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Energy Conservation Program: Review of DOE's Analytic Methods for Setting Energy Conservation Standards
The Energy Department published this proposed rule in the Federal Register on July 7, 2026. Comments closed on September 8, 2026.
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What the agency says
The U.S. Department of Energy ("DOE" or the "Department") requests comment regarding the assumptions, models, and methodologies that DOE uses in setting energy conservation standards for covered products and equipment. Relatedly, DOE also requests comments on the report summarizing the work conducted by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine ("NASEM") Committee on Review of Methods for Setting Building and Equipment Performance Standards. DOE also welcomes the submission of data, peer-reviewed studies, and other relevant information related to how DOE might implement NASEM report recommendations and to DOE's analytical methodology for evaluating energy conservation standards in general.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2026-13673
- Type
- Proposed rule
- Action
- Request for information and request for comments
- Agency
- Energy Department
- Published
- July 7, 2026
- Comments due
- September 8, 2026
- Dates
- Written comments and information are requested and will be accepted on or before September 8, 2026.
- Docket
- EERE-2022-BT-OT-0004
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 10 CFR 430; 10 CFR 431
- Pages
- 14
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