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Small Electric Motors

This page presents information on test

procedures, energy conservation standards,

and rulemaking activities for small electric

motors.

Statutory Authority

Part A–1 of title III of the Energy Policy and

Conservation Act (EPCA) provides for an

energy conservation program for certain

commercial and industrial equipment (42

U.S.C. 6311–6317). In particular, section

346(b)(1) of EPCA directs the Secretary of

Energy to prescribe testing requirements and

energy conservation standards for those small

electric motors for which the Secretary

determines that standards would be

technologically feasible and economically

justified, and would result in significant

energy savings. (42 U.S.C. 6317(b)(1))

On July 10, 2006, the U.S. Department of

Energy (DOE) completed its determination

analysis for small electric motors. In this

study, the Secretary determined that energy

conservation standards for small electric

motors appeared to be technologically feasible

and economically justified, and would result in

significant energy savings. Accordingly, DOE

will develop test procedures to measure the

efficiency of small electric motors. DOE will

also evaluate whether to establish energy

conservation standards for small electric

motors, and if so, at what level.

Some of the following documents are available

as Adobe Acrobat PDFs. Download Adobe

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Rulemakings in Progress

Test Procedures

DOE is proposing new test procedures to

measure the efficiency of certain single-phase

and polyphase small electric motors; revising

and expanding the scope of test procedures

for 1–200 horsepower electric motors to apply

to 201–500 horsepower motors; and updating

the list of standards incorporated by reference

in title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations,

part 431.

Final Rule: Test Procedures for Small

Electric Motors, Federal Register, 74 FR

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32059, July 7, 2009 (PDF 168 KB)

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Test

Procedures for Electric Motors, Federal

Register, 73 FR 78220, December 22,

2008 (PDF 372 KB)

Electric Motors Test Procedures Public

Meeting

Energy Conservation Standards

DOE is evaluating potential energy

conservation standards for certain

single-phase and polyphase small electric

motors. DOE will hold a public meeting to

discuss and receive comments on the classes

of small electric motors that it plans to

analyze for purposes of establishing energy

conservation standards; the analytical

framework, models, and tools that it is using

to evaluate standards for these motors; the

results of preliminary analyses; and potential

energy conservation standard levels.

Notice of Public Meeting and Availability

of the Preliminary Technical Support

Document, Federal Register, 73 FR

79723, December 30, 2008 (PDF 64 KB)

Electric Motors Energy Conservation

Standards Public Meeting

Preliminary Technical Support

Document

Preliminary Analytical Spreadsheets

Notice of Public Meeting and Availability

of Framework Document, Federal

Register, August 10, 2007 (PDF 80 KB)

Framework Document, July 30, 2007

(PDF 321 KB)

Determination Concerning the Potential

for Energy Conservation Standards for

Small Electric Motors, Federal Register,

72 FR 44990, July 10, 2006 (PDF 112

KB)

Determination Analysis Technical

Support Document: Analysis of Energy

Conservation Standards for Small

Electric Motors, June 2006 (PDF 625 KB)

Contact Information

James Raba

Project Manager

(202) 586-8654

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