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Power Administration, 615 South 43rd 

Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona. 

Order 

In view of the foregoing and under the 

authority delegated to me, I hereby 

confirm and approve on an interim 

basis, effective October 1, 2010, Rate 

Schedule BCP–F8, for the Boulder 

Canyon Project of the Western Area 

Power Administration. The rate 

schedule shall remain in effect on an 

interim basis, pending FERC 

confirmation and approval of it or 

substitute rates on a final basis up to 

September 30, 2015. 

Dated: September 16, 2010. 

Daniel B. Poneman, Deputy Secretary. 

United States Department of Energy 

Western Area Power Administration 

Boulder Canyon Project, Arizona, 

Nevada, Southern California 

Schedule of Rates for Electric Service 

Effective 

The first day of the first full billing 

period beginning on or after October 1, 

2010, and remaining in effect through 

September 30, 2015, or until 

superseded. 

Available 

In the marketing area serviced by the 

Boulder Canyon Project (BCP). 

Applicable 

To power Contractors served by the 

BCP supplied through one meter, at one 

point of delivery, unless otherwise 

provided by contract. 

Character and Conditions of Service 

Alternating current at 60 hertz, threephase, delivered and metered at the 

voltages and points established by 

contract. 

Base Charge 

The total charge paid by a Contractor 

for annual capacity and energy based on 

the annual revenue requirement. The 

base charge shall be composed of an 

energy component and a capacity 

component: 

Energy Charge: Each Contractor shall 

be billed monthly an energy charge 

equal to the Rate Year Energy Dollar 

multiplied by the Contractor’s firm 

energy percentage multiplied by the 

Contractor’s monthly energy ratio as 

provided by contract. 

Capacity Charge: Each Contractor 

shall be billed monthly a capacity 

charge equal to the Rate Year Capacity 

Dollar divided by 12 multiplied by the 

Contractor’s contingent capacity 

percentage as provided by contract. 

Forecast Rates 

Energy: Shall be equal to the Rate 

Year Energy Dollar divided by the lesser 

of the total master schedule energy or 

4,501.001 million kWhs. This rate is to 

be applied for use of excess energy, 

unauthorized overruns, and water pump 

energy. 

Capacity: Shall be equal to the Rate 

Year Capacity Dollar divided by 

1,951,000 kWs, to be applied for use of 

unauthorized overruns. 

Calculated Energy Rate 

Within 90 days after the end of each 

rate year, a Calculated Energy Rate shall 

be calculated. If the energy deemed 

delivered is greater than 4,501.001 

million kWhs, then the Calculated 

Energy Rate shall be applied to each 

Contractor’s energy deemed delivered. 

A credit or debit shall be established 

based on the difference between the 

Contractor’s Energy Dollar and the 

Contractor’s actual energy charge, to be 

applied the following month calculated 

or as soon as possible thereafter. 

Lower Basin Development Fund 

Contribution Charge 

The contribution charge is 4.5 mills/ 

kWh for each kWh measured or 

scheduled to an Arizona purchaser and 

2.5 mills/kWh for each kWh measured 

or scheduled to a California or Nevada 

purchaser, except for purchased power. 

Billing for Unauthorized Overruns 

For each billing period in which there 

is a contract violation involving an 

unauthorized overrun of the contractual 

power obligations, such overrun shall be 

billed at 10 times the Forecast Energy 

Rate and Forecast Capacity Rate. The 

contribution charge shall be applied 

also to each kWh of overrun. 

Adjustments 

None. 

[FR Doc. 2010–23807 Filed 9–22–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy 

[Case No. CW–013] 

Energy Conservation Program for 

Consumer Products: Notice of Petition 

for Waiver of the General Electric 

Company From the Department of 

Energy Residential Clothes Washer 

Test Procedure, and Grant of Interim 

Waiver 

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of petition for waiver, 

notice of grant of interim waiver, and 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces receipt 

of and publishes the General Electric 

Company (GE) petition for waiver 

(hereafter, ‘‘petition’’) from specified 

portions of the U.S. Department of 

Energy (DOE) test procedure for 

determining the energy consumption of 

clothes washers. Today’s notice also 

grants an interim waiver of the clothes 

washer test procedure. Through this 

notice, DOE also solicits comments with 

respect to the GE petition. 

DATES: DOE will accept comments, data, 

and information with respect to the GE 

petition until, but no later than October 

25, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by case number CW–013, by 

any of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• E-mail: 

AS_Waiver_Requests@ee.doe.gov 

Include ‘‘Case No. CW–013’’ in the 

subject line of the message. 

• Mail: Ms. Brenda Edwards, U.S. 

Department of Energy, Building 

Technologies Program, Mailstop EE–2J/ 

1000 Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20585–0121. 

Telephone: (202) 586–2945. Please 

submit one signed original paper copy. 

• Hand Delivery/Courier: Ms. Brenda 

Edwards, U.S. Department of Energy, 

Building Technologies Program, 950 

L’Enfant Plaza SW., Suite 600, 

Washington, DC 20024. Please submit 

one signed original paper copy. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

should include the agency name and 

case number for this proceeding. Submit 

electronic comments in WordPerfect, 

Microsoft Word, Portable Document 

Format (PDF), or text (American 

Standard Code for Information 

Interchange (ASCII)) file format and 


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avoid the use of special characters or 

any form of encryption. Wherever 

possible, include the electronic 

signature of the author. DOE does not 

accept telefacsimiles (faxes). 

