U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

PUBLIC MEETING ON THE PRELIMINA RY ANALYSES FOR RESIDENTIAL REFRIGERATORS, REFRIGERATOR-FREEZERS, AND FREEZERS

U.S. Department of Energy 1000 Independence Avenue, SW Washington, DC 20585

Room 8E-089 Thursday, December 10, 2009



## Purpose

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will present its methodology developed for the refrigerator, refrigerator-freezer , and freezer preliminary analyses and sample results. DOE will also explain its plans for the remaining analyses—the analyses to support the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR). La stly, DOE will also seek input from interested parties on its planned methodol ogies, assumptions, and data sources.



## Agenda

9:00 – 9:05 am Welcome U.S. Department of Energy

9:05 – 9:15 am Opening Remarks, Introduction and Agenda Review Doug Brookman

9:15 – 9:30 am Rulemaking Overview

Lucas Adin

This is an overview of the anal yses in the rulemaking, the tools DOE uses to generate results fo r each analysis, and the issues on which DOE would like input during today’s meeting.

9:30 – 10:00 am Brief Opening Remarks from Interested Parties Doug Brookman Interested parties are invited to make brief summary comments regarding the preliminary activitie s and analyses for residential heating products.

10:00 – 11:50 am Market and Technology Assessment, Screening Analysis, and Engineering Analysis Detlef Westphalen Summary presentation and discus sion regarding the approach used and factors considered for the market and technology assessment, screening analysis , and engineering analysis.

Including Break 11:00 – 11:15 am11:50 – 1:00 pm Markups to Determ ine Product Price Analysis, Energy Use Characterization, and Lifecycle Cost Analysis Greg Rosenquist and Asa Hopkins Summary presentation and discus sion regarding the approach used and factors considered for the markups to determine product price analysis, energy use characteri zation, lifecycle cost analysis, and payback period analysis.

1:00 – 2:00 pm Lunch (on your own)

2:00 – 2:30 pm Shipments Analysis and National Impact Analysis Asa Hopkins Summary presentation and discus sion regarding the approach used and factors considered for the shipments analysis, national energy savings analysis, and net present value analysis.

2:30 – 2:45 pm Prelimin ary Manufacturer Analysis

TBD Summary presentation and di scussion regarding the preliminary manufacturer impact analysis.

2:45 – 3:00 pm Break

3:00 – 3:45 pm NOPR Analyses Detlef Westphalen, Jeff Kingman, and Greg Rosenquist Summary presentation and discus sion regarding the planned revisions to the preliminary anal yses, and the planned approach

and factors that will be consid ered for the manufacturer impact analysis, utility impact analys is, employment impact analysis,

environmental assessment, and regulatory impact analysis.

3:45 – 4:30 pm Discussion of Ot her Issues and Final Remarks from

Interested Parties Doug Brookman

This is a facilitated discussion of the issues raised by DOE on the preliminary analyses and the issues identified by participants concerning the preliminary analyses and results for residential heating products.

4:30 – 4:45 pm Next St eps and Closing Remarks

Lucas Adin Presentation of closing remarks by DOE and adjournment of the meeting.