# Further Explanation of DOE "Charge and Challenges " (to clarify slides 7-10 of today's presentation)

EPACT 2005 Standards Requirements

15 Prescribed Standards (Slide 7, Bullet 1)

10 Standards to be Developed (Slide 7, Bullet 2) 1. Package Air-Conditioning and Heating Equipment, Small (Commercial); Large (Commercial); Very Large (Commercial) 2. Unit Heaters (Commercial) 3. Automatic Ice Makers (Commercial)4. Self-Contained Commercial Refrigerators, Freezers, and RefrigeratorFreezers with Doors for Holding Temperature Applications; Self-Contained Commercial Refrigerators with Doors for Pull-Down Temperature Applications 5. Ceiling Fans; Ceiling Fan Light Kits 6. Compact Fluorescent Lamps, Medium Base 7. Distribution Transformers, Low-Voltage Dry-Type 8. Fluorescent Lamp Ballasts 9. Illuminated Exit Signs 10. Mercury Vapor Lamp Ballasts 11. Torchieres 12. Traffic Signal Modules and Pedestrian Modules 13. Clothes Washers (Commercial) 14. Prerinse Spray Valves (Commercial) 15. Dehumidifiers (Residential)

1. Ice-Cream Freezers; Self-Contained Commercial Refrigerators,Freezers, and Refrigerator-Freezers without Doors; and RemoteCondensing Commercial Refrigerators, Freezers and RefrigeratorFreezers [Initial] 2. Refrigerated Bottle or Canned Beverage Vending Machines [Initial] 3, 4. Automatic Ice Makers (Commercial) [2 Revisions] 5, 6. (All Commercial) Refrigeration Products in EPACT 2005 (except vending machines and icemakers) [2 Revisions] 7. Ceiling Fan Light Kits (other than those with prescribed standards)' 8, 9. Clothes Washers (Commercial) [2 Revisions] 

### Standards Backlog, Other Standards Rulemakings, and Test Procedures 6 Active Backlog Standards Rulemakings (Slide 8, Hyphen 1)

2 Active Determination Analyses 6 Products in Backlog Require Two Standards Rulemakings (Slide 8, Hyphen 2) Additional Products in the Backlog

9 Other Standards Rulemakings (slide 9) 

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1. Furnaces and Boilers (Residential)5 2. Distribution Transformers, MV Dry-Type and Liquid-Immersed 3. Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps less than 65 kBtu/hr, 3-Phase (Commercial)' 4. Oil- and Gas-Fired Packaged Boilers (Commercial) 6 5. Packaged Terminal Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps (Commercial) 6 6. Tankless Gas-Fired Instantaneous Water Heaters' Determination 1. Electric Motors, Small (Determination Notice) Determination 2. High-Intensity Discharge Lamps (Determination Notice) 7, 8. Direct Heating Equipment [2 cycles] 9, 10. Pool Heaters [2 cycles] 11, 12. Fluorescent Lamps [2 cycles] 13, 14. Incandescent General Service Lamps [2 cycles] 15, 16. Incandescent Reflector Lamps [2 cycles] 17, 18. Ranges and Ovens and Microwave Ovens (Electric and Gas) [1 or 2 c cles]' 19. Central Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps (Residential) 20. Room Air Conditioners 21. Water Heaters (Residential) 22. Electric Motors, 1-200 HP 23. Fluorescent Lamp Ballasts 24. Dishwashers (Residential) 25. Clothes Dryers (Residential) 1. Furnaces and Boilers (Residential) [revision due 1/2007]8 2. Furnaces, Warm Air (Commercial)' 3. Single Package Vertical Air-Conditioners and Heat Pumps 4. Water-Cooled Air Conditioners and Water-Source Heat Pumps (Commercial)' 5. Water Heaters (Commercial)9 6. Electric Motors, 1-200 HP 7. Faucets, Showerheads, Urinals and Toilets10 8. Electric Motors, Small" 9. High-Intensity Discharge Lamps"
1 Determination Analysis 10. Dehumidifiers (Residential)' [Revision]