Any person submitting written 

comments must also send a copy to the 

petitioner, pursuant to 10 CFR 

430.27(d). The contact information for 

the petitioner is: Ms Kelley A. Kline, 

Counsel—Regulatory Compliance, GE 

Consumer & Industrial, Appliance Park 

2–225, Louisville, KY 40225, E-mail: 

Kelley.Kline@GE.com. 

According to 10 CFR 1004.11, any 

person submitting information that he 

or she believes to be confidential and 

exempt by law from public disclosure 

should submit two copies to DOE: One 

copy of the document including all the 

information believed to be confidential, 

and one copy of the document with the 

information believed to be confidential 

deleted. DOE will make its own 

determination about the confidential 

status of the information and treat it 

according to its determination. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

review the background documents 

relevant to this matter, you may visit the 

U.S. Department of Energy, 950 L’Enfant 

Plaza SW., (Resource Room of the 

Building Technologies Program), 

Washington, DC 20024; (202) 586–2945, 

between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

Available documents include the 

following items: (1) This notice; (2) 

public comments received; (3) the 

petition for waiver and application for 

interim waiver; and (4) prior DOE 

waivers and rulemakings regarding 

similar clothes washer products. Please 

call Ms. Brenda Edwards at the above 

telephone number for additional 

information regarding visiting the 

Resource Room. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Michael G. Raymond, U.S. Department 

of Energy, Building Technologies 

Program, Mail Stop EE–2J, Forrestal 

Building, 1000 Independence Avenue, 

SW., Washington, DC 20585–0121. 

Telephone: (202) 586–9611. E-mail: 

Michael.Raymond@ee.doe.gov. 

Ms. Elizabeth Kohl, U.S. Department 

of Energy, Office of the General Counsel, 

Mail Stop GC–71, Forrestal Building, 

1000 Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20585–0103. 

Telephone: (202) 586–7796. E-mail: 

Elizabeth.Kohl@hq.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background and Authority 

Title III of the Energy Policy and 

Conservation Act (‘‘EPCA’’) sets forth a 

variety of provisions concerning energy 

efficiency. Part A of Title III provides for 

the ‘‘Energy Conservation Program for 

Consumer Products Other Than 

Automobiles.’’ (42 U.S.C. 6291–6309). 

Part A includes definitions, test 

procedures, labeling provisions, energy 

conservation standards, and the 

authority to require information and 

reports from manufacturers. Further, 

Part A authorizes the Secretary of 

Energy to prescribe test procedures that 

are reasonably designed to produce 

results which measure energy 

efficiency, energy use, or estimated 

operating costs, and that are not unduly 

burdensome to conduct. (42 U.S.C. 

6293(b)(3)). The test procedure for 

automatic and semi-automatic clothes 

washers is contained in 10 CFR part 

430, subpart B, appendix J1. 

The regulations set forth in 10 CFR 

430.27 contain provisions that enable a 

person to seek a waiver from the test 

procedure requirements for covered 

consumer products. A waiver will be 

granted by the Assistant Secretary for 

Energy Efficiency and Renewable 

Energy (the Assistant Secretary) if it is 

determined that the basic model for 

which the petition for waiver was 

submitted contains one or more design 

characteristics that prevents testing of 

the basic model according to the 

prescribed test procedures, or if the 

prescribed test procedures may evaluate 

the basic model in a manner so 

unrepresentative of its true energy 

consumption characteristics as to 

provide materially inaccurate 

comparative data. 10 CFR 430.27(l). 

Petitioners must include in their 

petition any alternate test procedures 

known to the petitioner to evaluate the 

basic model in a manner representative 

of its energy consumption. 10 CFR 

430.27(b)(1)(iii). The Assistant Secretary 

may grant the waiver subject to 

conditions, including adherence to 

alternate test procedures. 10 CFR 

430.27(l). Waivers remain in effect 

pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 

430.27(m). 

The waiver process also allows the 

Assistant Secretary to grant an interim 

waiver from test procedure 

requirements to manufacturers that have 

petitioned DOE for a waiver of such 

prescribed test procedures. 10 CFR 

430.27(a)(2). An interim waiver remains 

in effect for 180 days or until DOE 

issues its determination on the petition 

for waiver, whichever is sooner. An 

interim waiver may be extended for an 

additional 180 days. 10 CFR 430.27(h). 

II. Application for Interim Waiver and 

Petition for Waiver 

On June 21, 2010, GE filed a petition 

for waiver and application for interim 

waiver from the test procedure 

applicable to automatic and semiautomatic clothes washers set forth in 

10 CFR part 430, subpart B, appendix J1. 

In particular, GE requested a waiver to 

test its clothes washers with basket 

volumes greater than 3.8 cubic feet on 

the basis of the residential test 

procedures contained in 10 CFR part 

430, Subpart B, Appendix J1, with a 

revised Table 5.1 which extends the 

range of container volumes beyond 3.8 

cubic feet. 

