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## Distribution Transformers aeploddfflSearch Help ^: More Search Options is "ERE Information Center The Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA ) of 1975 established an energy conservation program for major household appliances. The National Energy Conservation Policy Act of 1978 amended EPCA to add Part C of Title III, which established an energy conservation program for certain industrial equipment

. The Energy Policy Act of 1992 amended EPCA to add certain commercial equipment , including distribution transformers. The Department of Energy , Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Building Technologies Program conducts the program that develops equipment energy conservation standards and has overall responsibility for rulemaking activities for distribution transformers in fulfillment of the law. The first step in developing energy conservation standards was the Secretarial determination in 1997 that , " Based on its analysis of the information now available , the Department has determined that energy conservation standards for transformers appear to be technologically feasible and economically justified, and are likely to result in significant savings" 62 FR 54809 ( October 22, 1997). The Department is currently conducting two rulemakings for Distribution Transformers : an energy conservation standard and a test procedure. Some of the following documents are available as Adobe Acrobat PDFs . Download Adobe Reader. 

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### How to Submit Comments You may submit comments electronically, by mail, or by courier. Wherever possible, comments in the electronic format should carry the electronic signature of the author. Absent an electronic signature, comments submitted electronically must be followed and authenticated by submitting a signed original paper document.
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Courier : Ms. Brenda Edwards-Jones, U.S. Department of Energy, Building Technologies Program, Room 1J-018, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC, 20585. Telephone: 202-586-2945. All comments (electric and hardcopy) should clearly identify the Docket number, which is EE-RM/STD-00-550 for the energy conservation standard, and EE-TP-98-550 for the test procedure. The deadline for submitting comments is November 9, 2004, for the energy conservation standard and November 8, 2004, for the test procedure. 

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