### TO: WALK

-IN COOLER AND FREEZER STANDARDS RULEMAKING, DOCKET (EERE

-2008

-BT

-STD

-0015)

FROM: MICHAEL KIDO OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL (GC

-71)

RE: LETTER FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY TO ATTORNEY GENERAL ERIC T. SCHNEIDERMAN (STATE OF NEW YORK) REGARDING CERTAIN ENERGY EFFICIENCY STANDARD RULEMAKING ACTIVITIES.

Attached for the administrative record for the above docket is a letter from the Department of Energy (DOE) to the State of New York that affirms the agency’s schedule for the issuance of appliance standards rulemakings to meet the goals established for the program in the President’s Climate Action Plan. The schedule described in the attached letter is consistent with DOE’s previously published scheduled completion dates for several rulemakings listed in its portion of the government

-wide Regulatory Agenda (Agenda), from July 5, 2013

. 1 

### Included among those rulemakings is the standards rulemaking for walk

-in coolers and freezers (collectively, walk

-ins) . As stated in the Agenda, and repeated in the attached letter, DOE has committed itself to complete its rulemaking for walk

-ins by April 2014.

1 http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/eAgendaMainEric T. Schneiderman Attorney General Office ofthe Attorney General 120 Broadway New York, NY 10271

Dear Mr. Attorney General: 

### Department of Energy Washington, DC 20585
August 8, 2013

We appreciate the State ofNew York's support for energy conservation standards, which have been a major success in reducing energy use and costs and play an impOliant role in addressing climate change. Since 2009, the Department ofEnergy has issued 18 new or updated standards, which will help increase annual savings by more than 50 percent over the next decade. In fact,
as a result of energy conservation standards already issued by the Department, energy users saved tens of billions on their utility bills in 20 I

### O. By 2030, this Administration's already issued energy efficiency standards will reduce C02 emissions by over 1.7 billion tons.

On June 25, 2013, as part of his Climate Action Plan, the President recommitted the Administration to move forward with energy efficiency initiatives, including the issuance of appliance standards regulations. l Secretary Moniz and I share the President's strong commitment and are working actively-together with our pminers throughout the executive branch-to meet the President's goals.

The Department acknowledges the concerns you and other states have expressed about delays in the promulgation of certain energy efficiency standards under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act. We take seriously your concerns about expediting the Department's pending rulemakings to establish new or updated energy conservation standards for metal halide lamp fixtures, commercial refrigeration equipment, walk-in coolers and freezers, and electric motors. As you know, on July 5, 2013, the Depmiment released schedules for the completion of each of those overdue rulemakings as part of its regulatory agenda. 2 The Department is committed to issuing notices ofproposed rulemakings, as set forth in that schedule and in the chart below, in August, 2013 for metal halide lamp fixtures, commercial refrigeration equipment, and walk-in coolers and freezers, and in November, 2013 for electric motors. In addition, the Department is committed to the issuance offinal rules for metal halide lamp fixtures, commercial refrigeration

I "Establishing a New Goal for Energy Efficiency Standards: In President Obama's first term, the Department of Energy established new minimum efficiency standards for dishwashers, refrigerators, and many other products. Through 2030, these standards will cut consumers' electricity bills by hundreds ofbillions of dollars and save enough electricity to power more than 85 million homcs for two years. To build on this success, the Administration is setting a new goal: Efficiency standards for appliances and federal buildings set in the first and second terms combined will reduce carbon pollution by at least 3 billion metric tons cumulatively by 2030

- equivalent to nearly one-half ofthe carbon pollution fi·om the entire u.S. energy sector for one year -while continuing to cut families' energy bills." http://www .whitehouse.gov/sites/defaultlfilcs/image/president27sc 1 imateactionplan.pdf at p. 9
2 http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/eAgendaMain 

# @ Printed with soy ink on recycled paperequipment, walk in coolers and freezers, and electric motors according to the schedule in the chart below.

Appliance Notice of Proposed Final Rule Rulemaking

Metal Halide Lamp Fixtures 812013 0112014

Commercial Refrigeration 

### 8/20l3 02/2014 Equipment

Walk-in Coolers and Freezers 

### 8/2013 04/2014

Electric Motors 

### 1112013 OS/2014

I applaud the active engagement ofNew York and its partners in energy efficiency issues generally and very much appreciate the fact that you share our interest in the timely issuance of energy efficiency standards. Thank you very much for your support.

cc: Sincerely,

# 1!J(j)~ Dr. David Danielson Assistant Secretary

for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

William H. Sorrell, Attorney General, State of Vermont George Jepsen, Attorney General, State of Connecticut Peter F. Kilmartin, Attorney General, State of Rhode Island Janet T. Mills, Attorney General, State of Maine Douglas F. Gansler, Attorney General, State of Maryland Martha Coakley, Attorney General, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Ellen F. Rosenblum, Attorney General, State of Oregon Robert W. Ferguson, Attorney General, State of Washington Michael Levy, Chief Counsel, California Energy Commission Michael A. Cardozo, Corporation Counsel ofthe City ofNew York Frances Beinecke, President, Natural Resources Defense Council Charles Harak, National Consumer Law Center