GE’s petition seeks a waiver from the 

DOE test procedure because a test load 

is used within the procedure, and the 

mass of this test load is based on the 

basket volume of the test specimen, 

which is currently not defined for the 

basket sizes of the basic models cited in 

its waiver application. In the DOE test 

procedure, the relation between basket 

volume and test load mass is defined for 

basket volumes between 0 and 3.8 cubic 

feet. GE has designed a series of clothes 

washers that contain basket volumes 

greater than 3.8 cubic feet. 

Table 5.1 of Appendix J1 defines the 

test load sizes used in the test procedure 

as linear functions of the basket volume. 

GE has submitted a revised table to 

extend the maximum basket volume 

from 3.8 cubic feet to 6.0 cubic feet, a 

table provided by the Association of 

Home Appliance Manufacturers 

(AHAM). AHAM provided calculations 

to extrapolate Table 5.1 of the DOE test 

procedure to larger container volumes. 

DOE believes that this procedure is 

reasonable because the DOE test 

procedure defines test load sizes as 

linear functions of the basket volume. 

An interim waiver may be granted if 

it is determined that the applicant will 

experience economic hardship if the 

application for interim waiver is denied, 

if it appears likely that the petition for 

waiver will be granted, and/or the 

Assistant Secretary determines that it 

would be desirable for public policy 

reasons to grant immediate relief 

pending a determination of the petition 

for waiver. (10 CFR 430.27(g)). DOE 

determined that GE’s application for 

interim waiver does not provide 

sufficient market, equipment price, 

shipments, and other manufacturer 

impact information to permit DOE to 

evaluate the economic hardship GE 

might experience absent a favorable 

determination on its application for 

interim waiver. In a previous similar 

case, however, DOE granted an interim 

test procedure waiver to Whirlpool for 

three of Whirlpool’s clothes washer 

models with container capacities greater 

than 3.8 ft 3. 71 FR 48913 (August 22, 

2006). This notice contained an 

alternate test procedure, which 


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extended the linear relationship 

between maximum test load size and 

clothes washer container volume in 

Table 5.1 to include a maximum test 

load size of 15.4 pounds (lbs) for clothes 

washer container volumes of 3.8 to 3.9 

ft 3. 

DOE believes that the values in the 

test load size chart submitted by GE are 

appropriate. In addition, DOE believes 

that extending the linear relationship 

between test load size and container 

capacity to larger capacities is valid. 

Based on this discussion, and the 

interim waiver granted to Whirlpool, it 

appears likely that the petition for 

waiver will be granted. DOE notes, 

however, publication elsewhere in 

today’s Federal Register of a petition for 

waiver received subsequently from 

Samsung Electronics America, Inc. 

(Samsung), also for clothes washers 

with capacities larger than 3.8 ft3. 

Samsung submitted an alternate test 

procedure that uses a slightly more 

accurate conversion factor to convert 

pounds to kilograms than was used by 

AHAM and GE. Use of Samsung’s 

conversion factor results in small 

changes in revised Table 5.1. DOE will 

consider adopting the more accurate 

Table 5.1 in the subsequent decision 

and order. For the reasons stated above, 

the Department of Energy is granting an 

interim waiver to GE for its line of 

clothes washers with container volumes 

greater than 3.8 cubic feet, pursuant to 

10 CFR 430.27(g). Therefore, it is 

ordered that: 

The application for interim waiver 

filed by GE is hereby granted for the 

specified GE clothes washer basic 

models, subject to the specifications and 

conditions below. 

1. GE shall not be required to test or 

rate the specified clothes washer 

products on the basis of the test 

procedure under 10 CFR part 430 

subpart B, appendix J1. 

2. GE shall be required to test and rate 

the specified clothes washer products 

according to the alternate test procedure 

as set forth in section IV, ‘‘Alternate test 

procedure.’’ 

The interim waiver applies to the 

following basic model groups: 

PTWN8055*, PTWN8050*, PFWS4600*, 

PFWS4605*, PFWH4400*, PFWH4405*, 

GFWS3600*, GFWS3605*, GFWS3500*, 

GFWS3505*, GFWH3400*, 

GFWH3405*, GFWH2400*, 

GFWH2405* 

III. Alternate Test Procedure 

EPCA requires that manufacturers use 

DOE test procedures to make 

representations about the energy 

consumption and energy consumption 

costs of products covered by EPCA. (42 

U.S.C. 6293(c)). Consistent 

representations are important for 

manufacturers to make representations 

about the energy efficiency of their 

products and to demonstrate 

compliance with applicable DOE energy 

conservation standards. Pursuant to its 

regulations for the grant of a waiver or 

interim waiver from an applicable test 

procedure at 10 CFR 430.27, DOE is 

considering setting an alternate test 

procedure for GE in the subsequent 

Decision and Order. This alternate 

procedure is intended to allow 

manufacturers of clothes washers with 

basket capacities larger than provided 

for in the current test procedure to make 

valid representations. This test 

procedure is based on the expanded 

Table 5.1 of Appendix J1 submitted by 

GE. Furthermore, if DOE specifies an 

alternate test procedure for GE, DOE 

may consider applying the alternate test 

procedure or a similar one using the 

more accurate conversion factor 

discussed above to similar waivers for 

residential clothes washers. 

During the period of the interim 

waiver granted in this notice, GE shall 

test its clothes washer basic models 

according to the provisions of 10 CFR 

part 430 subpart B, appendix J1, except 

that the expanded Table 5.1 below shall 

be substituted for Table 5.1 of appendix 

J1. 

