U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

PUBLIC MEETING ON ENERGY CONSERVATION STANDARDS FOR 

COMMERCIAL REFRIGERATION EQUIPMENT 

U.S. Department of Energy 

1000 Independence Avenue, SW 

Washington, DC 20585 

Tuesday, September 23, 2008 

9 a.m. - 5 p.m. ET, Room 8E-089 

Purpose 

The Department of Energy (DOE) will receive comments on the Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking (NOPR) and the proposed standards as stated in the notice. In addition, DOE 

will present the methodology used for the NOPR analysis and example results. The 

Department will present its plans for the remaining analysis—the analysis to support the 

Final Rule—and will seek input from stakeholders on the methodologies, assumptions, data 

sources and analysis results. 

Agenda 

 9:00-9:05 am Welcome 

 9:05-9:15 am Opening Remarks, Introductions and Agenda Review 

 Doug Brookman 

 9:15-9:30 am Rulemaking Overview 

 Charles Llenza 

 Overview of the analyses in the rulemaking, the tools DOE 

uses to generate results for each analysis, and the issues on 

which DOE would like input during today’s meeting. 

 9:30-10:00 am Comments from Participants 

 Doug Brookman 

 Open forum for participants to make a brief summary 

statement and/or identify their key issues regarding the 

NOPR analyses, methods, data, and results. 

 10:00-11:00 am Engineering Analysis 

 Aris Marantan and Matt Millard 

 Summary presentation and discussion regarding the 

approach used and factors considered for the market and 

technology assessment, screening analysis, and engineering 

analysis, and a characterization of the results. 

 11:00-11:15 am Break 

 

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 11:15 am-12:00 pm Energy Use Analysis and Life-Cycle Cost Analysis 

 Dave Winiarski 

 Summary presentation and discussion regarding the 

approach used and factors considered for the markups to 

determine equipment price analysis, energy use analysis, 

life-cycle cost and payback period analyses, and a 

characterization of the results. 

 12:00-1:00 pm Break for Lunch (on your own) 

 1:00-1:30 pm National Impact Analysis 

 Dave Winiarski 

 Summary presentation and discussion regarding the 

approach used and factors considered for the national 

energy savings, net present value, and shipments analysis, 

and a characterization of the results. 

 1:30- 2:15 Trial Standard Levels and Manufacturer Impact 

Analysis 

 Dave Winiarski and Aris Marantan 

Summary presentation and discussion regarding trial 

standard levels and the approach used, factors to 

consider for the manufacturer impact analysis. 

 2:15-2:45 Utility Impact Analysis, Employment Impact Analysis, 

Environmental Assessment, Regulatory Impact 

Analysis 

 Dave Winiarski 

 Summary presentation and discussion regarding the 

approach used and factors considered for the utility, 

employment, environmental, regulatory analyses and a 

characterization of the results. 

 2:45-3:15 pm Break 

 3:15-3:45 pm Discussion of Other Issues 

 Doug Brookman 

 Open forum to discuss any remaining questions or issues 

identified by participants. 

 3:45-4:30 pm Next Steps and Closing Remarks 

 Charles Llenza 

 Participants will discuss outstanding issues and concluding 

remarks. 

 4:30 pm Adjourn 

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