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### From: Jason Friedrich and Jenni fer**S~ll f"** **rd** 

### Date: August lI, 2014 

### Rc: Ex par te communication o..'pal'llllcnt of Energy Docket Num b er EERE-2014-13T

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Till,> memonmdum for Ihe**re~ord rm)vid~,**  

### ,\ Sumrnury of**~ll** 

### Augu,[ 7,20 14**lT~din g**  

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### U.S

. Depanment of 

### bnergy staff concerning OOF's Notic e of Oala Avuibbilily fO T 

### Energy COll<.ervat ion Standards and Test Procedur e for Battery Chargers, 79 Fed. Reg. 27774**(M~y** 

### 15. 2(14).



### Meeling**~Ilendee~:** 

### Jeremy Dommu (DOE 

### Office of Energy Effici e ncy**~nd Renew~ble**  

### Energy) Daniel Cohen (DOE Office of UCllCrai Counsel)**DOlLg1a.~** Rawald (DOE OHicc of General Counsel) 

### Mkh<lel Kido (DOF. Office "i' 

### General Cnunwl) 

### Jason Friedrich CARRIS) Tom Kdkher 

### CARRIS) Jennifer Sanford (Cisco) John Hodges (\Vilcy Rcin)

The p:uties**di~<:u~""d** 

### issu<" n\i,ed in a Idl er ,uhmiued hy ARRIS on July IS
, 20 14
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co py of which is attached ilS**Appe~di~** 

### A; und 

### u PSU-hallery**~hurger-m'x"' l11** **inlerl'a~e** 

### hl()ck diagram, u copy of which is mtuched as Appendix R.

Thc indllslry rcpres.cntatives voiC<'d their strong support for**en~rgy** 

### efficiency. This has induded. for**e~ample.** 

### participation in the Voluntary Agreemen( on energy dficiency of set-top**bo~~s, i~dudil\g**  

### on**lh ~**  

### Slttri11g COJllJlliHoe.

Th ey ,lr esse d the imporwnce of a prop er hundling by rX1F. 

### o f Con(inuou, Use Pn,ldll<:l';.**Thc~e** 

### product s arc incrcasingly more int egrate d, with m<,'re**fuoction~lity** 

### being performed by a 'y'lern chip or chip s.ct. Backup baltery charging i s not the primary fU11ction of the p rod uct. There i, no ubilily lO "lurn 

# "w lll<2 l"C,l oj (he prtxluc ( or chip and leave ol1ly tIl<' battcry charging fuoction on while r es ting. As il**re~ulI.,** 

### Ihe DOE 

### ( e, s[ pr(x:edur l:' O"l:'rSlal es lhe energy uSl:'d, hy iocluding not only thc cncrgy usag e of th e backup b utt ery charging >yotl:'lTI 

### but < 11>0 the e nergy Uf.agc of**(b~** 

### rc,l or- the product. It i s not**fca~iblc** to 

### add off switches to disable tile**non charging** 

### funclionalilY where Ihe charging fun<;lionalily is inlegraled 'II lhe sy,leTTl chip or chip**~el lev~L** **Hen~e,** 

### the**I~sl prOCedlll'~**  

### rlln>;**conlr~ry** 

### lolhe**fuml~menlill pllrp{)8~**  

### under the Energy Policy and Conscrvation Act to test a product in a manner representativ e of its tru e energy consumption charactcnstics.

Whik Ihe indu,t.ry**repre."'nlulive~** 

### urged Ihal Conlinl!()u\ Use Pnxlucl.s nol be 

### induded in lhe >cope of DOE**r~gul~li()n,** 

### lhey urged lh<ll**~hange,** 

### loll""**I~SI** 

### procedure are**nece'~ary** 

### in ord e r to accommodllte >uch prooucto; if they**~r e**  

### in.juded. ARRIS's comments of Jun e 30, 2014 recommend appropriat e technical chang e s to the test procedure that would esti.mate the energy consumption of the battclY backup systcm in a reasonable and cost cffeetive manner if Continuous Use Products are includcd in the scope of DOE regulation.