TABLE 5.1—TEST LOAD SIZES

Container volume Minimum load Maximum load Average load 

cu. ft. 

≥ < 

(liter) 

≥ < lb (kg) lb (kg) lb (kg) 

0–0.8 ............................................................................ 0–22.7 3.00 1.36 3.00 1.36 3.00 1.36 

0.80–0.90 ..................................................................... 22.7–25.5 3.00 1.36 3.50 1.59 3.25 1.47 

0.90–1.00 ..................................................................... 25.5–28.3 3.00 1.36 3.90 1.77 3.45 1.56 

1.00–1.10 ..................................................................... 28.3–31.1 3.00 1.36 4.30 1.95 3.65 1.66 

1.10–1.20 ..................................................................... 31.1–34.0 3.00 1.36 4.70 2.13 3.85 1.75 

1.20–1.30 ..................................................................... 34.0–36.8 3.00 1.36 5.10 2.31 4.05 1.84 

1.30–1.40 ..................................................................... 36.8–39.6 3.00 1.36 5.50 2.49 4.25 1.93 

1.40–1.50 ..................................................................... 39.6–42.5 3.00 1.36 5.90 2.68 4.45 2.02 

1.50–1.60 ..................................................................... 42.5–45.3 3.00 1.36 6.40 2.90 4.70 2.13 

1.60–1.70 ..................................................................... 45.3–48.1 3.00 1.36 6.80 3.08 4.90 2.22 

1.70–1.80 ..................................................................... 48.1–51.0 3.00 1.36 7.20 3.27 5.10 2.31 

1.80–1.90 ..................................................................... 51.0–53.8 3.00 1.36 7.60 3.45 5.30 2.40 

1.90–2.00 ..................................................................... 53.8–56.6 3.00 1.36 8.00 3.63 5.50 2.49 

2.00–2.10 ..................................................................... 56.6–59.5 3.00 1.36 8.40 3.81 5.70 2.59 

2.10–2.20 ..................................................................... 59.5–62.3 3.00 1.36 8.80 3.99 5.90 2.68 

2.20–2.30 ..................................................................... 62.3–65.1 3.00 1.36 9.20 4.17 6.10 2.77 

2.30–2.40 ..................................................................... 65.1–68.0 3.00 1.36 9.60 4.35 6.30 2.86 

2.40–2.50 ..................................................................... 68.0–70.8 3.00 1.36 10.00 4.54 6.50 2.95 

2.50–2.60 ..................................................................... 70.8–73.6 3.00 1.36 10.50 4.76 6.75 3.06 

2.60–2.70 ..................................................................... 73.6–76.5 3.00 1.36 10.90 4.94 6.95 3.15 

2.70–2.80 ..................................................................... 76.5–79.3 3.00 1.36 11.30 5.13 7.15 3.24 

2.80–2.90 ..................................................................... 79.3–82.1 3.00 1.36 11.70 5.31 7.35 3.33 

2.90–3.00 ..................................................................... 82.1–85.0 3.00 1.36 12.10 5.49 7.55 3.42 

3.00–3.10 ..................................................................... 85.0–87.8 3.00 1.36 12.50 5.67 7.75 3.52 

3.10–3.20 ..................................................................... 87.8–90.6 3.00 1.36 12.90 5.85 7.95 3.61 

3.20–3.30 ..................................................................... 90.6–93.4 3.00 1.36 13.30 6.03 8.15 3.70 

3.30–3.40 ..................................................................... 93.4–96.3 3.00 1.36 13.70 6.21 8.35 3.79 

3.40–3.50 ..................................................................... 96.3–99.1 3.00 1.36 14.10 6.40 8.55 3.88 

3.50–3.60 ..................................................................... 99.1–101.9 3.00 1.36 14.60 6.62 8.80 3.99 

3.60–3.70 ..................................................................... 101.9–104.8 3.00 1.36 15.00 6.80 9.00 4.08 


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1 10 C.F.R. Part 430, Subpart B, App. J1 

2 10 C.F.R. Part 430.27 

TABLE 5.1—TEST LOAD SIZES—Continued 

Container volume Minimum load Maximum load Average load 

cu. ft. 

≥ < 

(liter) 

≥ < lb (kg) lb (kg) lb (kg) 

3.70–3.80 ..................................................................... 104.8–107.6 3.00 1.36 15.40 6.99 9.20 4.17 

3.80–3.90 ..................................................................... 107.6–110.4 3.00 1.36 15.80 7.18 9.40 4.27 

3.90–4.00 ..................................................................... 110.4–113.3 3.00 1.36 16.20 7.36 9.60 4.36 

4.00–4.10 ..................................................................... 113.3–116.1 3.00 1.36 16.60 7.55 9.80 4.45 

4.10–4.20 ..................................................................... 116.1–118.9 3.00 1.36 17.00 7.73 10.00 4.55 

4.20–4.30 ..................................................................... 118.9–121.8 3.00 1.36 17.40 7.91 10.20 4.64 

4.30–4.40 ..................................................................... 121.8–124.6 3.00 1.36 17.80 8.09 10.40 4.73 

4.40–4.50 ..................................................................... 124.6–127.4 3.00 1.36 18.20 8.27 10.60 4.82 

