The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is requesting comments and information on reviews of several current energy conservation standards and/or test procedures for the products listed below. In conducting these reviews, the agency seeks to determine whether to amend efficiency standards and/or test procedures, and whether it is technologically feasible and economically justifiable to do so. The agency is also evaluating the impact on small entities, and the public is invited to submit specific small business considerations. The following standards are open for comment:
Residential Furnaces and Commercial Water Heaters: Notification of Proposed Interpretive Rule
DOE is extending the comment period. Read more and submit public comments here. Public comments due by October 12, 2021.
Faucets and Showerheads: Early Assessment Review;
DOE is extending the comment period on its request for information. Read more and submit public comments here. Public comments due by October 19, 2021.
Fans and Blowers: Test Procedures
Read more and submit public comments here. Public comments due by November 1, 2021.
Residential Clothes Washers: Webinar and Availability of the Preliminary Technical Support Document
DOE will hold a webinar on this rulemaking on November 10, 2021, from 10:00 am – 3:00 pm (ET). Read more and register for the webinar here. Public comments are due by December 13, 2021.
Air Cleaners: Proposed Determination as a Covered Consumer Product
DOE is proposing to list air cleaners as a covered consumer product making them subject to energy efficiency regulations. Read more and submit public comments here. Public comments due by November 15, 2021.
Residential and Commercial Clothes Washers: Test Procedures
Read more and submit public comments here. Public comments due by November 1, 2021.
Advocacy contact: Prianka Sharma at (202) 205-6938