Determination in EPACT 2005: Battery Chargers and External Power (Slide 7, Bullet 3) Supplies (Determination Notice)2 6 Optional 1, 2, 3. Automatic Ice Makers, Other Types (Commercial) [initial standard Test Procedures Pre-EPACT 2005 Prescribed by EPACT EPACT 2005 Requires Standards' plus 2 revisions]4 1. Distribution 2005 DOE to Develop

4. Commercial Refrigerators, Freezers, and Refrigerator-Freezers, Other 

### (slide 10) transformers 18 test procedures 1, 2. Two commercial (Slide 7, Bullet 4) Types 2. High-Intensity prescribed by EPACT refrigeration products

5. Ceiling Fans (other than design standard) Discharge Lamps" 2005.12 3. Battery chargers / 6. Ceiling Fan Light Kits 3. Small Electric Motors" external power supplies 4. Single Package Vertical 4. Torchieres (implicit) Air-Conditioners and Heat Pumps 5. Clothes Washers 'If DOE does not issue a final rule by a certain date, Congress has specified the (default) standard. For ceiling fan light kits, this is counted as a revision to the prescribed standard because it expands that standard's scope. 2 If a positive determination is made, DOE will be required to conduct a standards rulemaking (for which EPACT 2005 specifies no deadline). 3 EPACT 2005 also gives DOE the authority to set standards for furnace fans and to set more than 1 standard for products with more than 1 major function (i.e., combination appliances). 'Although the initial rulemaking is optional, the EPACT 2005 language seems to imply that the subsequent 2 revisions would be required if an initial rulemaking is conducted. s Includes small furnaces and mobile home furnaces. 6 ASHRAE Products have no legal deadline for standards rulemaking (Slide 8, Hyphen 3). ' Electric cooking products require only 1 additional rulemaking (addressed once already in 9/1998 Final Rule). 8 Will include revision to mobile home furnace standard. 9 Dependent upon future ASHRAE actions. 10 Dependent upon future ANSI/ASME actions. " Only if positive determination. 12 The 18 prescribed test procedures in EPACT 2005 correspond to the 15 products with prescribed standards (top left box above), plus 3 additional test procedures for various commercial refrigeration products. 

# FurtherExplanation ofDOE "Charge and Challenges" (to clarify slides 7-10 oftoday's presentation) 

# #5.6

EPACT 2005 Standards Requirements

15 Prescribed Standards (Slide 7, Bullet I)

10 Standards to beDeveloped (Slide 7, Bullet 2)

& 1 Determination Analysis (Slide 7, Bullet 3) 6 Optional Standards' (Slide 7, Bullet 4) I. Package Air-Conditioning andHeating Equipment, Small (Commercial); Large (Commercial); Very Large (Commercial) 2. UnitHeaters (Commercial) 3. Automatic Ice Makers (Commercial) 4. Self-Contained Commercial Refrigerators, Freezers, andRefrigeratorFreezers with Doors for Holding Temperature Applications; Self-Contained Commercial Refrigerators with Doors for Pull-Down Temperature Applications 5. Ceiling Fans; Ceiling Fan Light Kits 6. Compact FluorescentLamps, MediumBase 7. Distribution Transformers, Low-Voltage Dry-Type 8. Fluorescent Lamp Ballasts 9. Illuminated Exit Signs 10. Mercury Vapor Lamp Ballasts II. Torchieres 12. Traffic Signal Modules and Pedestrian Modules 13. Clothes Washers (Commercial) 14. Prerinse Spray Valves (Commercial) 15. Dehumidifiers (Residential)