4.50–4.60 ..................................................................... 127.4–130.3 3.00 1.36 18.70 8.50 10.85 4.93 

4.60–4.70 ..................................................................... 130.3–133.1 3.00 1.36 19.1 8.65 11.03 5.00 

4.70–4.80 ..................................................................... 133.1–135.9 3.00 1.36 19.5 8.83 11.24 5.10 

4.80–4.90 ..................................................................... 135.9–138.8 3.00 1.36 19.9 9.02 11.44 5.19 

4.90–5.00 ..................................................................... 138.8–141.6 3.00 1.36 20.3 9.21 11.65 5.28 

5.00–5.10 ..................................................................... 141.6–144.4 3.00 1.36 20.7 9.39 11.85 5.38 

5.10–5.20 ..................................................................... 144.4–147.3 3.00 1.36 21.1 9.58 12.06 5.47 

5.20–5.30 ..................................................................... 147.3–150.1 3.00 1.36 21.5 9.76 12.26 5.56 

5.30–5.40 ..................................................................... 150.1–152.9 3.00 1.36 21.9 9.95 12.46 5.65 

5.40–5.50 ..................................................................... 152.9–155.8 3.00 1.36 22.3 10.13 12.67 5.75 

5.50–5.60 ..................................................................... 155.8–158.6 3.00 1.36 22.7 10.32 12.87 5.84 

5.60–5.70 ..................................................................... 158.6–161.4 3.00 1.36 23.2 10.51 13.08 5.93 

5.70–5.80 ..................................................................... 161.4–164.3 3.00 1.36 23.6 10.69 13.29 6.03 

5.80–5.90 ..................................................................... 164.3–167.1 3.00 1.36 24.0 10.88 13.49 6.12 

5.90–6.00 ..................................................................... 167.1–169.9 3.00 1.36 24.4 11.06 13.70 6.21 

Notes: (1) All test load weights are bone dry weights. 

(2) Allowable tolerance on the test load weights are ±0.10 lbs (0.05 kg). 

IV. Summary and Request for 

Comments 

Through today’s notice, DOE 

announces receipt of GE’s petition for 

waiver from certain parts of the test 

procedure that apply to clothes washers 

and grants an interim waiver to GE. DOE 

is publishing GE’s petition for waiver in 

its entirety pursuant to 10 CFR p 

430.27(b)(1)(iv). The petition contains 

no confidential information. The 

petition includes a suggested alternate 

test procedure which is to measure the 

energy consumption of clothes washers 

with capacities larger than the 3.8 ft 3

specified in the current DOE test 

procedure. DOE is interested in 

receiving comments from interested 

parties on all aspects of the petition, 

including the suggested alternate test 

procedure and any other alternate test 

procedure. Pursuant to 10 CFR p 

430.27(b)(1)(iv), any person submitting 

written comments to DOE must also 

send a copy to the petitioner, whose 

contact information is included in the 

ADDRESSES section above. 

Issued in Washington, DC on September 

16, 2010. 

Henry Kelly, 

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Energy 

Efficiency and Renewable Energy. 

U.S. Department of Energy 

Application for Interim Waiver and Petition 

for Waiver, 10CFR430, Subpart B, 

Appendix J1—U.S. Department of Energy 

(‘‘DOE’’ or ‘‘the Department’’) Uniform Test 

Method for Measuring the Energy 

Consumption of Automatic and SemiAutomatic Clothes Washers 

Case No. 

Public Version 

Submitted by: 

Kelley A. Kline 

Counsel–Regulatory Compliance 

GE Consumer & Industrial 

Appliance Park 2–225 

Louisville, KY 40225 

Kelley.Kline@ge.com 

502–452–7603 (voice) 

502–452–0395 (fax) 

U.S. Department of Energy Application for 

Interim Waiver and Petition for Waiver, 

10CFR430, Subpart B, Appendix J1— 

Uniform Test Method for Measuring the 

Energy Consumption of Automatic and 

Semi-Automatic Clothes Washers 

Introduction 

GE Appliances & Lighting, an operating 

division of General Electric Co., (‘‘GE’’) is a 

leading manufacturer and marketer of 

household appliances, including, as relevant 

to this proceeding, clothes washers, files this 

Petition for Waiver and Application for 

Interim Waiver (‘‘Petition’’). GE requests that 

the Assistant Secretary grant it a waiver from 

certain parts of the test procedure 

promulgated by the U.S. Department of 

Energy (‘‘DOE’’ or ‘‘the Department’’) for 

determining residential automatic and semiautomatic clothes washer energy 

consumption and allow GE to test its clothes 

washers pursuant to the modified table 

submitted herewith. This request is filed 

pursuant to 10 C.F.R. § 430.27. 

GE is in the process of designing and 

launching new clothes washer models. A 

total investment and expense of $17.5MM 

has been made for research, development, 

facility upgrade, acquisition of tooling and 

equipment and product testing. Current 

production plans call for these products to 

begin to be manufactured on July 6, 2010. 

In order to be assured that it is correctly 

calculating the energy consumption of the 

product, that the product meets the 

minimum energy requirements for its 

product class and is properly labeled, GE 

seeks the Department’s expeditious 

concurrence to its proposed amendment to 

the clothes washer test procedure. 

