Director Regulatory Buildings, EE-5B

1904-AD34 201610 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 Commercial Water Heating Equipment

Once completed, this rulemaking will fulfill DOE’s statutory obligation under EPCA to either propose amended energy conservation standards for commercial water heaters, hot water supply boilers, and unfired hot water storage tanks or determine that the existing standards do not need to be amended. DOE must determine whether national standards more stringent than those that are currently in place would result in a significant additional amount of energy savings and whether such amended national standards would be technologically feasible and economically justified.

]]> Economically Significant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Final Rule Stage Yes Private Sector 10 CFR 431 42 U.S.C. 6313(a)(6)(C)(i) and (vi) Statutory NPRM 12/31/2013 Either proposed rule or determination not to amend standards. Yes

DOE is required under 42 U.S.C. 6313(a)(6)(C) to establish performance-based energy conservation standards for commercial water heaters. This rulemaking is being conducted to satisfy that requirement by setting standards related to certain classes of commercial water heating equipment.

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This rulemaking is being conducted under DOE’s authority pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 6311, which establishes the agency’s legal authority over water heaters as one type of covered equipment that DOE may regulate, and 42 U.S.C. 6313(a)(6)(C), which requires DOE to conduct a rulemaking to establish performance-based energy conservation Standards for this equipment.

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Under EPCA, DOE shall either establish an amended uniform national standard for this equipment at the minimum level specified in the amended ASHRAE/IES Standard 90.1, unless the Secretary determines, by rule published in the Federal Register, and supported by clear and convincing evidence, that adoption of a uniform national standard more stringent than the amended ASHRAE/IES Standard 90.1 for this equipment would result in significant additional conservation of energy and is technologically feasible and economically justified (42 U.S.C. 6313(a)(6)(A)-(C)).

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DOE finds that the benefits to the Nation of the proposed energy conservation standards for commercial water heating equipment outweighs the burdens. DOE estimates that energy savings for combined natural gas and electricity will be 1.8 quads over 30 years and the net benefit to the Nation will be between $2.26 billion and $6.75 billion.

]]> ]]> Request for Information (RFI) 10/21/2014 79 FR 62899 RFI Comment Period End 11/20/2014 NPRM 05/31/2016 81 FR 34440 NPRM Comment Period End 08/01/2016 NPRM Comment Period Reopened 08/05/2016 81 FR 51812 Comment Period End 08/30/2016 Final Action 12/00/2016 Yes Businesses None No www1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/appliance_standards/product.aspx/productid/51 www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=EERE-2014-BT-STD-0042 Yes No Ashley Armstrong Director Regulatory Buildings, EE-5B 1904 Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy EE 202 586-6590 ashley.armstrong@ee.doe.gov Building Technologies Office, 1000 Independence Avenue SW, Washington DC 20585