U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

PUBLIC MEETING ON ENERGY CO NSERVATION STANDARDS FOR

RESIDENTIAL DISHWASHERS, DEHUMIDIFIERS, AND COOKING PRODUCTS, AND COMMERCIAL CLOTHES WASHERS

U.S. Department of Energy 1000 Independence Avenue, SW. Washington, DC 20585 Thursday, November 13, 2008 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. ET, Room 8E-089

Purpose The Department of Energy (DOE) will r eceive comments on the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) and the proposed standard s 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 pl ans 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, In troductions, and Agenda Review Doug Brookman

9:15-9:30 am Rulemaking Overview Stephen Witkowski 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 thei r key issues regarding the NOPR analyses, methods, data, and results.

10:00-11:00 am Engineering Analysis

Judith Reich Summary presentation and di scussion regarding the approach used and factors considered for the market and technology assessment, screeni ng analysis, and engineering analysis, and a characterization of the results.

11:00-11:15 am Break11:15 am-12:00 pm Energy Use Analys is, Markups for Equipment Price Determination, and Life-Cycle Cost Analysis Gregory Rosenquist Summary presentation and di scussion regarding the approach used and factors considered for the energy and water use analysis, markups to determine equipment prices, and life-cycle cost and payback period analyses, and a

characterization of the results.

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

This is a summary presentation and discussion regarding

1:00-1:30 pm Shipments Analysis and National Impact Analysis Gregory Rosenquist Summary presentation and di scussion regarding the approach used and factors considered for the shipments analysis, national energy savi ngs, net present value, and a

characterization of the results.

1:30-2:15 pm Trial Standard Le vels, Consumer Subgroup Anlaysis, and Manufacturer Impact Analysis Gregory Rosenquist and Constantin von Wentzel Summary presentation and di scussion regarding trial standard levels, and the a pproach used and factors considered for the manufacturer impact analysis.

2:15-2:45 pm Utility Impact Anal ysis, Employment Impact Analysis, Environmental Assessment, Regulatory Impact Analysis Gregory Rosenquist Summary presentation and di scussion regarding the approach used and factors considered for the utility, employment, environmental, and regulatory analyses.

2:45-3:15 pm Break

3:15-3:45 pm Discussion of Other Issues Doug Brookman Open forum to discuss any re maining questions or issues identified by participants.

3:45-4:30 pm Next Steps and Closing Remarks Stephen Witkowski Participants will discuss outstanding issues and concluding

remarks.

4:30 pm Adjourn