Even a casual review of the clothes washer 

test procedure 1 reveals that this regulation 

has been overtaken by advances in 

technology, especially in terms of basket 

volume sizes of clothes washers on the 

market today. GE files this Petition for 

Waiver and Application for Interim Waiver to 

modify the portions of the regulations that do 

not permit accurate calculation of energy 

performance as related to basket volume size 

and test load mass. 

The Department’s regulations provide that 

the Assistant Secretary will grant a Petition 

upon ‘‘determin[ation] that the basic model 

for which the waiver was requested contains 

a design characteristic which either prevents 

testing of the basic model according to the 

prescribed test procedures, or the prescribed 

test procedures may evaluate the basic model 

in a manner so unrepresentative of its true 

energy consumption characteristics as to 

provide materially inaccurate comparative 

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GE requests that the Assistant Secretary 

grant this Petition on both grounds. First, 

because failure of the clothes washer energy 

test procedure to correlate load size and 

basket volume for larger units does not allow 

the energy used by GE’s new clothes washer 

to be accurately calculated. The new clothes 

washers contain baskets above 3.8 cubic feet, 

ranging up to 4.5 cubic feet. Since Table 5.1 

of Appendix J1 currently defines test load 

sizes used during the procedure as linear 

functions of the basket volume, but only up 

to 3.8 cubic feet, the basket sizes of GE’s new 

models are currently not defined. 

Second, if GE were to test its new clothes 

washers as if the basket size were 3.8 cubic 

feet, i.e., with an average load size of 9.4 

pounds, the results of the energy test so 

conducted would understate the energy used 

by the new models. 

Need for Relief 

The test procedure for calculating energy 

consumption defines the relation between 

basket volume and test load mass for basket 

volumes between 0 and 3.8 cubic feet. Market 

trends, however, have led manufacturers to 

design clothes washers with volumes greater 

than 3.8 cubic feet. Therefore, the existing 

test procedure is not applicable for units GE 

will be manufacturing. Indeed, the 

Department recognized this lack of 

applicability in the decision to grant a similar 

waiver to GE Corp. (71FR48913) 

GE hereby requests an Interim Waiver and 

Waiver that will allow sale of the following 

models based on the attached table, 

previously provided by AHAM to the 

Department in AHAM Comments on the 

Framework Document for Residential Clothes 

Washers; EERE–2008–BT–STD–0019; RIN 

1904–AB90, dated October 2, 2009. Those 

models will be General Electric brand clothes 

washer models. PTWN8055*, PTWN8050*, 

PFWS4600*, PFWS4605*, PFWH4400*, 

PFWH4405*, GFWS3600*, GFWS3605*, 

GFWS3500*, GFWS3505*, GFWH3400*, 

GFWH3405*, GFWH2400*, GFWH2405*. 

Since there is a linear relationship between 

container volume and test load size, AHAM 

provided calculations to extend Table 5.1 in 

Appendix B of these comments (attached). 

Thank you for your timely attention to this 

request for Interim Waiver and Waiver. 

Respectfully submitted, 

Kelley A. Kline, 

Authorized Representative of GE Appliances 

& Lighting 

CERTIFICATION 

I hereby certify that GE has notified all 

clothes washer manufacturers listed below 

known to GE to sell products in the United 

States and forwarded them a copy of this 

application: 

Alliance Laundry Systems, Inc., BSH Home 

Appliances Corp. (Bosch-Siemens Hausgerate 

GmbH), Electrolux Home Products, Fisher & 

Paykel Appliances, Inc., Haier America 

Trading, L.L.C., LG Electronics USA INC., 

Miele Appliances, Inc., Samsung Electronics 

America, Inc. and GE Corporation. 

In addition, GE has provided courtesy 

copies to: The Association of Home 

Appliance Manufacturers (AHAM), which is 

generally interested in DOE proceedings 

affecting the industry. 

lllllllllllllllllllll

Kelley A. Kline 

Appendix B 

TABLE 5.1—TEST LOAD SIZES

Container volume Minimum load Maximum load Average load 

cu. ft. 

≥ < 

(liter) 

≥ < lb (kg) lb (kg) lb (kg) 

0–0.8 ............................................................................ 0–22.7 3.00 1.36 3.00 1.36 3.00 1.36 

0.80–0.90 ..................................................................... 22.7–25.5 3.00 1.36 3.50 1.59 3.25 1.47 

0.90–1.00 ..................................................................... 25.5–28.3 3.00 1.36 3.90 1.77 3.45 1.56 

1.00–1.10 ..................................................................... 28.3–31.1 3.00 1.36 4.30 1.95 3.65 1.66 

1.10–1.20 ..................................................................... 31.1–34.0 3.00 1.36 4.70 2.13 3.85 1.75 

1.20–1.30 ..................................................................... 34.0–36.8 3.00 1.36 5.10 2.31 4.05 1.84 

1.30–1.40 ..................................................................... 36.8–39.6 3.00 1.36 5.50 2.49 4.25 1.93 

1.40–1.50 ..................................................................... 39.6–42.5 3.00 1.36 5.90 2.68 4.45 2.02 

1.50–1.60 ..................................................................... 42.5–45.3 3.00 1.36 6.40 2.90 4.70 2.13 

1.60–1.70 ..................................................................... 45.3–48.1 3.00 1.36 6.80 3.08 4.90 2.22 

