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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy 

[Case No. RF–007] 

Energy Conservation Program for 

Consumer Products: Publication of the 

Petition for Waiver of General Electric 

Company From the Department of 

Energy (DOE) Refrigerator and 

Refrigerator-Freezer Test Procedures 

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of Petition for Waiver 

and request for public comments. 

SUMMARY: Today’s notice announces 

General Electric Company’s (GE’s) 

Petition for Waiver (hereafter, 

‘‘Petition’’) from parts of the DOE test 

procedure for determining the energy 

consumption of electric refrigerators 

and refrigerator-freezers. GE has 

developed a new product line of 

refrigerators and refrigerator-freezers 

that contain sensors to detect 

temperature and humidity, and which 

interact with controls to vary the 

effective wattage of anti-sweat heaters to 

evaporate excess moisture. The existing 

test procedure does not take ambient 

temperature, humidity, or adaptive 

control technology into account. 

Therefore, GE proposes an alternate test 

procedure that takes adaptive control 

technology into account when 

measuring energy consumption. DOE is 

soliciting comments, data, and 

information concerning GE’s Petition 

and the proposed alternate test 

procedure. 

DATES: DOE will accept comments, data, 

and information not later than May 17, 

2007. 

ADDRESSES: Please submit comments, 

identified by case number RF–007, by 

any of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• E-mail: 

Michael.raymond@ee.doe.gov. Include 

case number RF–007, or ‘‘GE Petition,’’

or both in the subject line of the 

message. 

• Postal Mail: Ms. Brenda EdwardsJones, U.S. Department of Energy, 

Building Technologies Program, 

Mailstop EE–2J, Petition for Waiver Case 

No. RF–007, 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-Jones, U.S. Department of 

Energy, Building Technologies Program, 

Room 1J–018, Forrestal Building, 1000 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20585–0121. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name and case 

number for this proceeding. Submit 

electronic comments in WordPerfect, 

Microsoft Word, Portable Document 

Format (PDF), or text (ASCII) file format. 

Avoid the use of special characters or 

any form of encryption. Wherever 

possible, include the electronic 

signature of the author. Absent an 

electronic signature, comments 

submitted electronically must be 

followed and authenticated by 

submitting the signed original paper 

document. DOE will not accept 

telefacsimiles (faxes). According to 

section 430.27(b)(1)(iv) of 10 CFR Part 

430, any person submitting written 

comments must also send a copy of the 

comments to the Petitioner: Mr. Earl F. 

Jones, Senior Counsel, GE Consumer & 

Industrial, Appliance Park 2–225, 

Louisville, KY 40225. 

Under 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: 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 that determination. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read this notice, the petition for waiver, 

background documents, or comments 

received, go to the U.S. Department of 

Energy, Forrestal Building, Room 1J–018 

(Resource Room of the Building 

Technologies Program), 1000 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC, (202) 586–9127, 

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

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

Please call Ms. Brenda Edwards-Jones at 

(202) 586–2945 for additional 

information regarding visiting the 

Resource Room. Please note that the 

DOE’s Freedom of Information Reading 

Room (formerly Room 1E–190 in the 

Forrestal Building) is no longer housing 

rulemaking materials. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Michael G. Raymond, U.S. Department 

of Energy, Building Technologies 

Program, Mail Stop EE–2J, 1000 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20585–0121, (202) 586–

9611. E-mail: 

Michael.Raymond@ee.doe.gov, or Ms. 

Francine Pinto, Esq., U.S. Department of 

Energy, Office of General Counsel, Mail 

Stop GC–72, 1000 Independence 

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585–

0103, (202) 586–9507. E-mail: 

Francine.Pinto@hq.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background and Authority 

II. Petition for Waiver 

III. Alternate Test Procedure 

IV. Summary and Request for Comments 

I. Background and Authority 

Title III of the Energy Policy and 

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

variety of provisions concerning energy 

efficiency. Part B of Title III (42 U.S.C. 

6291–6309) provides for the ‘‘Energy 

Conservation Program for Consumer 

Products Other Than Automobiles.’’

Part B includes definitions, test 

procedures, labeling provisions, energy 

conservation standards, and the 

authority to require information and 

reports from manufacturers. Further, 

Part B 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 

residential refrigerators and refrigeratorfreezers is contained in 10 CFR Part 430, 

Subpart B, Appendix A1. 

