U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

PUBLIC MEETING ON ENERGY CONSERVATION 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 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 

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 their key issues regarding the 

NOPR analyses, methods, data, and results. 

 

 10:00-11:00 am Engineering Analysis 

Judith Reich 

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, Markups for Equipment Price 

Determination, and Life-Cycle Cost Analysis 

Gregory Rosenquist 

Summary presentation and discussion 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 discussion regarding the 

approach used and factors considered for the shipments 

analysis, national energy savings, net present value, and a 

characterization of the results. 

 1:30-2:15 pm Trial Standard Levels, Consumer Subgroup Anlaysis, 

and Manufacturer Impact Analysis 

Gregory Rosenquist and Constantin von Wentzel 

Summary presentation and discussion regarding trial 

standard levels, and the approach used and factors 

considered for the manufacturer impact analysis. 

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

Environmental Assessment, Regulatory Impact 

Analysis 

Gregory Rosenquist 

Summary presentation and discussion 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 remaining 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 

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