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Residential Clothes Washers

This page describes rulemaking activities and regulations regarding energy

efficiency for residential clothes washers.

Statutory Authority

The Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6291, et seq.) established the

Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products Other than Automobiles,

covering major household appliances including residential clothes washers. Later,

the National Appliance Energy Conservation Act of 1987 amended EPCA by

establishing energy conservation standards for residential clothes washers and

requiring the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to consider amending standards in

two subsequent rulemakings. In 2007, the Energy Independence and Security Act of

2007 (EISA 2007) prescribed new standards for residential clothes washers and

required that DOE consider amending these standards. DOE is currently developing

a rulemaking to review and amend energy conservation standards for residential

clothes washers pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 6295(g)(9)(B)(i).

Information on the developing rulemaking can be found below, under "Rulemakings

Under Development." Documentation and materials associated with the prior

rulemaking can also be found below.

Some of the following documents are available as Adobe Acrobat PDFs. Download

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Rulemakings Under Development

Framework Document

Prescribed Energy Conservation Standards

Standards prescribed in EISA 2007

Previous Federal Register Notices and Technical Support

Documents

Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products: Test Procedure for

Clothes Washers Direct Final Rule and Proposed Rule, Federal Register, 68 FR

62198, October, 31, 2003 (PDF 138 KB)

Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products: Test Procedure for

Clothes Washers Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Federal Register, 68 FR

62205, October 31, 2003 (PDF 29 KB)

Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products: Clothes Washer Energy

Conservation Standards Final rule; Denial of reconsideration and completion

of regulatory review, Federal Register, 66 FR 19714, April 17, 2001

Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products: Clothes Washer Energy

Conservation Standards Final Rule, Federal Register, 66 FR 3314, January 12,

2001 (PDF 315 KB)

Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products: Clothes Washer Energy

Conservation Standards Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Federal Register, 65

FR 59550, October 5, 2000 (PDF 429 KB)

Energy Efficiency Standards for Clothes Washers Technical Support Document,

December 2000

Additional material used as the basis for the Clothes Washers 2001 Final Rule

and the Technical Support Document

Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products: Test Procedure for

Clothes Washers and Reporting Requirements for Clothes Washers, Clothes

Dryers, and Dishwashers Final Rule, Federal Register, 62 FR 45484, August

27, 1997 (PDF 278 KB)

Contact Information

Stephen Witkowski

Project Manager

202-586-7463

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Residential Clothes Washers Framework

This page presents information on the framework stage of the current energy

conservation standards rulemaking for residential clothes washers.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will commence a rulemaking to amend energy

conservation standards for residential clothes washers on September 21, 2009. DOE

will hold an informal public meeting to present its proposed methodologies for

conducting this rulemaking, discuss issues relevant to the rulemaking proceeding,

initiate interaction with interested parties, and begin the data collection process.

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Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products: Energy Conservation

Standards for Residential Clothes Washers, Notice of Public Meeting and

Availability of the Framework Document, Federal Register, 74 FR 44306,

August 28, 2009 (PDF 68 KB)

Framework Document: Rulemaking Framework for Residential Clothes

Washers, August 21, 2009 (PDF 1 MB)

Public Meeting

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Framework Public Meeting

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will

hold a public meeting on September 21, 2009,

to discuss the analyses presented and issues

identified in the framework document. At the

public meeting, DOE will make a number of

presentations, invite discussion on the

rulemaking process as it applies to residential

clothes washers, and solicit comments, data,

and information from participants.

On this page, you will find meeting materials,

instructions for submitting comments on this

rulemaking, and contact information.

The following documents are available as

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Meeting Materials

Energy Conservation Program for

Consumer Products: Energy

Conservation Standards for Residential

Clothes Washers, Notice of Public

Meeting and Availability of the

Framework Document, Federal Register,

74 FR 44306, August 28, 2009 (PDF 68

KB)

Framework Document: Rulemaking

Framework for Residential Clothes

Washers, August 21, 2009 (PDF 1 MB)

Framework Public Meeting Agenda

(coming soon)

Presentations (available after the

meeting)

Transcript (available after the meeting):

A transcript will also be available for

public inspection in the Building

Technologies Program Reading Room,

between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.,

Monday through Friday, except Federal

DATE: September 21, 2009

TIME: 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. EDT

LOCATION:

U.S. Department of Energy

Forrestal Building

Room 1E-245

1000 Independence Avenue, SW

Washington, DC 20585-0121

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Telephone: 202-586-2945

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 authenticated

by submitting the signed original paper

document.

All comments submitted must identify the

docket number EERE-2008-BT-STD-0019,

and regulatory identifier number (RIN)

1904-AB90. All comments must be received

by September 28, 2009. Comments may be

submitted via any of the following methods:

Federal eRulemaking Portal:

www.regulations.gov/

Follow the instructions for submitting

comments.

E-mail:

RCW-2008-STD-0019@ee.doe.gov.

Include docket number EERE-2008-

BT-STD-0019 and/or RIN 1904-AB90

in the subject line of the message.

Postal Mail:

Brenda Edwards

U.S. Department of Energy

Building Technologies Program

1000 Independence Avenue, SW

Mailstop EE-2J

Washington, DC 20585

Please include a signed original.

Hand Delivery/Courier:

Brenda Edwards

U.S. Department of Energy

Building Technologies Program

950 L'Enfant Plaza, 6th Floor

Washington, DC 20024

Telephone: 202-586-2945.

Please include a signed original.

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Project Manager

202-586-7463

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