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 a covered 

consumer product. A waiver will be 

granted by the Assistant Secretary if it 

is determined that the basic model for 

which the Petition for Waiver was 

submitted 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 data. 10 CFR 430.27(l). In 

general, a waiver will remain in effect 

until final test procedure amendments 

become effective, thereby resolving the 

problem that is the subject of the 

waiver. 10 CFR Part 430.27(m). 

II. Petition for Waiver 

On November 18, 2006, GE filed a 

Petition for Waiver from the uniform 

test method for measuring the energy 

consumption of electric refrigerators 

and electric refrigerator-freezers set 

forth at appendix A1 to subpart B of 10 

CFR Part 430. GE subsequently modified 

its Petition; the final version was filed 


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12 10 CFR Part 430, Subpart B, App. A1. 

13 10 CFR Part 430.27(l). 

14 10 CFR Part 430, Subpart B, App. A1. 

December 21, 2006. (GE’s original 

Petition was drafted in the form of a test 

procedure revision, with changes to the 

CFR. It also included an Application for 

Interim Waiver, which was not included 

in the final version). GE is designing 

new refrigerators and refrigeratorfreezers that contain variable anti-sweat 

heater controls that detect and respond 

to a broad range of temperature and 

humidity conditions, and then activate 

adaptive heaters as needed to evaporate 

excess moisture. GE’s alternate test 

procedure simulates the energy used by 

the adaptive heaters in a typical 

consumer household. Because the 

existing test procedure under 10 CFR 

Part 430 takes neither ambient humidity 

nor adaptive technology into account, it 

does not accurately measure the energy 

consumption of GE’s new refrigerators 

and refrigerator-freezers that feature 

variable anti-sweat heater controls and 

adaptive heaters. Consequently, GE has 

submitted to DOE for approval an 

alternate test procedure to assure that it 

is correctly calculating the energy 

consumption of this new product line. 

III. Alternate Test Procedure 

When test procedures for refrigerators 

and refrigerator-freezers under 10 CFR 

Part 430 were first developed, simple 

mechanical defrost timers were the 

norm. Today, GE’s new line of 

refrigerators and refrigerator-freezers 

contains sensors that detect ambient 

temperature and humidity, and interact 

with controls that vary the effective 

wattage of anti-sweat heaters to 

evaporate excess moisture. In sum, GE 

proposes to ‘‘run the energyconsumption test with the anti-sweat 

heater switch in the ‘off’ position and 

then, because the test chamber is not 

humidity-controlled, to add to that 

result the kilowatt hours per day 

derived by calculating the energy used 

when the anti-sweat heater is in the ‘on’

position.’’ (GE Petition, page 4.) 

According to GE, the objective of the 

approach is to simulate the average 

energy used by the adaptive anti-sweat 

heaters as activated in typical consumer 

households across the United States. 

(Id.) 

To determine the conditions in a 

typical consumer household, DOE 

understands that GE compiled historical 

data for the monthly average outdoor 

temperature and humidity for the top 50 

metropolitan areas of the U.S. over 

approximately the last 30 years. Then, 

GE used the average exterior monthly 

temperature and humidity values to 

determine in-home conditions. In 

addition, GE includes in the test 

procedure a ‘‘system-loss factor’’ to 

calculate system losses attributed to 

operating anti-sweat heaters, controls, 

and related components. 

IV. Summary and Request for 

Comments 

Today’s notice announces GE’s 

Petition to waive certain parts of the test 

procedures for its new line of 

refrigerators and refrigerator-freezers 

with variable anti-sweat heater controls 

and adaptive heaters. DOE is publishing 

the Petition under the provisions of 10 

CFR 430.27(b)(1)(iv). DOE has deleted 

information that it considers to be 

confidential. The Petition includes an 

alternate test procedure and calculation 

methodology to determine the energy 

consumption of GE’s new refrigerators 

and refrigerator-freezers with adaptive 

anti-sweat heaters. DOE is interested in 

receiving comments from interested 

parties on all aspects of the Petition and, 

in particular, the proposed alternate test 

procedure and calculation methodology. 

Any person submitting written 

comments to DOE must also send a copy 

of such comments to GE. See 10 CFR 

430.27(b)(1)(iv). 

Issued in Washington, DC, on April 9, 

2007. 

Alexander A. Karsner, 

Assistant Secretary, Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy. 

U.S. Department of Energy Petition for 

Waiver; Non-Confidential Version [Case 

No. RF–007] 

Submitted by: 

Earl F. Jones, Senior Counsel, GE Consumer 

& Industrial, Appliance Park 2–225, 

Louisville, KY 40225, earl.f.jones@ge.com, 

502–452–3164 (voice), 502–452–0395 (fax). 

