Cooking Products Rulemaking

The Department held an informal public meeting on April 27, 2006, to discuss and receive comments on issues to be addressed in the Framework Document for establishing energy conservation standards for residential electric and gas ranges and ovens and microwave ovens, dishwashers, dehumidifiers, and commercial clothes washers.

The U.S. Department of Energy published a Final Rule for Electric Cooking Products on September 8, 1998, to address the energy conservation standards for electric cooking products (including microwave products) and substitute the term "cooking products" for the current obsolete term "kitchen ranges and ovens". This rule became effective on October 8, 1998.

The Department also amended its test procedures for Kitchen Ranges, Cooktops, Ovens, and Microwave Ovens which was published on October 3, 1997.

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Energy Conservation Standard Rulemaking

• Notice of public workshop and availability of Framework Document, Federal Register, March 27, 2006 (PDF 70 KB)
  
  
• Rulemaking Framework for Commercial Clothes Washers and Residential Dishwashers, Dehumidifiers, and Cooking Products, March 15, 2006 (PDF 402 KB)
  
  
• Technical Support Document: Energy Efficiency Program for Consumer Products and Commercial and Industrial Equipment, Residential Dishwashers, Dehumidifiers, and Cooking Products, and Commercial Clothes Washers, November 2007
  
  
• Technical Support Document Analysis Tools

Public Meetings

• Public Meeting on Energy Conservation Standards for Residential Dishwashers, Dehumidifiers, and Cooking Produts, and Commercial Clothes Washers, December 13, 2007
  
  
• Framework Document Public Meeting on Energy Conservation Standards for Commercial Clothes Washers and Residential Dishwashers, Dehumidifiers, and Cooking Products, April 27, 2006

Previous Rules and Documents

• Final Rule — Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products: Test Procedure for Kitchen Ranges, Cooktops, Ovens, and Microwave Ovens; October 3, 1997
  
  
• Energy Conservation Standards for Consumer Products: Cooking Products
  
  
• Final Rule: Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products: Energy Conservation Standards for Electric Cooking Products (Electric Cooktops, Electric Self-Cleaning-Ovens, and Microwave Ovens), Federal Register, September 8, 1998, (PDF 143 KB)
  
  

Life-Cycle Cost and Payback Period

• Draft Oven LCC Spreadsheet (MS Excel 1.27 MB)
• Draft Cooktops LCC Spreadsheet (MS Excel 1.25 MB)
• Draft Microwave Oven LCC Spreadsheet (MS Excel 1.07 MB)

National Energy Savings and Shipments

• Draft Cooktop and Oven NES Spreadsheet (MS Excel 1.33)
• Draft Microwave Oven NES Spreadsheet (MS Excel 561 KB)

Contact Information

Stephen Witkowski, P.E.
Program Manager
(202) 586-7463

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