1904-AD52 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 Dedicated-Purpose Pool Pumps

Under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act, DOE may set energy conservation standards for types of pumps, including dedicated-purpose pool pumps (42 U.S.C. 3211(1)(A)). On August 8, 2015, DOE announced its intention to establish a negotiated rulemaking working group to negotiate proposed federal standards for dedicated-purpose pool pumps. The working group presented a final term sheet to the Appliance Standards and Rulemaking Advisory Committee (ASRAC) on December 8, 2015.

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Under 42 U.S.C. 6311(a), DOE has established performance-based energy conservation standards for general-purpose pumps and created a separate category for dedicated-purpose pool pumps.  DOE is now conducting this rulemaking to set energy conservation standards for dedicated-purpose pool pumps.

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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 pumps as one type of covered equipment that DOE may regulate, and 42 U.S.C. 6311(a), which allows DOE to conduct a rulemaking to establish performance-based energy conservation standards for this equipment.

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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 is conducting a full analysis by evaluating a range of standard levels to determine whether potential standards for dedicated-purpose pool pumps would save energy and whether such standards would be technologically feasible and economically justified.

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DOE has not yet proposed candidate standard levels for dedicated purpose pool pumps and therefore, cannot provide an estimate of combined aggregated costs and benefits for this action.  DOE will, however, in compliance with all applicable law, issue standards that provide the maximum improvement in energy efficiency that is technologically feasible and economically justified.

]]> ]]> Request for information (RFI) 05/08/2015 80 FR 26475 RFI Comment Period End 06/22/2015 RFI Comment Period Reopened 07/02/2015 80 FR 38032 RFI Comment Period Reopened End 08/17/2015 Notice of Intent to Start Negotiated Rulemaking Working Group 08/25/2015 80 FR 51483 Notice of Public Meetings for DPPP Working Group 10/15/2015 80 FR 61996 Notice of Public Meetings for DPPP Working Group 02/29/2016 81 FR 10152 Notice of Public Meetings for DPPP Working Group 04/18/2016 81 FR 22548 Direct Final Rule 12/00/2016 Undetermined Undetermined Undetermined www1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/appliance_standards/standards.aspx?productid=41&action=viewlive No No John Cymbalsky Building Technologies Office, EE-5B 1901 Departmental and Others ENDEP 202 287-1692 john.cymbalsky@ee.doe.gov 1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington DC 20585