Introduction 

GE Consumer & Industrial, an operating 

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

leading manufacturer and marketer of 

household appliances, including, as relevant 

to this proceeding, refrigerators, files this 

Petition for 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 refrigerator-freezer energy 

consumption and allow GE to test its 

refrigerator-freezer pursuant to the modified 

procedure submitted herewith. This request 

is filed pursuant to 10 CFR 430.27. 

Background 

GE is designing a new refrigerator. A total 

investment of $XXXX is being made for 

research, development, facility upgrade, 

acquisition of tooling and equipment and 

product testing. Significant effort will be 

required before the new product can be sold. 

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 refrigerator test procedure. 

Even a casual review of the refrigerator 

energy-consumption test procedure 12 reveals 

that this 1970’s-era regulation has been 

overtaken by advances in technology, 

especially the increased use of electronic 

controls. In developing its new refrigerator, 

GE could have disregarded the test 

procedure’s gaps, which could have resulted 

in a better energy test result. GE decided, 

however, to strive to attain the regulations’

intent to obtain test results that more closely 

reflect the energy that would be consumed by 

the new model when used by consumers. 

Accordingly, GE has filed this Petition for 

Waiver to eliminate or modify the portions of 

the regulations that are inappropriate or 

irrelevant. 

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 

data.13’’

GE requests that the Assistant Secretary grant 

this Petition on both grounds. First, because 

the refrigerator energy test procedure does 

not allow the energy used by GE’s new 

refrigerator to be accurately calculated. The 

new refrigerator contains adaptive anti-sweat 

heaters, i.e., anti-sweat heaters that respond 

to humidity conditions found in consumers’

homes. Since the test conditions specified by 

the test procedure neither define required 

humidity conditions nor otherwise take 

ambient humidity conditions into account in 

calculating energy consumption, the adaptive 

feature of GE’s new model cannot be tested. 

Second, if GE were to test its new smarttechnology refrigerator per the test 

procedure, i.e., as if it contained oldtechnology ‘‘dumb’’ anti-sweat heaters, the 

results of the energy test so conducted would 

not accurately measure the energy used by 

the new models. 

The Refrigerator Energy Test Procedure 

The test procedure for calculating energy 

consumption 14 specifies that the test 

chamber be maintained at 90°F. While clearly 

not typical of conditions in the typical 

consumer household, these conditions are 

intended to simulate the energy used by a 

refrigerator in a typical 72 °F household 

where the refrigerator door is opened several 

times a day. 

But the test procedure does not specify test 

chamber humidity conditions. Humidity 

causes refrigerators to sweat. Manufacturers 

combat this excess moisture by installing 

anti-sweat heaters on mullions and other 

locations where sweat accumulates. Old-style 

‘‘dumb’’ technology anti-sweat heaters 


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15FR Vol. 66 40689 et. seq. (Aug. 3, 2001). 

16The GE models subject to this Petition are 

PGCS1NJW, PGCS1NFW, PGSS5NJW, PGSS5NFW, 

PGCF1NJW, PGCF1NFW, PGSF5NJW, PGSF5NFW, 

PFIC1NFW, PFIC1NFX. These models have GE’s 

new temperature-humidity sensor. 

17 GE could have devised a control that did not 

energize the anti-sweat heaters when on test, 

thereby not counting energy used by these features 

even though it is foreseeable that they would be 

energized when used by most consumers. We have 

chosen instead to file this Petition. 

18The Association of Home Appliance 

Manufacturers, the appliance industry’s trade 

association, has forwarded to the Department its 

recently agreed-to state of principles that should 

govern any revision of the refrigerator test 

procedure. Crafted in response to the DOE’s 

concerns about energy test practices that may 

circumvent the regulatory purpose that energy tests 

yield results that correlate to typical consumer 

energy use, AHAM members endorsed the use of 

calculation in appropriate circumstances. See 

Exhibit A. 

19http://www.census.gov/population/www/ 

cen2000/phc-t3.html. 

20 DEPT. OF METEOROLOGY AT THE 

UNIVERSITY OF UTAH Web site, http:// 

www.met.utah.edu/jhorel/html/wx/climo.html, 

http://www.met.utah.edu/jhorel/html/wx/climate/

normtemp.html, and http://www.met.utah.edu/

jhorel/html/wx/climate/rh.html. 