The p<lrties uiscussed the lechnical changes sel forlh in the ARRIS cmnmelllS. T h e>e

wou ld involve m,xlilka li on of the lesl proceuure to i ,olale Ihe nonnal olJer<lling power of the devi<:e where t.he buUery is only ulilized <IS an**en"" gen~y** **ba~kup.** 

### The commenl>**propo~e** 

### the addition of a "normalization" proceos to d e temu1le what I Xlltion of normal operating power is associatcd with the charging funclion, This process wou ld allow the buttelY charging "llergy consumption to 

### be quantified and comparcd rcgardless of tile product type 

### and intendcd usc. This approach enables Ihe energy consumption 01 

### thc bauery charging functionality to be 

### cakululed wbile Ihe product is be.ing used as inlended anu withoul requiring specialle,1 fixture" devi<:e**mlxlificaliol1~>** 

### or**']J<":;aliz~d** 

### >oftwure.

The practicability of th" sUgge,ted test procedurc changes was fUrlhcr disGusscd, Tile industry representatives indicatcd Ihat battcries can gcncrally he 

### removed 01' 

### ()/hCl"\\o'isc di>.Connecled from the prooud; lhe changes also pnwidc a way to 

### addre", ,iluations where

. lhe

. barlery c,mnol lJe**remoy~d** 

### or**<.~herwi",** 

### disc()nneded, In uddiliol1, I I ""**,~llggeoled** 

### lesl procedllre changes**~re** 

### broadly**~ppli<:able ~nd**  

### do nOI relat e only to ARRIS product>. J 

### leoc e , ther e would 

### be

no need to write different tcst methods for different Continuous Us.e Products. Fmthcr, the suggcsted**Ic~t** 

### pn)Ccdmc changes are not bmdensomc to 

### conduct.

The indu,lry repre-;enlalive, a]so urged Ihal l'
, ontilluow, U"" Pmdu<;ls bt: 

### exduded from Ihe o\:ope of DOE**regul~t.ion, In~hj(l** **ng** 

### lhe",**pnxlll~ls** 

### ill baltery**ch~rg r**  

### regulatiollo**~dd~** 

### additional**regul~tory** 

### burdens and**C()~ts** 

### to manufactur e rs and consumer ,> withoot pj"()viding meaningful cncrgy saving s

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DOE llluicated that it wrRlld cOIlsider Ihis matter further. Thc industry rcprc!icl1lmh'c<; indicaled lhat lhe), would likely provide addition<ll inlimnalion Ii)!" the record lilr DOE\**~(lnsi(kl"ilt.ion,** 

### und Ihey**expr~'~ed** 

### u**de~ire** 10 

### I'urlher**~o"penlle** 

### in resolving Ih e i,we"



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Kathkcn 13. Hogan 

### Depu ty As,;slant Secretary for bnergy Effkiency Energy Hlidcncy and Renewable Energy U.S. Deparlment of Encrgy 

### EE-5 1000 Indepellden<:e Ayenu e. SW 

### Washington, lX' 205 08



### Rc: Docket "'umher I.ERI£-2014-BT-NOA-0012

Dear \h, Hogan:

ARRlS Group,**rn~.** 

### CARRIS") has reviewed the**conunell1~** 

### suhmi lled in**"'Sp{)]lS~** 

### to Ihe Department of Energy 's C'DOE") Nolic e or Data Availability**("~ODA")** fOf Energy Conservalion Slandartls and Test Proced ur e for**B~ttery** Chargers, I ARRlS believes that 

### it is important to bring ""rta in mailers 10 ooE', attention concerning those commeniS.



### ARRIS strong ly**di~agrees** 

### with the 

### small minority of the**commenl.~** 

### daiming thall h e DOE lest procedure w; applied to "O)nl**inU()ll~** Use PI'OOllC1S ," products that use bat1 ery p<Jwer onl y in lhe evenl of power fRllages or similur e mergenq c(ln(lil.ion" is**~llfhcient** and that it i s up to manufacturen; ro modi I'y such producl'> so that they can 

### be t e, ted.**The~e in~lude**  comments ot the Natural Resources Defense Coundl ("NROC') and California Investor Owned**Ulilili~s** ("CA 101)<;").

NRDC as >er is (('o[mUenl'> al 3) that**th~** DOE test proc e dur e**a~ appli~d**  10 applicalions eqUipped with bac k up batteri es**doe~** not r e quire moditlcation and that it i
, nliUlufacturen;'**re>p<Jll~ibilily** 10 design**pnxluet ~**  that minimil:e other**fllnction~** in mainlenance modc, or to provide a mechanism t.o tum orf lhe,e runctions for the purp<Js e of efficiency lesting. Similarly, CA**IOU ~**  as>C11 (Comment s at 3) that m'J.l1 ul'acl mer, ean either minimiz.c**t~ndby** power or**aridilional1'tLL)Clionahtic~** or incorporate an off**swil~h** to I.urn lhe. se lunctiol\S off. Thl'SC comments rio nol.**wil.h'l~nd analy~i'>**  and**~honld** be rcjccted
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Dep'l of Energy, Energy Conservation Program, Energy**Con~c.rvation** Standards and**r~st Proc~dure**  for Ballery Charger,: Availability of**D~ a,**  79**F~(L** Reg. 27774 (May 

### 15 ,2 (14).

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To begin with, DOE in the NODA xknowkdges that the "'results [of its testing] suggest that the
current test**proccdur~,** whieh is intended to measure baltery eharging encrgy consumption, may he unable to isolate and measure the encrgy usagc of these particular products."" The NRDC and CA lOlls
comments <;<ocm to comp let e ly disregard lhis DOE analysis.

