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handle is hein.crs/govbbrt0001 and id is 1 raw text is: - .......... November 8, 2019 Department of Energy Appliance and Equipment Standards Program Congress continues to consider the extent and effectiveness of energy efficiency standards. One focus is energy efficiency standards for appliances and equipment. Overview The Department of Energy's (DOE's) Appliance and Equipment Standards Program sets minimum energy efficiency standards for approximately 60 product categories. The program was authorized in 1975 by the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA, P.L. 94-163, 42 U.S.C. §§6291-6317). Congress has amended EPCA multiple times, with the significant legislative action related to energy efficiency listed in Table 1. Title III of EPCA, as amended, includes minimum efficiency standards for consumer products and certain industrial equipment. Table I. Chronology of Significant Legislative Action for the Appliance and Equipment Standards Program Date Action December 22, 1975 Energy Policy and Conservation Act (P.L. 94-163) November 9, 1978 National Energy Conservation Policy Act (P.L. 95-619) March 17, 1987 National Appliance Energy Conservation Act of 1987 (P.L. 100-12) June 28, 1988 National Appliance Energy Conservation Amendments of 1988 (P.L. 100-357) October 24, 1992 Energy Policy Act of 1992 (P.L. 102-486) August 8, 2005 Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPACT 2005) (P.L. 109-58) December 19, 2007 Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA 2007) (P.L. I 10-140) December 18, 2012 American Energy Manufacturing Technical Corrections Act (P.L. 112-210) Source: Adapted from DOE, https://energy.gov/eere/buildings/ statutory-rules-and-authorities. Note: This is not an exhaustive list of laws that amended the appliance and equipment standards program. Covered Products and Covered Energy conservation standards are applicable to covered products and covered equipment as specified in EPCA. Covered products are those consumer products that are listed in 42 U.S.C. §6292(a) and include refrigerators, kitchen ranges and ovens, water heaters, dishwashers, clothes washers and dryers, television sets, general service incandescent lamps, and showerheads. The Secretary may classify additional consumer products as covered products if necessary and the average annual per-household energy use by such product is likely to exceed 100 kilowatt-hours per year (42 U.S.C. §6292(b)). Covered equipment includes industrial equipment that is listed in 42 U.S.C. §6311(1). Specified equipment includes electric motors and pumps, commercial refrigerators, automatic commercial ice makers, walk-in freezers, and commercial clothes washers. If necessary, the Secretary also may include component parts of consumer products as industrial equipment and any other type of industrial equipment as covered equipment (42 U.S.C. §6312). Tet Pr oce dres Congress specified test procedures for certain products (42 U.S.C. §6293) and equipment (42 U.S.C. §6314) and authorized DOE to prescribe test procedures. DOE is required to review test procedures for covered products and equipment at least once every seven years. Enk,,ergy Efficiency Standards DOE is required to review energy efficiency standards of covered products (42 U.S.C. §6295(m)(1)) and covered equipment (42 U.S.C. §6313(a)(6)(C))) no later than six years after issuance of a final rule. Within this timeframe, DOE is required to either publish a determination that a standard does not need amending or a notice of proposed rulemaking (NOPR) including a new proposed standard. New standards must result in significant conservation of energy, be technologically feasible, and be economically justified. Economically justified typically includes the economic impact of the standard on the manufacturers and consumers, the savings in operating costs throughout the life of the product, and the total projected amount of energy savings likely to result from the standard. A new or amended standard may not increase the maximum allowable energy use (or water use, as appropriate), or decrease the maximum required energy efficiency of a covered product (42 U.S.C. §6295(o)) or covered equipment (42 U.S.C. §6313(a)(6)(B)(iii)). gm 100 ILI

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