21The outside temperature and humidity were 

converted to internal household conditions with the 

assumption that (1) The absolute humidity 

remained constant. and (2) average monthly 

ambient outdoor temperatures below 71 degrees 

were increased to 71 and average ambient outdoor 

temperatures above 75 degrees were cooled to 75. 

The energy-saving benefits of dehumidification due 

to air conditioning have not been taken into 

account. This resulted in an over-estimation of the 

energy used by the refrigerator. 

22See discussion at p. 6, infra, for validity of 

using 10 bands to calculate national average antisweat heater wattage. 

23 GE’s experience with previous anti-sweat 

heater applications shows that system losses 

associated with such features can cause an increase 

in energy use, e.g., by harnesses, boards, additional 

compressor run-time, etc., than added by the 

operation of the heater alone. To account for these 

‘‘systems losses’’ GE has used a multiplier of 1.3 in 

calculating the Correction Factor. 

achieve and are tested at a pre-set level, i.e., 

number of watts, and turned on or off 

regardless of the humidity or amount of 

excess moisture on the unit. 

GE’s Proposed Modifications 

In developing the approach proposed in 

this Petition, GE reviewed the Department’s 

earlier decisions on waiver petitions, 

including the waiver granted In the Matter of 

Electrolux Home Appliances.15 When the test 

procedure was originally developed, simple 

mechanical defrost timers were the norm. 

The Electrolux petition sought a test 

procedure waiver to accommodate its 

advanced defrost timer. The Assistant 

Secretary, in granting the waiver, 

acknowledged the role of technology 

advances in evaluating the need for test 

procedure waivers. 

GE now seeks to change how it tests its 

new models 16 to take into account advances 

in sensing technology, i.e., sensors that detect 

temperature and humidity conditions and 

interact with controls to vary the effective 

wattage of anti-sweat heaters to evaporate 

excess moisture.17

GE proposes to run the energyconsumption test with the anti-sweat heater 

switch in the ‘‘off’’ position and then, 

because the test chamber is not humiditycontrolled, to add to that result the kilowatt 

hours per day derived by calculating the 

energy used when the anti-sweat heater is in 

the ‘‘on’’ position. GE’s proposed 

modification is further described on page 7. 

The objective of the proposed approach is to 

simulate the average energy used by the 

adaptive anti-sweat heaters as activated in 

typical consumer households across the 

United States.18

Extensive research went into determining 

what the average energy use of the adaptive 

feature would be. The top 50 metropolitan 

areas of the U.S., which represent 56% of the 

total U.S. population according to the 2000 

Census 19, were selected. The monthly 

average exterior temperature and humidity 

for these cities over approximately the last 30 

years was determined.20

GE used the average external monthly 

temperature and humidity values to 

determine in-home conditions.21 And, in an 

effort to establish a national average of energy 

used by a variably controlled anti-sweat 

heater, the population-weighted humidity 

values were grouped into 10 bands, each 

with a range of 10% relative humidity. The 

table below sets out the percent probability 

that any U.S. household will experience the 

listed average humidity conditions during 

any month of the year.22

Ten population-weighted bands of ranges 

of relative humidity were created: 

% RH Probability 

(percent) 

Constant 

designation 

1. 0–10 .............. 3.4 A1 

2. 10–20 ............ 21.1 A2 

3. 20–30 ............ 20.4 A3 

4. 30–40 ............ 16.6 A4 

5. 40–50 ............ 12.6 A5 

6. 50–60 ............ 11.9 A6 

7. 60–70 ............ 6.9 A7 

8. 70–80 ............ 4.7 A8 

9. 80–90 ............ 0.8 A9 

10. 90–100 ........ 1.5 A10 

In recognition of the fact that there are 

system losses involved with operating antisweat heaters, GE proposes to include in the 

calculation a factor to account for such 

energy. This additional energy includes the 

electrical energy required to operate the antisweat heater control and related components, 

and the additional energy required to 

increase compressor run time to remove heat 

introduced into the refrigerator 

compartments by the anti-sweat heater, and 

is accounted for by the ‘‘System-loss Factor,’’

which, based on GE’s historical experience, 

is 1.3.23

Simply stated, the Correction Factor that 

GE proposes to add to the energyconsumption test results obtained with the 

anti-sweat heater switch in the ‘‘off’’

position, is calculated as follows: 

Correction Factor = (Anti-sweat Heater 

Power × System-loss Factor) × (24 hours/1 

day) × (1 kW/1000 W) 

In further explanation of this calculation, 

begin by calculating the national average 

power in watts used by the anti-sweat 

heaters. This is done by totaling the product 

of constants A1–A10 multiplied by the 

respective heater watts used by a refrigerator 

operating in the median percent relative 

humidity for that band and standard 

refrigerator conditions: ambient temperature 

of 72 °F, fresh food (FF) average temperature 

of 45 °F and freezer (FZ) average temperature 

of 5 °F. 

