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Energy Conservation Program: Test Procedure for Central Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps
The Energy Department published this final rule in the Federal Register on September 9, 2025. It took effect on September 9, 2025.
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What the agency says
The U.S. Department of Energy ("DOE") is finalizing a one- year delay of certain product-specific enforcement provisions related to the controls verification procedure established in a recently published final rule amending the test procedures for central air conditioners and heat pumps.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2025-17227
- Type
- Final rule
- Action
- Final rule
- Agency
- Energy Department
- Published
- September 9, 2025
- Takes effect
- September 9, 2025
- Dates
- The effective date of this rule is September 9, 2025.
- Docket
- EERE-2022-BT-TP-0028
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 1904-AF49
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 10 CFR 429
- Topics
- Administrative practice and procedure; Confidential business information; Energy conservation; Household appliances; Imports; Intergovernmental relations; Reporting and recordkeeping requirements; Small businesses
- Pages
- 5
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