Energy Conservation Program: Review of DOE's Analytic Methods for Setting Energy Conservation Standards

Document 2026-13673 is a Proposed Rule published by the Department of Energy in the Federal Register on July 7, 2026. The U.S. Department of Energy ("DOE" or the "Department") requests comment regarding the assumptions, models, and methodologies that DOE uses in setting energy conservation standards for covered products and equipment. Relatedly, DOE also requests comments on the report summarizing the work conducted by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine ("NASEM") Committee on Review of Methods for Setting Building and Equipment Performance Standards. DOE also welcomes the submission of data, peer-reviewed studies, and other relevant information related to how DOE might implement NASEM report recommendations and to DOE's analytical methodology for evaluating energy conservation standards in general. View the original at https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/07/07/2026-13673/energy-conservation-program-review-of-does-analytic-methods-for-setting-energy-conservation.

No. Document 2026-13673 is not classified as economically significant under Executive Order 12866. Economically significant rules require OIRA review and are estimated to have impacts of $100 million or more per year.