Anti-sweat Heater Power = A1 * (Heater 

Watts at 5% RH) + A2 * (Heater Watts at 15% 

RH) + A3 * (Heater Watts at 25% RH) + A4 

* (Heater Watts at 35% RH) + A5 * (Heater 

Watts at 45% RH) + A6 * (Heater Watts at 

55% RH) + A7 * (Heater Watts at 65% RH) 

+ A8 * (Heater Watts at 75% RH) + A9 * 

(Heater Watts at 85% RH) + A10 * (Heater 

Watts at 95% RH) 

As explained above, bands A1–A10 were 

selected as representative of humidity 

conditions of all U.S. households. Therefore, 

in developing its design for optimum antisweat heater performance, GE and 

manufacturers using adaptive anti-sweat 

heaters must submit, as part of their data 

submission under section 430.62(a)(4)(xii), 

the watts used at the relative humidity 

specified in each band. By reviewing this 

information, the Department, competitors 

and other stakeholders can be assured that 

the calculated energy attributed to this 

adaptive feature is accurate. 

Based on the above, GE proposes to test its 

new models as if the test procedure were 

modified to calculate the energy of the unit 

with the anti-sweat heaters in the on position 

as equal to the energy of the unit tested with 

the anti-sweat heaters in the off position plus 

the Anti-Sweat Heater Power times the 

System Loss Factor (expressed in KWH/YR). 

Conclusion 

GE urges the Assistant Secretary to grant 

this Petition and allow GE to test its new 

refrigerator models (PGCS1NJW, PGCS1NFW, 

PGSS5NJW, PGSS5NFW, PGCF1NJW, 

PGCF1NFW, PGSF5NJW, PGSF5NFW, 

PFIC1NFW and PFIC1NFX) as described 

above. We believe that granting our request 

will encourage the introduction of advanced 

technologies that neither penalize innovation 

by over-calculating energy used by the new 

feature nor encourage the creation of special 

energy-test modes that avoid accounting for 

that energy. 

Approving this Petition will also help 

ensure that consumers can continue to rely 

on the Department’s test procedures—and the 

level playing field that they help create—to 

evaluate energy use among competing 

products. A favorable ruling on this Petition 

is necessary for GE to avoid the hardship that 

otherwise would be imposed if its production 

design and development plan is delayed and 

commitments to suppliers cannot be assured. 

Finally, granting the Petition will send a 

clear message to manufacturers that the 

Department’s waiver process should be used 

to ensure that energy-using features are 

properly measured. 

Respectfully submitted, 

Earl F. Jones, Senior Counsel, GE Consumer 

& Industrial, Appliance Park 2–225, 


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Louisville, KY 40225, earl.f.jones@ge.com, 

502–452–3164 (voice), 502–452–0395 (fax). 

Affected Persons 

Primary affected persons in the 

refrigerator-freezer category include BSH 

Home Appliances Corp. (Bosch-Siemens 

Hausgerate GmbH), Electrolux Home 

Products, Equator, Fisher & Paykel 

Appliances, Inc., Gorenje USA, Haier 

America Trading, L.L.C., Heartland 

Appliances, Inc., Kelon Electrical Holdings 

Col, Ltd., Liebherr Hausgerate, LG Electronics 

USA Inc., Northland Corporation, Samsung 

Electronics America, Inc., Sanyo Fisher 

Company, Sears, Sub-Zero Freezer Company, 

U-Line, Viking Range, and Whirlpool 

Corporation. The Association of Home 

Appliance Manufacturers is also generally 

interested in energy efficiency requirements 

for appliances. Consumers’ Union, ACEEE, 

NRDC, Alliance to Save Energy are not 

manufacturers but have an interest in this 

matter. GE will notify all these organizations 

as required by the Department’s rules and 

provide them with a non-confidential version 

of this Petition. 

