To require the Federal Trade Commission to consider including Smart Grid capability on Energy Guide labels for products.

Bill: 114-hr-2245
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Ellmers, Renee L. [R-NC-2]
Introduced: 2015-05-08
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Consumer affairs

Energy efficiency and conservation

Energy prices

Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

Public utilities and utility rates
Latest action: action_date: 2015-05-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-05-08
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to require the Federal Trade Commission to initiate and complete a rulemaking to consider making a special note in a prominent manner on any Energy Guide label for products that include Smart Grid capability to explain that the value of the feature depends on the Smart Grid capability of the utility system and that the use of such capability could reduce the customer's costs.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2245 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 8, 2015 Mrs. Ellmers of North Carolina (for herself and Mr. McNerney ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To require the Federal Trade Commission to consider including Smart Grid capability on Energy Guide labels for products.

1. Inclusion of Smart Grid capability on Energy Guide labels Section 324(a)(2) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act ( 42 U.S.C. 6294(a)(2) ) is amended by adding the following at the end: (J) (i) Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this subparagraph, the Commission shall initiate a rulemaking to consider making a special note in a prominent manner on any Energy Guide label for any product that includes Smart Grid capability that— (I) Smart Grid capability is a feature of that product; (II) the use and value of that feature depend on the Smart Grid capability of the utility system in which the product is installed and the active utilization of that feature by the customer; and (III) on a utility system with Smart Grid capability, the use of the product’s Smart Grid capability could reduce the customer’s cost of the product’s annual operation by an estimated dollar amount range representing the result of incremental energy and electricity cost savings that would result from the customer taking full advantage of such Smart Grid capability. (ii) Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this subparagraph, the Commission shall complete the rulemaking initiated under clause (i). .