Cont.illlHlU' Use Prududs ure be<:uming incT1:'asingly more**ill\egr~ted.** Thilt is. more f lmctiollalit y is performed 

### by a system (:hip or chip set. Backup**b~ttery** charging is not the primJry function of 

### the prodnct. Ther e is no ability 

### to '"turn off' 

### the r est of the product or chip**~nd** leavc only thc backup battcry charging [unction on while testing. As a result. the DOli test procedurc overstatcs thc energy used, by including not only the cnergy usage of the backup battcry eharg ing syste m but also t hc C<\crgy usage 01 thc rcst of the product. It IS lIOt fca;;ihle to add off**swi tch** **c~** to**di~ahle** the**non-ch~rgillg** funcli()nalit y where

. the charging funclionali l y**L~** inlegrate.d at the sys t em chip ()r chip sel**ley~1.**

Thm'. whil e 

### ARIUS believes that Continuous C se Products shoo ld not 

### be inclnded in the propo sed**regnl~tions** 

### (a, discussed be lo w), we agr ee with comments that changes to tbe test procedurc Jre necessary in order to accommoda te such prooncts if they are included. Our**comment~** of June 30, 20 14 rttommcnd appropriatc tcchnica l changes 10 the tcst pmccdure lhm would**esti mal** **~** lrw: energ)' COllsul11pl i()n of Ih e hallery backup**~yslern** in a reasonahle and**~ost** effect i ve**m~nnn** jf Continuolls U SO! Pnxlucts arc included ill the !;Cope 

### of DOR regulal ion.

ARRIS agrees with comment, that Continuous Usc Products shou ld be excluded from the scopc ot DOE rcgulation. Including thcse products in hattcry charger regulmions adds addil irma l r egu lalory**'lurdell.~** and**co,~t** 10 manuf ac tur ers <)nd**c()n~llmer,** withoul providing meaningful energy**~'lVillgS, Hel1~e.**  

### DOE shou ld delermi**n~** t hal no**,t~lld~l"(1** is 

### j Ilsli f ied for them. Tn that**reg~rd.** w e extract below our original comment on this point, submitted as Motowb Mobility, Inc" on.\1ay 2\.1, 2012:



# , Motomla urgcs that DOU not includc continuous use product;;

- such as answcring**machinc~,** homc sccurity**~ystems,** Illfx\CIllS, and LAN!W AN adapters

- in the <;tandanh for hallery chargers. TIle very low ii"equcncy of charge comhined wilh the**rel~tively** high ong()ing**row~r r~'luireTTlel1ls**  of cont tnU(m>**u~e ,**  or**"alw~y'** 011 ,"**pn.xlu(:t.~ me~ns**  that. as a percentage o f product I Xlwer, th e bml"ery**ch~rging** represents a very slllall fractionlUld a very sma ll amOllllt of eaergy, Therefore, little Of no**\'~Iue** is to be gain"d from ineluding ,Udl products in the DOL stmldard for battery chargers.

Id, at 27776,Kathleen 13. Hogan luly 18, 2014 Pug" ::;

In an cxmnple of a typical modem. Motorola measured normal power at approximately 6 wallS. This translates to a UEe of 53 kWhlyr (i.e.,**~2****4*3(5).** At n '" 0.1 charges PCI' day (Cia,,, 3 BCS) and measured hallery charge energy oj' 21 WIL lhe l;EC for the hallery would he 0.766 kWh (i.e_. 0_ 1**3(i5~21)** or 1 .4% of lhl: pnxlll':t lWC. The oct.uul UEC is eve n**"w~r ~{)l1sid~ril1g**  thallhl: a(:tuul**~hurg~ fr~qu~rKY**  is dos e r t.o t.ha t. published 

### in t.h e Technical Support Ducumenl ("TSD") for 

### a**hom~** security system ofn" 

### 0.02 or IW l gh l y 7 charge cycles per year.

i\.RRIS rcque<;ts that this ictter be included in the reeord 

### ot this proceeding.**Sinc~rt y,** 

lsi Jason 

### Ii;. Friedri('h Jason E. Fri"tlrich H"ad of U _S. GCl\'"mmenl & R"gulalOIY Affairs ARRlS Group, Inc. 101 Tournmn<-'nt Drive Horsham, Pi\. 19044

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