Exhibit A—AHAM Statement on 

Interpretation of HRF–1 and DOE 

Refrigerator-Freezer Test Procedure 

(As revised during 9/15/06 conference call of 

AHAM’s DOE Test Procedures Task Force) 

AHAM’s position is that the following 

principles of interpretation should be applied 

to the existing refrigerator-freezer test 

procedure, and should apply to and guide 

any revisions to the test procedure. The 

intent of the energy test procedure is to 

simulate typical room conditions 

(approximately 70 °F) with door openings, by 

testing at 90 °F without door openings. 

Except for operating characteristics that are 

affected by ambient temperature (for 

example, compressor percent run time), the 

unit, when tested under this standard, shall 

operate equivalent to the unit in typical room 

conditions. The energy used by the unit shall 

be calculated when a calculation is provided 

by the standard. 

Energy-consuming components that 

operate in typical room conditions (including 

as a result of door openings, or a function of 

humidity), and that are not exempted by this 

standard, shall operate in an equivalent 

manner during energy testing under this 

standard, or be accounted for by all 

calculations as provided for in the standard. 

Examples: 

1. Energy saving features that are designed 

to operate when there are no door openings 

for long periods of time shall not be 

functional during the energy test. 

2. The defrost heater should not either 

function or turn off differently during the 

energy test than it would when in typical 

room conditions. 

3. Electric heaters that would normally 

operate at typical room conditions with door 

openings should also operate during the 

energy test. 

4. Energy used during adaptive defrost 

shall continue to be tested and adjusted per 

the calculation provided for in this standard. 

[FR Doc. E7–7232 Filed 4–16–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

Sunshine Act Notice 

April 12, 2007. 

The following notice of meeting is 

published pursuant to section 3(a) of the 

government in the Sunshine Act (Pub. 

L. No. 94–409), 5 U.S.C 552b: 

AGENCY HOLDING MEETING: Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission. 

DATE AND TIME: April 19, 2007, 10 a.m. 

PLACE: Room 2C, 888 First Street, NE., 

Washington, DC 20426. 

STATUS: Open. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: Agenda. 

Note: Items listed on the agenda may be 

deleted without further notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Telephone 

(202) 502–8400. For a recorded message 

listing items Struck from or added to the 

meeting, call (202) 502–8627. 

This is a list of matters to be 

considered by the Commission. It does 

not include a listing of all documents 

relevant to the items on the agenda. All 

public documents, however, may be 

viewed on line at the Commission’s 

Web site at http://www.ferc.gov using 

the eLibrary link, or may be examined 

in the Commission’s Public Reference 

Room. 

917TH—Meeting 

Regular Meeting 

April 19, 2007, 10 a.m. 

Item No. Docket No. Company 

Administrative 

A–1 ............... AD02–1–000 ............................................. Agency Administrative Matters. 

A–2 ............... AD02–7–000 ............................................. Customer Matters, Reliability, Security and Market Operations. 

A–3 ............... AD06–3–000 ............................................. Energy Market Update. 

Electric 

E–1 ............... RR06–1–006 ............................................. North American Electric Reliability Corporation. 

E–2 ............... RR06–3–001 ............................................. North American Electric Reliability Corporation. 

E–3 ............... RM06–4–002 ............................................. Promoting Transmission Investment through Pricing Reform. 

E–4 ............... ER06–615–001, ER06–615–002, ER02–

1656–027, ER02–1656–029, ER02–

1656–031.

California Independent System Operator Corporation. 

E–5 ............... EL07–33–000 ............................................ California Independent System Operator Corporation. 

E–6 ............... EL07–37–000 ............................................ Californians for Renewable Energy, Inc. v. California Public Utilities Commission, 

Southern California Edison, and Long Beach Generation, L.L.C. 

EL07–40–000 ............................................ Californians for Renewable Energy, Inc. v. California Public Utilities Commission, 

Pacific Gas and Electric Company, Metcalf Energy Center, L.L.C. and the Los 

Medanous Energy Center, L.L.C. 

E–7 ............... OMITTED. 

E–8 ............... EL05–121–000, EL05–121–002 ............... PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. 

E–9 ............... EL06–102–000 .......................................... American Electric Power Service Corporation. 

E–10 ............. EL05–102–002 .......................................... Southern Company Services, Inc., Alabama Power Company, Georgia Power Company, Gulf Power Company, Mississippi Power Company, Savannah Electric and 

Power Company and Southern Power Company. 

E–11 ............. ER07–568–000 ......................................... Pacific Gas and Electric Company. 

E–12 ............. ER07–543–000 ......................................... Linden VFT, L.L.C. 


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