❄️Proposed Rule Delays Enforcement for Central AC and Heat Pumps
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) proposes to delay the applicability 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. DOE is seeking comment from interested parties on the proposal.
Learn More❄️Delay in DOE Test Procedures for Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps
This document further delays the effective date of a recently published final rule amending the test procedures for central air conditioners and heat pumps.
Learn More🚗DOE Requests Comments on Information Collection for Alternative Fuel Vehicles
The Department of Energy (DOE), pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, intends to extend for three years, an information collection request with the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
Learn More💡Potential Changes in Air Cleaner Regulation and Business Impact
On September 11, 2024, the Department of Energy ("DOE") received a petition from Dyson Inc. for DOE to revoke the procedures by which manufacturers must measure and represent to consumers the effective room size coverage and integrated energy factor of their air cleaner products. If the provisions are not revoked, Dyson Inc. requested that DOE stay enforcement of these provisions pending a new notice and comment period regarding potential amendments to these provisions. DOE is not revoking or staying enforcement of the test procedure and representations provisions raised in Dyson's petition at this time. Through this notification, DOE is seeking views on whether it should grant the petition and undertake a rulemaking to consider the proposal contained in the petition, as well as any data or information that could be used in DOE's determination whether to grant the petition.
Learn More🚿Repeal of Showerhead Definition
As part of its implementation of an Executive order, the U.S. Department of Energy repeals the definition of a showerhead.
Learn More🏡Energy Efficiency Standards Compliance Dates Extended for USDA Housing
On April 26, 2024, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Department of Agriculture (USDA) published the "Final Determination: Adoption of Energy Efficiency Standards for New Construction of HUD- and USDA-Financed Housing" notice (Final Determination) in the Federal Register. The Final Determination provides compliance dates for HUD and USDA programs covered by the Final Determination. This notice delays compliance dates by six months over the published compliance dates for covered projects in the following USDA programs: Section 502 (Guaranteed Loans, Direct Loans) and Section 523 (Self Help Loans).
Learn More🏠Energy Efficiency Standards Compliance Dates Extended by HUD
On April 26, 2024, HUD and the U.S. Department of Agriculture published the "Final Determination: Adoption of Energy Efficiency Standards for New Construction of HUD- and USDA-Financed Housing" Notice (Final Determination) in the Federal Register. The Final Determination provides compliance dates for HUD programs covered by the Final Determination. This notice delays compliance dates by six months over the published compliance dates for covered projects in the following programs: Federal Housing Administration-Insured (FHA- Insured) Multifamily, FHA-Insured Single Family, Public Housing Capital Fund, and Competitive Grants (Choice Neighborhoods, Section 202, Section 811). This notice delays the compliance date for Section 8 Project Based Vouchers (PBV) until April, 2026.
Learn More⚙️Delay of Effective Date for Compressor Test Procedures
This document delays the effective date of a recently published final rule amending the test procedures for compressors. DOE also seeks comment on any further delay of the effective date, including the impacts of such delay, as well as comment on the legal, factual, or policy issues raised by the rule.
Learn More🌍Notice of Postponed Meeting
The Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Advisory Committee (REEEAC) in-person meeting scheduled for Wednesday, February 12, 2025 at the Department of Commerce in Washington, DC has been postponed. A rescheduled date and time for the REEEAC meeting will be announced through the Federal Register as well as on the REEEAC website, https:// trade.gov/reeeac.
Learn More🌱Meeting Notice for Renewable Energy Advisory Committee - February 2025
The Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Advisory Committee (REEEAC or the Committee) will hold an in-person meeting, accessible to the public in-person and online, on Wednesday, February 12, 2025 at the U.S. Department of Commerce in Washington, DC. Registration instructions for the public to attend either in-person or online are provided below. The meeting has a limited number of spaces for members of the public to attend in-person. Requests to attend in-person will be considered on a first-come first-served basis.
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