Consumer Conventional Cooking Products

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“Cooking products” are consumer products that are used as the major household cooking appliances. They are designed to cook or heat different types of food by one or more of the following sources of heat: gas, electricity, or microwave energy. Each product may consist of a horizontal cooking top containing one or more surface units and/or one or more heating compartments. Residential conventional cooking products include conventional cooking tops and conventional ovens. 10 CFR 430.2

“Conventional cooking top” means a class of cooking products which is a household cooking appliance consisting of a horizontal surface containing one or more surface units which utilize a gas flame, electric resistance heating, or electric inductive heating. “Conventional oven” means a class of cooking products which is a household cooking appliance consisting of one or more compartments intended for the cooking or heating of food by means of either a gas flame or electric resistance heating. It does not include portable or countertop ovens which use electric resistance heating for the cooking or heating of food and are designed for an electrical supply of approximately 120 volts. 10 CFR 430.2

Manufacturers have been required to comply with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) energy conservation standards for residential conventional cooking products since 1990.

Current Standard | Current Test Procedure | Ongoing Rulemaking for Standards | Ongoing Rulemaking for Test Procedure | Helpful Links


Recent and Ongoing Activities

 

Standards

Notification of Data Availability #2
Notification of Data Availability 
  • Federal Register, 88FR12603 (February 28, 2023)

Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking; Comment Extension

Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

  • Federal Register, 88FR19122 (March 30, 2023)
  • Federal Register, 88FR6818 (February 1, 2023)

Notification of Proposed Determination

Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

The conventional cooking product energy conservation standard rulemaking docket EERE-2014-BT-STD-0005 contains all notices, public comments, public meeting transcripts, and supporting documents pertaining to this rulemaking.

Public Meeting Information:

There is no public meeting scheduled at this time.

Submitting Public Comments

The comment period is closed.

Test Procedure

Notification of Petition for Rulemaking

  • Federal Register, 88FR24133 (April 19, 2023)

Final Rule; Correction Notice

Final Rule; Technical Correction

  • Federal Register, 88FR7846 (February 7, 2023)
  • Federal Register, 87FR51492 (August 22, 2022) 

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking; Comment Extension

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and Notice of Data Availablity

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 

  • Federal Register, 87FR2559 ( January 18, 2022)
  • Federal Register, 86FR71406 (December 16, 2021)
  • Federal Register, 86FR60974 (November 4, 2021)

Final Rule

  • Federal Register, 85FR50757 (August 18, 2020)

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

  • Federal Register, 84FR39211 (August 9, 2019)

Correction Notice 

  • Federal Register, 84FR5346 (February 21, 2019)

Final Rule

Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

The conventional cooking product test procedure rulemaking docket EERE-2012-BT-TP-0013 contains all notices, public comments, public meeting transcripts, and supporting documents pertaining to this rulemaking.

Public Meeting Information

There is no public meeting scheduled at this time.

Submitting Public Comments

The comment period is closed.


Current Standard

Residential conventional cooking products manufactured and distributed in commerce, as defined by 42 U.S.C. 6291(16), must meet the energy conservation standards specified in the Code of Federal Regulations at 10 CFR 430.32(j)(1) and (2).


Current Test Procedure

Test procedure methods for conventional cooking products are available at 10 CFR 430, Subpart B, Appendix I.


Helpful Links

Compliance

DOE has established regulations on certification, compliance, and enforcement in the CFR at 10 CFR Part 429.  These regulations cover statistical sampling plans, certified ratings, certification reports, record retention, and enforcement.  More information on these regulations is available here.

Waivers

For information on current test procedure waivers, see DOE’s Waivers webpage.

For information about obtaining test procedure waivers, see 10 CFR 430.27.

Exceptions

DOE's Office of Hearings and Appeals has not authorized exception relief for residential conventional cooking products.

For information about obtaining exception relief, see 10 CFR part 1003.

Guidance and Frequently Asked Questions

For information on further guidance and answers to Frequently Asked Questions on all covered products, see DOE’s Further Guidance database.

State Exemptions to Federal Pre-emption

DOE has not exempted any state from this energy conservation standard. States may petition DOE to exempt a state regulation from preemption by the Federal energy conservation standard. States may also petition DOE to withdraw such exemptions. For details, see 10 CFR part 430, subpart D.

Small Business Exemptions

Any manufacturer of a covered product with annual gross revenues that do not exceed $8,000,000 from all its operations and meets certain other conditions may apply for an exemption to the energy conservation standard. For details, see 10 CFR part 430, subpart E.

ENERGY STAR®

DOE supports the testing and verification of ENERGY STAR® products in close collaboration with the Environmental Protection Agency.

Find tips and guidance for making your home, workplace, or vehicle more energy efficient visit EnergySavers.gov.

Contact information

For more information related to this product, please email:
ApplianceStandardsQuestions@ee.doe.gov


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