U.S. Department of Energy - Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

Building Technologies Office – Appliance & Equipment Standards

Battery Chargers and External Power Supplies Preliminary Analysis Public Meeting

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will hold a public meeting on October 13, 2010 to discuss the analyses presented and issues identified in the preliminary technical support document. At the public meeting, DOE will make a number of presentations; invite discussion on the rulemaking process as it applies to battery chargers and external power supplies; and solicit comments, data, and information from participants. DOE will also invite comment on its preliminary analyses of battery chargers and external power supplies as described in the preliminary technical support document.

Meeting Materials

All materials related to the public meeting, including the agenda, presentations, and any supplemental documents, will be posted here. DOE will notify interested parties as these documents become available.

• Energy Efficiency Program for Consumer Products: Notice of Public Meeting and Availability of Preliminary Technical Support Document for Battery Chargers and External Power Supplies, Federal Register, September 15, 2010
• Preliminary Technical Support Document
• Preliminary Analytical Tools
• Agenda
• Presentation
• Issues for Stakeholder Comment
• Product Classes Handout
• Application Data Sources Handout
• Transcript A transcript is also available for public inspection in the Building Technologies Program Reading Room, between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal Holidays. To schedule an appointment or to purchase this transcript, contact:
  Brenda Edwards
  U.S. Department of Energy
  Building Technologies Program
  950 L'Enfant Plaza, 6th Floor
  Washington, DC 20024
  Telephone: (202) 586-2945

Request to Speak at the Public Meeting

Interested parties are welcome to give a prepared statement at the public meeting. The Department must receive a request to speak before 4:00 p.m. EDT on September 29, 2010. Please submit a signed original and an electronic copy of the statement to be given at the public meeting no later than 4:00 p.m. EDT October 6, 2010.

Comments

DOE welcomes comments from interested parties during the designated comment periods for this rulemaking. The comment period is open for 30 days after publication in the Federal Register.

Interested parties may submit comments through the Federal rulemaking portal, electronically, by mail, or by courier. Whenever possible, comments in the electronic format should carry the electronic signature of the author. Absent an electronic signature, comments submitted electronically must be authenticated by submitting the signed original paper document.

All comments submitted must clearly identify the BCEPS rulemaking, the docket number, and the regulatory information number (RIN).

• Battery Charger and External Power Supply Rulemaking: Docket Number EERE-2008-BT-STD-0005 and Regulatory Information Number (RIN) 1904-AB57.

Comments may be submitted using any of the following methods:

• Federal e-Rulemaking Portal:
  http://www.regulations.gov/
  Follow the instructions for submitting comments.

• E-mail: Include docket number EERE-2008-BT-STD-0005 and/or RIN 1904-AB57 in the subject line of your message and send to BC&EPS_ECS@ee.doe.gov.

• Postal Mail:
  Brenda Edwards
  U.S. Department of Energy
  Building Technologies Program
  1000 Independence Avenue, SW
  Mailstop EE-2J
  Washington, DC, 20585
  
  Please include one signed original.

• Hand Delivery or Courier:
  Brenda Edwards
  U.S. Department of Energy
  Building Technologies Program
  950 L'Enfant Plaza, 6th Floor
  Washington, DC 20224
  Telephone: (202) 586-2945
  
  Please include one signed original.

Return to the Energy Conservation Standards for Battery Chargers and External Power Supplies page for information on all of the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) activities related to this rulemaking.

Contact Information

Jeremy Dommu
Project Manager