1904-AD20 202210 The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 1904 Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy EE 1900 Department of Energy DOE Energy Conservation Standards for Residential Non-Weatherized Gas Furnaces and Mobile Home Gas Furnaces

The Energy Policy and Conservation Act, as amended, (EPCA) prescribes energy conservation standards for various consumer products and certain commercial and industrial equipment, including residential furnaces. EPCA also requires the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to determine whether more-stringent amended standards would be technologically feasible and economically justified and would save a significant amount of energy. DOE proposes amended and new energy conservation standards for non-weatherized gas furnaces and mobile home gas furnaces pursuant to a court-ordered remand of DOE's 2011 rulemaking for these products and other statutory requirements. 

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EPCA requires minimum energy efficiency standards for certain appliances and commercial equipment, including residential furnaces

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Title III of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975 (EPCA), Public Law 94-163 (42 U.S.C. 6291-6309, as codified), established the Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products Other Than Automobiles. Pursuant to EPCA, any new or amended energy conservation standard that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) prescribes for certain products, such as residential furnaces, shall be designed to achieve the maximum improvement in energy efficiency that is technologically feasible and economically justified (42 U.S.C. 6295(o)(2)(A)) and result in a significant conservation of energy (42 U.S.C. 6295(o)(3)(B)).

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The statute requires DOE to conduct rulemakings to review standards and to revise standards to achieve the maximum improvement in energy efficiency that the Secretary determines is technologically feasible and economically justified. In making this determination, DOE conducts a thorough analysis of the alternative standard levels, including the existing standard, based on the criteria specified in the statute.

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DOE finds that the benefits to the Nation of the proposed energy standards for Residential Non-Weatherized Gas Furnaces and Mobile Home Gas Furnaces (such as energy savings, consumer average lifecycle cost savings, an increase in national net present value, and emission reductions) outweigh the burdens (such as loss of industry net present value). For non-weatherized gas furnaces and mobile home gas furnaces, DOE estimates that energy savings for active mode operation (in terms of annual fuel utilization efficiency (AFUE)) will be 5.48 quads over 30 years and that the net benefit to the Nation will be between $6.2 billion and $21.6 billion. DOE estimates that energy savings for standby mode and off mode operation will be 0.28 quads over 30 years and that the net benefit to the Nation will be between $1.1 billion and $3.4 billion.

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]]> Notice of Public Meeting 10/30/2014 79 FR 64517 NPRM and Notice of Public Meeting 03/12/2015 80 FR 13120 NPRM Comment Period Extended 05/20/2015 80 FR 28851 NPRM Comment Period Extended End 07/10/2015 Notice of Data Availability (NODA) 09/14/2015 80 FR 55038 NODA Comment Period End 10/14/2015 NODA Comment Period Reopened 10/23/2015 80 FR 64370 NODA Comment Period Reopened End 11/06/2015 Supplemental NPRM and Notice of Public Meeting 09/23/2016 81 FR 65720 Supplemental NPRM Comment Period End 11/22/2016 SNPRM Comment Period Reopened 12/05/2016 81 FR 87493 SNPRM Comment Period End 01/06/2017 Notice of NPRM Withdrawal 01/15/2021 86 FR 3873 NPRM 07/07/2022 87 FR 40590 Notification of data availability (NODA), public meeting, and extension of the comment period 08/30/2022 87 FR 52861 NPRM Comment Period End 10/06/2022 Final Action 09/00/2023 Yes Businesses None No www1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/appliance_standards/product.aspx/productid/72 www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=EERE-2014-BT-STD-0031 Yes No Julia Hegarty 1900 Department of Energy DOE 240 597-6737 julia.hegarty@ee.doe.gov 1000 Independence Avenue SW, Washington DC 20585