department of Energy (``DOE'') published a final rule adopting separate product classes for top- loading consumer (residential) clothes washers and consumer clothes dryers that offer cycle times for a normal cycle of less than 30 minutes, and for front-loading residential clothes washers that offer cycle times for a normal cycle of less than 45 minutes (``December 2020 final rule''). This document corrects an omission in the amended regulatory text as it appeared in the December 2020 final rule. Neither the error nor the correction in this document affect the substance of the rulemaking or any conclusions reached in support of the final rule.
Energy Conservation Program: Test Procedures and Energy Conservation Standards for Circulator Pumps and Small Vertical In-Line Pumps
The U.S. Department of Energy (``DOE'' or ``the Department'') is restarting rulemaking activities to consider potential test procedures and energy conservation standards for circulator pumps and small vertical in-line pumps. Consensus recommendations for test procedures and energy conservation standards were negotiated in 2016 by a stakeholder working group of the Appliance Standards Rulemaking Federal Advisory Committee (``ASRAC''). Through this request for information (``RFI''), DOE seeks data and information regarding development and evaluation of new test procedures that would be reasonably designed to produce test results which reflect energy use during a representative average use cycle for the equipment without being unduly burdensome to conduct. Additionally, this RFI solicits information regarding the development and evaluation of potential new energy conservation standards for circulator pumps and small vertical in-line pumps, and whether such standards would result in significant energy savings and be technologically feasible and economically justified. DOE also welcomes written comments from the public on any subject within the scope of this document (including those topics not specifically raised), as well as the submission of data and other relevant information.
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