I. Ice-Cream Freezers; Self-Contained Commercial Refrigerators, Freezers, and Refrigerator-Freezers withoutDoors; andRemoteCondensing Commercial Refrigerators, Freezers and RefrigeratorFreezers [Initial] 2. Refrigerated Bottle or CannedBeverage Vending Machines [Initial] 3,4. Automatic Ice Makers (Commercial) [2 Revisions] 5,6. (All Commercial) Refrigeration Products inEPACT 2005 (except vending machines and icemakers) [2 Revisions) 7. Ceiling Fan Light Kits (other than those with prescribed standards)1 8,9. Clothes Washers (Commercial) [2 Revisions) 10. Dehumidifiers (Residential)1 [Revision] Determination in EPACT 2005: Battery Chargers and External Power Supplies (DeterminationNotice)2 1,2,3. Automatic Ice Makers, Other Types (Commercial) [initial standard plus 2 revisions]4 4. Commercial Refrigerators, Freezers, and Refrigerator-Freezers, Other Types 5. Ceiling Fans (otherthan design standard) 6. Ceiling Fan Light Kits 

## StandardsBacklog, Other Standards Rulemakings, and Test Procedures I. Furnaces and Boilers (Residential) 6 Active Backlog Standards Rulemakings 2. Distribution Transformers, MV Dry-Type and Liquid-Immersed 3. Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps less than 65 kBtuIhr, 3-Phase (Commercia

# It**~** 4

. Oil- and Gas-Fired Packaged Boilers (Commercial) 6 

## iii (Slide 8, Hyphen I) 5. Packaged Terminal Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps (Commercial) 6**~** & 6. Tankless Gas-Fired Instantaneous Water Heaters· .5 2 Active Determination Determination 

### 1. Electric Motors, Small (DeterminationNotice) 

## § Analyses Determination 2. High-Intensity Discharge Lamps (DeterminationNotice)**~ ~~~~~~=-~~--~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~------~** **~** 6 Products in Backlog 7, 8. DirectHeating Equipment [2 cycles]

.... Require Two 9, 10. Pool Heaters [2 cycles] ; Standards 11, 12. Fluorescent Lamps [2 cycles] 

### 'a Rulemakings 13, 14. Incandescent General Service Lamps [2 cycles]

### ~ 15, 16. IncandescentReflector Lamps [2 cycles]

.. (Slide 8, Hyphen 2) 17, 18. Ranges and Ovens and Microwave Ovens (Electric and Gas) [1 or 2 cycles

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## ~ the Backlog 20. Room Air Conditioners 

# a 21. WaterHeaters (Residential)**~** 22. Electric Motors, 1-200 HP :; 23. Fluorescent Lamp Ballasts**~** 24. Dishwashers (Residential)

### ~ 25. Clothes Dryers (Residential) 9 Other Standards RuIemakings 

### I. Furnaces and Boilers (Residential) [revision due 112007]8

(slide 9)

TestProcedures (slide 10) 2. Furnaces, Warm Air (Commercial)" 3. Single Package Vertical Air-Conditioners and Heat Pumps 4. Water-Cooled Air Conditioners and Water-Source Heat Pumps (Commercial)" 5. Water Heaters (Commercial)" 6. Electric Motors, 1-200 HP 7. Faucets, Showerheads, Urinals and Toilets lO 8. Electric Motors, Small il 9. High-Intensity Discharge Lamps"

Pre-EPACT 2005 I. Distribution transformers 2. High-Intensity Discharge Lamps" 3. Small Electric Motors" 4. Single Package Vertical Air-Conditioners andHeat Pumps 5

. Clothes Washers Prescribed byEPACT 2005 18 test procedures prescribed byEPACT 2005

. 12 EPACT 2005 Requires DOE to Develop 1,2

. Two commercial refrigeration products 3. Battery chargers / external power supplies 4. Torchieres (implicit)

IfDOE does not Issue a final rule by a certaIn date, Congress has speCIfied the (default) standard

