1904-AF03 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 Test Procedure for Portable Air Conditioners

The Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA), as amended, requires the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to amend test procedures with respect to portable air conditioners (portable ACs) at least once every 7 years, if it determines that amended test procedures would more accurately produce test results which measure energy efficiency, or make a determination not to amend test procedures.  Once completed, this rulemaking will fulfill DOE's statutory obligation to either propose amended test procedures for this product, or to determine that the existing test procedures do not need to be amended. 

DOE has proposed to amend the test procedure for portable ACs to incorporate a measure of variable-speed portable AC performance and make minor clarifying edits. DOE has also proposed a new test procedure to improve representativeness for all configurations of portable ACs, which relies on a substantively different measure of cooling capacity and energy consumption compared to the current portable AC test procedure. 

]]> Substantive, Nonsignificant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Final Rule Stage No No 10 CFR 430, subpart B, App. CC 42 U.S.C. 6295(l)(1) 42 U.S.C. 6292(b)(1) 42 U.S.C. 6293(b)(1)(B) 42 U.S.C. 6293(b)(1)(A) Statutory Other Subject to 7-year-look-back in 42 U.S.C. 6293(b)(1)(A) No Request for Information (RFI); Early Assessment Review 11/05/2020 85 FR 70508 RFI Comment Period End 01/19/2021 Second RFI 04/16/2021 86 FR 20044 Second RFI Comment Period End 05/17/2021 NPRM 06/08/2022 87 FR 34934 NPRM Comment Period End 08/08/2022 Final Action 03/00/2023 No None No No No No Bryan Berringer D. Building Technologies Office, EE-5B 1904 Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy EE 202 586-0371 bryan.berringer@ee.doe.gov 1000 Independence Avenue SW, Washington DC 20585