1.70–1.80 ..................................................................... 48.1–51.0 3.00 1.36 7.20 3.27 5.10 2.31 

1.80–1.90 ..................................................................... 51.0–53.8 3.00 1.36 7.60 3.45 5.30 2.40 

1.90–2.00 ..................................................................... 53.8–56.6 3.00 1.36 8.00 3.63 5.50 2.49 

2.00–2.10 ..................................................................... 56.6–59.5 3.00 1.36 8.40 3.81 5.70 2.59 

2.10–2.20 ..................................................................... 59.5–62.3 3.00 1.36 8.80 3.99 5.90 2.68 

2.20–2.30 ..................................................................... 62.3–65.1 3.00 1.36 9.20 4.17 6.10 2.77 

2.30–2.40 ..................................................................... 65.1–68.0 3.00 1.36 9.60 4.35 6.30 2.86 

2.40–2.50 ..................................................................... 68.0–70.8 3.00 1.36 10.00 4.54 6.50 2.95 

2.50–2.60 ..................................................................... 70.8–73.6 3.00 1.36 10.50 4.76 6.75 3.06 

2.60–2.70 ..................................................................... 73.6–76.5 3.00 1.36 10.90 4.94 6.95 3.15 

2.70–2.80 ..................................................................... 76.5–79.3 3.00 1.36 11.30 5.13 7.15 3.24 

2.80–2.90 ..................................................................... 79.3–82.1 3.00 1.36 11.70 5.31 7.35 3.33 

2.90–3.00 ..................................................................... 82.1–85.0 3.00 1.36 12.10 5.49 7.55 3.42 

3.00–3.10 ..................................................................... 85.0–87.8 3.00 1.36 12.50 5.67 7.75 3.52 

3.10–3.20 ..................................................................... 87.8–90.6 3.00 1.36 12.90 5.85 7.95 3.61 

3.20–3.30 ..................................................................... 90.6–93.4 3.00 1.36 13.30 6.03 8.15 3.70 

3.30–3.40 ..................................................................... 93.4–96.3 3.00 1.36 13.70 6.21 8.35 3.79 

3.40–3.50 ..................................................................... 96.3–99.1 3.00 1.36 14.10 6.40 8.55 3.88 

3.50–3.60 ..................................................................... 99.1–101.9 3.00 1.36 14.60 6.62 8.80 3.99 

3.60–3.70 ..................................................................... 101.9–104.8 3.00 1.36 15.00 6.80 9.00 4.08 

3.70–3.80 ..................................................................... 104.8–107.6 3.00 1.36 15.40 6.99 9.20 4.17 

3.80–3.90 ..................................................................... 107.6–110.4 3.00 1.36 15.80 7.18 9.40 4.27 

3.90–4.00 ..................................................................... 110.4–113.3 3.00 1.36 16.20 7.36 9.60 4.36 

4.00–4.10 ..................................................................... 113.3–116.1 3.00 1.36 16.60 7.55 9.80 4.45 

4.10–4.20 ..................................................................... 116.1–118.9 3.00 1.36 17.00 7.73 10.00 4.55 

4.20–4.30 ..................................................................... 118.9–121.8 3.00 1.36 17.40 7.91 10.20 4.64 

4.30–4.40 ..................................................................... 121.8–124.6 3.00 1.36 17.80 8.09 10.40 4.73 

4.40–4.50 ..................................................................... 124.6–127.4 3.00 1.36 18.20 8.27 10.60 4.82 

4.50–4.60 ..................................................................... 127.4–130.3 3.00 1.36 18.70 8.50 10.85 4.93 

4.60–4.70 ..................................................................... 130.3–133.1 3.00 1.36 19.1 8.65 11.03 5.00 

4.70–4.80 ..................................................................... 133.1–135.9 3.00 1.36 19.5 8.83 11.24 5.10 

4.80–4.90 ..................................................................... 135.9–138.8 3.00 1.36 19.9 9.02 11.44 5.19 


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TABLE 5.1—TEST LOAD SIZES—Continued 

Container volume Minimum load Maximum load Average load 

cu. ft. 

≥ < 

(liter) 

≥ < lb (kg) lb (kg) lb (kg) 

4.90–5.00 ..................................................................... 138.8–141.6 3.00 1.36 20.3 9.21 11.65 5.28 

5.00–5.10 ..................................................................... 141.6–144.4 3.00 1.36 20.7 9.39 11.85 5.38 

5.10–5.20 ..................................................................... 144.4–147.3 3.00 1.36 21.1 9.58 12.06 5.47 

5.20–5.30 ..................................................................... 147.3–150.1 3.00 1.36 21.5 9.76 12.26 5.56 

5.30–5.40 ..................................................................... 150.1–152.9 3.00 1.36 21.9 9.95 12.46 5.65 

5.40–5.50 ..................................................................... 152.9–155.8 3.00 1.36 22.3 10.13 12.67 5.75 

5.50–5.60 ..................................................................... 155.8–158.6 3.00 1.36 22.7 10.32 12.87 5.84 

5.60–5.70 ..................................................................... 158.6–161.4 3.00 1.36 23.2 10.51 13.08 5.93 

5.70–5.80 ..................................................................... 161.4–164.3 3.00 1.36 23.6 10.69 13.29 6.03 

5.80–5.90 ..................................................................... 164.3–167.1 3.00 1.36 24.0 10.88 13.49 6.12 

5.90–6.00 ..................................................................... 167.1–169.9 3.00 1.36 24.4 11.06 13.70 6.21 

[FR Doc. 2010–23874 Filed 9–22–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Southeastern Power Administration 

Kerr-Philpott System 

AGENCY: Southeastern Power 

Administration, (Southeastern), 

Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of interim approval. 