. For ceiling fan lIght kits, this IS counted as a revision to the prescnbed standard because It expands that standard's scope. 2 Ifa positive determination is made, DOE will be required to conduct a standards rulemaking (for which EPACT 2005 specifies no deadline).
3EPACT 2005 also gives DOE the authority to set standards for furnace fans andto set more than I standard for products with more than I major function (i.e., combination appliances). 4Although the initial rulemaking is optional, the EPACT 2005 langnage seems to implythat the subsequent2 revisions wouldbe required ifan initial rulemaking is conducted.
l Includes small furnaces and mobile home furnaces.
• ASHRAE Products have no legal deadline for standards rulemaking (Slide 8, Hyphen 3).
7 Electric cooking products require only I additional rulemaking (addressed once already in 9/1998 Final Rule)

. 8Will include revision to mobile home furnace standard.
9 Dependent upon future ASHRAE actions. 10 Dependentupon future ANSVASME actions.
II Only ifpositive determination

. 12 The 18 prescribed test procedures in EPACT 2005 correspond to the 15 products with prescribed standards (top left box above), plus 3 additional test procedures for various commercial refrigerationproducts. 

# FurtherExplanation ofDOE "Charge and Challenges" (to clarify slides 7-10 oftoday's presentation) 

# #5.6

EPACT 2005 Standards Requirements

15 Prescribed Standards (Slide 7, Bullet 1)

10 Standards to beDeveloped (Slide 7, Bullet 2)

& 

### 1 Determination Analysis (Slide 7, Bullet 3) 6 Optional Standards' (Slide 7, Bullet4) I. Package Air-Conditioning and Heating Equipment, Small (Commercial); Large (Commercial); Very Large (Commercial) 2. UnitHeaters (Commercial) 3. Automatic Ice Makers (Commercial) 4. Self-Contained Commercial Refrigerators, Freezers, and RefrigeratorFreezers with Doors for Holding Temperature Applications; Self-Contained Commercial Refrigerators with Doors for Pull-Down Temperature Applications 5. Ceiling Fans; Ceiling Fan Light Kits 6. Compact FluorescentLamps, Medium Base 7

. Distribution Transformers, Low-Voltage Dry-Type 8. Fluorescent Lamp Ballasts 9. Illuminated Exit Signs 10. Mercury Vapor Lamp Ballasts II. Torchieres 12. Traffic Signal Modules and Pedestrian Modules 13. Clothes Washers (Commercial) 14. Prerinse Spray Valves (Commercial) 15. Dehumidifiers (Residential)

I. Ice-Cream Freezers; Self-Contained Commercial Refrigerators, Freezers, and Refrigerator-Freezers withoutDoors; andRemoteCondensing Commercial Refrigerators, Freezers and RefrigeratorFreezers [Initial) 2. Refrigerated Bottle orCannedBeverage Vending Machines [Initial) 3,4. Automatic Ice Makers (Commercial) [2 Revisions) 5,6. (All Commercial) Refrigeration Products in EPACT 2005 (except vending machines and icemakers) [2 Revisions) 7

. Ceiling Fan Light Kits (other than those withprescribed standards)1 8,9. Clothes Washers (Commercial) [2 Revisions) 10. Dehumidifiers (Residential)1 [Revision) Determination in EPACT 2005: Battery Chargers and External Power Supplies (DeterminationNotice)2 1,2,3. Automatic Ice Makers, Other Types (Commercial) [initial standard plus 2 revisions)4 4. Commercial Refrigerators, Freezers, and Refrigerator-Freezers, Other Types 5. Ceiling Fans (other than design standard) 6. Ceiling Fan Light Kits 

## StandardsBacklog, Other Standards Rulemakings, and Test Procedures 1. Furnaces and Boilers (Residential)' 6 Active Backlog Standards Rulemakings 2. Distribution Transformers, MV Dry-Type and Liquid-Immersed 3

. Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps less than 65 kBtuIhr, 3-Phase (Commercialt**~** 

### 4

. Oil- and Gas-Fired Packaged Boilers (Commercial) 6 

## is (Slide 8, Hyphen I) 5. Packaged Terminal Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps (Commercial) 6**~** & 

