Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 05/10/2000

Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products: Clothes Washer Energy Conservation Standards

The Energy Policy and Conservation Act, as amended (hereinafter referred to as EPCA or the Act), prescribes energy conservation standards for certain major household appliances, and requires the Department of Energy (DOE, Department, or we) to administer an energy conservation program for these products. We conducted several analyses regarding the energy savings, benefits and burdens of amended energy conservation standards for clothes washers and have shared the results of these analyses with all stakeholders. Based on these analyses, several of the major stakeholders, including clothes washer manufacturers and energy efficiency advocates, submitted to the Department a joint proposal for the highest standard level which they believed to be technically feasible and economically justified. Based on our review of this proposal, we found the proposed standards technically feasible and economically justified. Therefore, today we propose to amend the energy conservation standard for clothes washers for residential applications as recommended in the joint proposal and announce a public hearing. As part of this rulemaking in response to the joint proposal by the clothes washer manufacture