SUMMARY: The Deputy Secretary, 

Department of Energy, confirmed and 

approved, on an interim basis new rate 

schedules VA–1–B, VA–2–B, VA–3–B, 

VA–4–B, CP&L–1–B, CP&L–2–B, CP&L– 

3–B, CP&L–4–B, AP–1–B, AP–2–B, AP– 

3–B, AP–4–B, NC–1–B, and 

Replacement–2–A. These rate schedules 

are applicable to Southeastern power 

sold to existing preference customers in 

the Virginia and North Carolina service 

area. The rate schedules are approved 

on an interim basis up to September 30, 

2015, and are subject to confirmation 

and approval by the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (FERC) on a 

final basis. 

DATES: Approval of rates on an interim 

basis is effective October 1, 2010. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Leon Jourolmon, Assistant 

Administrator, Finance and Marketing, 

Southeastern Power Administration, 

Department of Energy, 1166 Athens 

Tech Road, Elberton, Georgia 30635– 

4578, (706) 213–3800. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

by Order issued December 8, 2006, in 

Docket No. EF06–3041–000 (117 FERC ¶ 

62,220), confirmed and approved 

Wholesale Power Rate Schedules VA–1– 

A, VA–2–A, VA–3–A, VA–4–A, CP&L– 

1–A, CP&L–2–A, CP&L–3–A, CP&L–4– 

A, AP–1–A, AP–2–A, AP–3–A, AP–4–A, 

NC–1–A, and Replacement–2 through 

September 30, 2011. This order replaces 

these rate schedules on an interim basis, 

subject to final approval by FERC. 

Dated: September 16, 2010. 

Daniel B. Poneman, 

Deputy Secretary. 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Deputy Secretary 

In the Matter of: 

Southeastern Power Administration, KerrPhilpott System Power Rates; Rate Order No. 

SEPA–52 

Order Confirming and Approving 

Power Rates on an Interim Basis 

Pursuant to Sections 302(a) of the 

Department of Energy Organization Act, 

Public Law 95–91, the functions of the 

Secretary of the Interior and the Federal 

Power Commission under Section 5 of 

the Flood Control Act of 1944, 16 U.S.C. 

825s, relating to the Southeastern Power 

Administration (Southeastern), were 

transferred to and vested in the 

Secretary of Energy. By Delegation 

Order No. 00–037.00, effective 

December 6, 2001, the Secretary of 

Energy delegated to Southeastern’s 

Administrator the authority to develop 

power and transmission rates, to the 

Deputy Secretary of Energy the 

authority to confirm, approve, and place 

in effect such rates on interim basis, and 

to the Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission (FERC) the authority to 

confirm, approve, and place into effect 

on a final basis or to disapprove rates 

developed by the Administrator under 

the delegation. This rate is issued by the 

Deputy Secretary pursuant to that 

delegation order. 

Background 

Power from the Kerr-Philpott Projects 

is presently sold under Wholesale 

Power Rate Schedules VA–1–A, VA–2– 

A, VA–3–A, VA–4–A, CP&L–1–A, 

CP&L–2–A, CP&L–3–A, CP&L–4–A, AP– 

1–A, AP–2–A, AP–3–A, AP–4–A, NC– 

1–A, and Replacement-2. These rate 

schedules were approved by the FERC 

on December 8, 2006, for a period 

ending September 30, 2011 (117 FERC 

¶62,220). 

Public Notice and Comment 

Notice of a proposed rate adjustment 

for the Kerr-Philpott System was 

published in the Federal Register 

February 22, 2010 (75 FR 7580). The 

notice advised interested parties that a 

public information and comment forum 

would be held in Raleigh, North 

Carolina, on March 30, 2010. One party, 

representing the Southeastern Federal 

Power Customers, Inc. (SeFPC), made 

comments at the forum. Written 

comments were due on or before May 

24, 2010. Southeastern received written 

comments from one party, the SeFPC. 

SeFPC’s comments have been 

condensed into the following 3 major 

categories: 

1. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) 

Operations and Maintenance (O&M) 

Expense 

2. Revenue Tracking 

3. True-Up Mechanisms 

Southeastern’s response follows each 

comment. 

Category 1: Corps O&M 

Comment 1: The SeFPC believes the 

repayment study includes costs for the 

Corps’ joint O&M that have been 

improperly assigned to the hydropower 

function. Furthermore, SeFPC believes 

that the amount of O&M expense set 

forth in the repayment study for the 

Corps joint O&M expense is overstated. 

In fact, the projected overall O&M 

expense for fiscal year (FY) 2010 is 

likely overstated in light of the fact that 

Congress cut appropriations for O&M at 

the Kerr and Philpott Projects in the 

most recent Energy and Water 

Development Appropriations Bill. 

Comment 2: The SeFPC members 

served by the Kerr-Philpott system of 


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