Rulemaking for Televisions Test Procedure

DOE published a supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking regarding test procedures for televisions. 78 FR 15807 (March 12, 2013).

A public meeting was held on April 4, 2013.

The comment period is closed.

The televisions test procedures rulemaking docket number EERE–2010–BT–TP–0026 contains all notices, public comments, public meeting transcripts, and supporting documents. For the latest information on the planned timing of future DOE regulatory milestones, see the current Office of Management and Budget Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions. All planned dates are preliminary and subject to change.

Televisions are listed as covered products under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA), but the statute does not require a standard. Moreover, EPCA does not require DOE to undertake rulemakings with regard to televisions according to a prescribed schedule. Instead EPCA provides the Secretary of Energy with discretion to establish an energy conservation standard for televisions by rule. 42 U.S.C. 6295(l)(3) DOE is now taking the steps required to ensure that a test procedure is modernized and is analyzing the measures available to reduce the energy consumption of televisions.