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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1101 

To amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to improve energy 

standards for home appliances, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 12, 2007 

Mrs. LINCOLN (for herself and Mr. SMITH) introduced the following bill; which 

was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 

Resources 

A BILL 

To amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to improve energy standards for home appliances, and for 

other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. ENERGY STANDARDS FOR HOME APPLIANCES. 

4 (a) DEFINITION OF ENERGY CONSERVATION STAND5 ARD.—Section 321(6)(A) of the Energy Policy and Con6 servation Act (42 U.S.C. 6291(6)(A)) is amended by strik7 ing ‘‘or, in the case of’’ and inserting ‘‘and, in the case 

8 of residential clothes washers, residential dishwashers,’’. 


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1 (b) REFRIGERATORS, REFRIGERATOR-FREEZERS, 

2 AND FREEZERS.—Section 325(b) of the Energy Policy 

3 and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6295(b)) is amended by 

4 adding at the end the following: 

5 ‘‘(4) REFRIGERATORS, REFRIGERATOR-FREEZ6 ERS, AND FREEZERS MANUFACTURED ON OR AFTER

7 JANUARY 1, 2014.—Not later than December 31, 

8 2010, the Secretary shall publish a final rule deter9 mining whether to amend the standards in effect for 

10 refrigerators, refrigerator-freezers, and freezers 

11 manufactured on or after January 1, 2014.’’. 

12 (c) RESIDENTIAL CLOTHES WASHERS AND DISH13 WASHERS.—Section 325(g)(4) of the Energy Policy and 

14 Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6295(g)(4)) is amended by 

15 adding at the end the following: 

16 ‘‘(D) CLOTHES WASHERS.— 

17 ‘‘(i) CLOTHES WASHERS MANUFAC18 TURED ON OR AFTER JANUARY 1, 2011.— 

19 A residential clothes washer manufactured 

20 on or after January 1, 2011, shall have— 

21 ‘‘(I) an energy factor of at least 

22 1.26; and 

23 ‘‘(II) a water factor of not more 

24 than 9.5. 


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1 ‘‘(ii) CLOTHES WASHERS MANUFAC2 TURED ON OR AFTER JANUARY 1, 2015.— 

3 Not later than December 31, 2011, the 

4 Secretary shall publish a final rule deter5 mining whether to amend the standards in 

6 effect for residential clothes washers manu7 factured on or after January 1, 2015. 

8 ‘‘(E) DISHWASHERS.— 

9 ‘‘(i) DISHWASHERS MANUFACTURED

10 ON OR AFTER JANUARY 1, 2010.—A dish11 washer manufactured on or after January 

12 2, 2010, shall use not more than— 

13 ‘‘(I) in the case of a standard14 size dishwasher, 355 kWh per year or 

15 6.5 gallons of water per cycle; and 

16 ‘‘(II) in the case of a compact17 size dishwasher, 260 kWh per year or 

18 4.5 gallons of water per cycle. 

19 ‘‘(ii) DISHWASHERS MANUFACTURED

20 ON OR AFTER JANUARY 1, 2018.—Not later 

21 than December 31, 2015, the Secretary 

22 shall publish a final rule determining 

23 whether to amend the standards for dish24 washers manufactured on or after January 

25 2, 2018.’’. 


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1 (d) DEHUMIDIFIERS.—Section 325(cc) of the Energy 

2 Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6295(cc)) is 

3 amended— 

4 (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘and before 

5 October 1, 2012,’’ after ‘‘2007,’’; and 

6 (2) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the 

7 following: 

8 ‘‘(2) DEHUMIDIFIERS MANUFACTURED ON OR

9 AFTER OCTOBER 1, 2012.—Dehumidifiers manufac10 tured on or after October 1, 2012, shall have an En11 ergy Factor that meets or exceeds the following val12 ues: 

Product Capacity (pints/day) 

Minimum 

Energy Factor (liters/ 

kWh) 

Up to 35.00 .................................................................................... 1.35

35.01–45.00 .................................................................................... 1.50

45.01–54.00 .................................................................................... 1.60

54.01–75.00 .................................................................................... 1.70

Greater than 75.00 ......................................................................... 2.5.’’. 

13 SEC. 2. ENERGY STAR PROGRAM. 

14 Section 324A(d)(2) of the Energy Policy and Con15 servation Act (42 U.S.C. 6294a(d)(2)) is amended by 

16 striking ‘‘2010’’ and inserting ‘‘2009’’. 

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