DOE has published a Federal Register notice extending the public comment period for the notice of proposed rulemaking (NOPR) that DOE published on November 4, 2021, regarding a proposal for a new test procedure for conventional cooking tops, a category of cooking products, that would replace the procedure that DOE withdrew on August 18, 2020. DOE is also extending the public comment period for a notification of data availability (NODA) that DOE published on December 16, 2021, regarding the results of DOE’s recently completed test program assessing the repeatability and reproducibility of the proposed test procedure.
DOE has published a Federal Register notice extending the public comment period for the notice of proposed rulemaking (NOPR) that DOE published on November 4, 2021 regarding a proposal for a new test procedure for conventional cooking tops, a category of cooking products, that would replace the procedure that DOE withdrew on August 18, 2020. DOE is also publishing a NODA regarding the results of DOE's recently completed test program assessing the repeatability and reproducibility of the proposed test procedure. DOE is publishing the results of its testing and requests comment, data, and information regarding the results.
DOE has published a Federal Register notice proposing to establish a test procedure for a category of cooking products, i.e., conventional cooking tops, under a proposed new appendix. The proposed test procedure would adopt the latest version of the relevant industry standard with modifications to adapt the test method to gas cooking tops, offer an optional method for burden reduction, normalize the energy use of each test cycle, include measurement of standby mode and off mode energy use, update certain test conditions, and provide certain clarifying language. This NOPR also proposes to retitle the existing cooking products test procedure for microwave ovens only. DOE is seeking comment from interested parties on the proposal.
DOE has published a Federal Register notification of proposed determination (NOPD) and request for comment pertaining to Standards for Consumer Conventional Cooking Products. Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA), prescribes energy conservation standards for various consumer products and certain commercial and industrial equipment, including consumer conventional cooking products. EPCA also requires DOE to periodically determine whether more-stringent standards would be technologically feasible and economically justified, and would result in significant energy savings. In this NOPD, DOE has initially determined that amended energy conservation standards for consumer conventional cooking products would not be economically justified and would not result in a significant conservation of energy. DOE requests comment on this proposed determination and the associated analyses and results.
- Frequently Asked Questions on the Notice of Proposed Determination, Request for Comment and Notice of Public Webinar Pertaining to Standards for Consumer Conventional Cooking Products
DOE has published a Federal Register notice Final Rule pertaining to test procedures for cooking products. On August 9, 2019, as a result of a petition from the Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers (AHAM) and data received in response to that petition, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NOPR) proposing to withdraw the test procedure for conventional cooking tops established under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA). In this final rule, DOE withdraws the test procedure for conventional cooking tops under EPCA. DOE has determined that the conventional cooking tops test procedure is not representative of energy use or efficiency during an average use cycle and is overly burdensome to conduct.
- The effective date of this rule is September 17, 2020.
On August 9, 2019, the U.S. Department of Energy (“DOE”) published in the Federal Register a notice of proposed rulemaking (“NOPR”) to withdraw the test procedure for conventional cooking tops. This NOPR announced that the details of a public meeting would be provided in a subsequent notice published in the Federal Register and stated that public comments will be accepted until October 8, 2019. DOE has now published a Federal Regsiter notice announcing a public meeting and webinar to be held on October 9, 2019. Given the date of the meeting, DOE is extending the public comment period for submitting comments and data on the NOPR by 14 days.
On April 25, 2018, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) published a notification of petition from the Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers (AHAM) to withdraw, and immediately stay the effectiveness of, the conventional cooking top test procedure. DOE has now published a Federal Register notice proposing to withdraw the test procedure for conventional cooking tops established under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA). DOE has tentatively determined that the conventional cooking top test procedure may not accurately represent consumer use for gas cooking tops, may not be repeatable or reproducible for both gas and electric cooking tops, and is overly burdensome to conduct.
DOE has published a Federal Register correction notice pertaining to test procedures for cooking products. 84FR5346 (February 21, 2019).
- This correction is effective February 21, 2019.
Petition for Rulemaking
DOE has published a Federal Register notice announcing receipt of a petition from the Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers to withdraw, and immediately stay the effectiveness of, the conventional cooking top test procedure. 83 FR 17944 (April 24, 2018)
The docket EERE-2018-BT-TP-0004 contains all notices, public comments, and supporting documents pertaining to this petition.
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.
