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### The Honorable Hazel Rollins O'Leary Secretary Department of Energy 1000 Independence Avenue S.W. Washington, D.C. 20585-0000 Dear Secretary O'Leary: Enclosed please find a copy of a correspondence from a constituent of mine, Vern Hellenbrand, regarding appliance standards. COMMITTEES:
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Any assistance you could provide in responding to these concerns would be greatly appreciated. Please respond directly to my constituent and send a copy to the attention of Peter VanVranken of my staff. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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### June 12, 1996

The Honorable Hazel Rollins O'Leary Secretary Department of Energy 1000 Independence Avenue S.W. Washington, D.C. 20585-0000 Dear Secretary O'Leary: Enclosed please find a copy of a correspondence from a constituent of mine, Vern Hellenbrand, regarding appliance standards. COMMITTEES: APPROPRIATIONS JUDICIARY SPECIAL COMMITTEE ONAGING



### Any assistance you could provide in responding to these concerns would be greatly appreciated. Please respond directly to my constituent and send a copy to the attention of Peter VanVranken of my staff. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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Sen. Herb Kohl Democrat Suite 330 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 

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Dear Congressman Kohl: On behalf of our company, we are writing to urge your consideration of various issues as Congress reviews the manner in which the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) sets appliance standards. My company, located in Madison, Wisconsin, employs 318 persons in the manufacture of humidifiers, air cleaners, air filters, zone controls, air exchangers, and paint overspray filters. Last year, both the House of Representatives and the Senate adopted language as part of the FYI 996 Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations bills restricting DOE's ability to propose, issue, or prescribe new or amended efficiency standards during FY 1996. We supported the moratorium as a way of providing an incentive for DOE to review its standards-setting process. Thus far in FY1996, DOE has invited stakeholders representing appliance manufacturers, energy efficiency advocates, states, utilities, and others to work in an open forum to identify ways in which to improve the existing standards program.We have participated actively in the DOE forum, both as an individual company and through the AirConditioning and Refrigeration Institute (ARI), our industry's trade association, and DOE's final report was published recently on this consultative process. As Congress considers whether to extend the moratorium to FYI 99 7, we believe that Congress should pay special attention to the following areas: • whether increased standards are in fact the least-cost national solution to achieving energy savings; • the appropriate level of involvement of DOE contractors; • the use of realistic assumptions regarding impacts on consumers and their purchasing habits; • the extent to which current law's "max tech" criterion requires DOE to consider technology-forcing standards: • the assumptions used to undertake life cycle cost analyses and a sensitivity study of the impacts of those assumptions: • the cumulative (inter-agency) regulatory burden on manufacturers, including the impacts of potential job losses; and • establishment of quantifiable goals of DOE's appliance standards program. We believe that DOE's appliance standards program will be greatly enhanced for all stakeholders - manufacturers, consumers, government officials, and the environment

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Sen. Herb Kohl Democrat Suite 330 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 DearCongressman Kohl: May 7,1996Please Reply to P.O. Box 1467· MADISON. WI 53701-1

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On behalfofourcompany, we are writing to urge your consideration ofvarious issues as Congress reviews the mannerin which the U.S. Department ofEnergy (DOE) sets appliance standards. My company, located in .Madison, Wisconsin, employs 318persons in the manufacture ofhumidifiers, air cleaners, air filters, zone controls, air exchangers, and paint overspray filters.

. Last year, both the House ofRepresentatives and the Senate adoptedlanguage as part ofthe FY1996 Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations bills restrictingDOE's ability to propose, issue, orprescribe new oramended efficiency standards duringFY1996. We supported the moratorium as a way of providingan incentive for DOE to review its standards-settingprocess. Thusfar in FY1996, DOEhas invited stakeholders representing appliance manufacturers, energy efficiency advocates, states, utilities, and others to work in an open forum to identify ways in which to improve the existing standards program. We have participated actively in the DOEforum, both as an individual company and through the AirConditioning and Refrigeration Institute (ARI), ourindustry's trade association, and DOE'sfinal report was published recently on this consultative process. As Congress considers whetherto extend the moratorium to IT1997, we believe that Congress should pay special attention to the following areas:
• whether increased standards are in fact the least-cost national solution to achievingenergy savings; • the appropriate level ofinvolvement ofDOE contractors; the use ofrealistic assumptions regardingimpacts on consumers and theirpurchasing habits; the extent to which current law's "max tech" criterion requires DOE to considertechnology-forcing stand:lrds: • the assumptions used to undertake life cycle cost analyses and a sensitivity study ofthe impacts of those assumptions: • the cumulative (inter-agency) regulatory burden on manufacturers, including the impacts of potentialjob losses; and • establishment ofquantifiable goals ofDOE's appliance standards program. We believe that DOE's appliance standards program will be greatly enhanced for all stakeholdersmanufacturers, consumers, government officials, and the environment

- once these issues are incorporated into the existing regulatory structure.

Irh