2010-12-16 Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products - Test Procedures for Refrigerators, Refrigerator-Freezers, and Freezers - Final rule (US Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Office Regulation) (EERE) (2018 Edition‪)‬

The Law Library presents the complete text of the 2010-12-16 Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products - Test Procedures for Refrigerators, Refrigerator-Freezers, and Freezers - Final rule (US Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Office Regulation) (EERE) (2018 Edition).
Updated as of May 29, 2018

On May 27, 2010, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NOPR) to amend the test procedures for refrigerators, refrigerator-freezers, and freezers. That proposed rulemaking serves as the basis for today's action. DOE is issuing a final rule regarding Appendix A1 and Appendix B1, and an interim final rule for Appendix A and Appendix B. The final rule amends the current procedures, incorporating changes that will take effect 30 days after the final rule publication date. These changes will be mandatory for product testing to demonstrate compliance with the current energy standards and for representations starting 180 days after publication. These changes, which will not affect measured energy use, include test procedures to account for refrigerator-freezers equipped with variable anti-sweat heater controls, establishing test procedures for refrigerator-freezers equipped with more than two compartments, making minor adjustments to eliminate any potential ambiguity regarding how to conduct tests, and clarifying certain reporting requirements. The interim final rule establishes amended test procedures for refrigerators, refrigerator-freezers, and freezers that would be required for measuring energy consumption once DOE promulgates new energy conservation standards for these products. These new standards are currently under development in a separate rulemaking activity and will apply to newly manufactured products starting in 2014. Today's action also discusses the treatment of combination wine storage-freezer products that were the subject of a recent test procedure waiver, energy use measurement round-off, and additional topics raised by stakeholders during the rulemaking's comment period.

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- The complete text of the 2010-12-16 Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products - Test Procedures for Refrigerators, Refrigerator-Freezers, and Freezers - Final rule (US Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Office Regulation) (EERE) (2018 Edition)
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