### 6. Tankless Gas-Fired Instantaneous Water Heaters· .5 2 Active Determination Determination 1. 

### Electric Motors, Small (Determination Notice)

## ~ Analyses Determination 2. High-Intensity Discharge Lamps (DeterminationNotice)**~ ~6~P~r=0~d~u~c7ts-i~n~B~ac~kl~0-g--~7~** **~8~.~~D~ir~e~c=t7H~e~a~ti£ng~E~q~u7~~m~e~n~t~[~2~c~y~cl~e~s]~~~~~~==~~~~--------1** 

### ;:: RequireTwo 9,10. Pool Heaters [2 cycles] ; Standards 11,12. Fluorescent Lamps [2 cycles) 

### 'a Rulemakings 13, 14. Incandescent General Service Lamps [2 cycles)

### ~ 15, 16. IncandescentReflector Lamps [2 cycles)

.. (Slide 8, Hyphen 2) 17, 18. Ranl!;es and Ovens and Microwave Ovens (Electric and Gas) [lor2 cycles)"**~ ~~~~~~~~--~7L~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~**  

# = Additional Products in 19. Central Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps (Residential)

## ~ the Backlog 20. Room Air Conditioners 

# a 21. WaterHeaters (Residential)**~** 

### 22. Electric Motors, 1-200 HP 

### :i 23. Fluorescent Lamp Ballasts**~** 

### 24. Dishwashers (Residential)

### ~ 25. Clothes Dryers (Residential) 9 Other Standards Rulemakings 

### I. Furnaces and Boilers (Residential) [revision due 112007)8

(slide 9)

TestProcedures (slide 10) 2. Furnaces, Warm Air (Commercial)' 3

. Single Package Vertical Air-Conditioners and Heat Pumps 4. Water-Cooled Air Conditioners and Water-Source Heat Pumps (Commercial)' 5. Water Heaters (Commercial)' 6. Electric Motors, 1-200 HP 7. Faucets, Showerheads, Urinals and Toilets lO 

### 8. Electric Motors, SmallI I 

### 9. High-Intensity Discharge Lamps"

Pre-EPACT 2005 I. Distribution transformers 2

. High-Intensity Discharge Lamps" 3. Small Electric Motors" 4. Single Package Vertical Air-Conditioners and Heat Pumps 5

. Clothes Washers Prescribed byEPACT 2005 18 testprocedures prescribed byEPACT 2005. 12 

### EPACT 2005 Requires DOE to Develop 1,2. Two commercial refrigeration products 3. Battery chargers / external power supplies 4. Torchieres (implicit)

IfDOE does not Issue a final rule by a certam date, Congress has speCIfied the (default) standard

. For ceiling fan hght kits, this 

### IS counted as a reVISIOn to the prescnbed standard because It expands that standard's scope. 2 

### Ifa positive determination is made, DOE will be required to conduct a standards rulemaking (for which EPACT 2005 specifies no deadline).
3

### EPACT 2005 also gives DOE the authority to set standards for furnace fans andto set more than 1 standard for products with more than 1 major function (i.e., combination appliances).
4

### Although the initial rulemaking is optional, the EPACT 2005 langnage seems to implythat the subsequent 2 revisions wouldbe required ifan initial rulemaking is conducted.
l 

### Includes small furnaces and mobile home furnaces.
6 

### ASHRAE Products have no legal deadline for standards rulemaking (Slide 8, Hyphen 3).
7 

### Electric cooking products require only 1additional rulemaking (addressed once already in 9/1998 Final Rule)

. 8 

### Will include revision to mobile home furnace standard.
9 

### Dependent upon future ASHRAE actions.
10 

### Dependentupon future ANSVASME actions. II 

### Only ifpositive determination

. 12 The 18 prescribed test procedures in EPACT 2005 correspond to the 15 products with prescribed standards (top left box above), plus 3 additional test procedures for various commercial refrigerationproducts.