U.S. Department of Energy

Public Meeting on Electric Motors

Washington, DC

June 2, 1995

Introductory Remarks

Good morning, I'm Jim Raba, Energy Conservation Program

Specialist in the Office-of Codes and Standards. On behalf of

the Department of Energy, I thank you for taking time to

participate in this public meeting concerning the Department's

energy efficiency program for electric motors.

We will begin with introductions around the room. Please

state your name and the company or organization you represent.

If you have not already done so, please fill out the

information requested on the sign-in sheet.

The purpose of today's meeting is to discuss issues and

gather information related to energy efficiency standards, test

procedures, labeling, and compliance certification for 1 through

200 horsepower electric motors covered under the Section 122 of

the Energy Policy Act of 1992.

The Energy Policy Act of 1992 requires these electric motors

to meet certain standards of efficiency by October 24, 1997 when

tested in accordance with procedures prescribed pursuant to the

statute.

In order to help motor manufacturers meet the statutory

compliance date of October 24, 1997, the Department of Energy

plan's to pursue an aggressive rulemaking schedule. Schedule

goals are as follows: Spring 1995 - Public Meeting; Summer 1995

- Publish Notice of Proposed Rulemaking followed by time to

submit written comments; Autumn 1995 - Public Hearing; Spring

1996 - Publish Final Rule.

Statements and information submitted here today and in

addition, those submitted before close of business June 30 will

assist the Department in developing a Notice of Proposed

Rulemaking for Electric Motors. All statements-submitted on the

issues to be discussed will be considered before the Department

publishes a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking.

As the presiding official, I will set the guidelines for

conducting the meeting and provide other pertinent information.

In order to obtain as much relevant information as reasonable and

to enable interested persons to express their views, the meeting

will be conducted informally.

a. The focus of this meeting is 6n definitions, testing

and statistical sampling of motors for testing,

labeling, and compliance certification related to the

energy efficiency of,electric motors. There shall be

no discussion of proprietary information, costs or

prices, market shares, or other commercial mattersregulated by antitrust law.

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b. We will discuss the agenda items first. If time

permits, participants may raise other topics concerning

standards, testing, and certification of electric motor

efficiency.

c. The meeting format will be as follows. First I will

summarize the agenda item to be discussed and then

invite any statements on that item. Following that

will be an opportunity for informal discussion.

Participants from the Department of Energy and the

National Institute of Standards and Technology may also

wish to speak or ask follow up questions. Where

someone is in agreement, I would appreciate an

indication of that agreement, but in the interest of

time, comments need not be repeated. I will try to

summarize main points at the end of each discussion.

This session will be expedited and we will be assured

of obtaining each participant's views if everyone who

wants to speak waits to be recognized. Please remember

to state your-name first. We will have a court

reporter make a verbatim record of this meeting.

d. Please keep side conversations to a minimum to avoid

interrupting a presenter. If a lengthy private

discussion is needed, please move outside the room.

e. It may be necessary to cut off discussion on some

topics to maintain the schedule. We will try to allow

some time at the end of the meeting to complete

discussion of these topics.

f. I encourage all persons present to participate as much

as possible so the Department may get a full spectrum

of opinions on these issues.

Please let me mention a few housekeeping items.

a. In keeping with the regulations of these building

facilities, there is no smoking allowed in this room.

b. We will take a one hour lunch break at a convenient

time near 12:00 noon.

c. This meeting.is scheduled to end by 4:30 P.M. (or

sooner) if all items have been completely discussed.

Items that have not been completely discussed by 4:30

P.M. may be addressed in the written statements.

Follow up or additional written statements may be

submitted not later than June 30, 1995.

In approximately two weeks, the written transcript of this

meeting will be available for inspection at the Department of

Energy's Freedom of Information Reading Room located in Room 1E190. (Give, directions.) Anyone wishing to purchase a copy of

the transcript may make arrangements with the court reporter.

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All written statements will be available for public

inspection in the Department of Energy Freedom of Information

Reading Room, telephone number (202) 586-6020. Written

statements should be addressed to the Department of Energy as

noted in the Federal Register notice for today's meeting. Ten

copies of each statement are requested. In addition, the

Department will appreciate an electronic copy of each statement

submitted. The Department is currently using WordPerfect 5.1.

Comments submitted by telefax will not be accepted.

Any person submitting information that he or she believes to

be confidential and exempt by law from public disclosure should

submit one complete copy and eight copies from which information

claimed to be confidential has been deleted. In accordance with

the procedures established at 10 CFR 1004.11, the Department of

Energy shall make its own determination as to whether the

information shall be exempt from public disclosure.

We appreciate the time and effort you have taken in

preparing for this meeting and are pleased to receive your

comments and opinions. Again, the purpose of this meeting is to

discuss issues and gather information related to energy

efficiency standards, definitions, test procedures and sampling

for testing, labeling, and compliance certification for 1 through

200 horsepower electric motors covered under the Section 122 of

the Energy Policy Act of 1992, Public Law 102-486.

We will begin discussion with agenda item number III.

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