Notice2022-04765
Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products: Representative Average Unit Costs of Energy
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Published
March 7, 2022
Effective
April 6, 2022
Issuing agencies
Energy Department
Abstract
In this notice, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is forecasting the representative average unit costs of five residential energy sources for the year 2022 pursuant to the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (Act). The five sources are electricity, natural gas, No. 2 heating oil, propane, and kerosene.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 44 (Monday, March 7, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12681-12682]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-04765]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products: Representative
Average Unit Costs of Energy
AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of
Energy.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In this notice, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is
forecasting the representative average unit costs of five residential
energy sources for the year 2022 pursuant to the Energy Policy and
Conservation Act (Act). The five sources are electricity, natural gas,
No. 2 heating oil, propane, and kerosene.
DATES: The representative average unit costs of energy contained in
this notice will become effective April 6, 2022 and will remain in
effect until further notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mr. John Cymbalsky, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy
Efficiency and Renewable Energy, EE-5B, 1000 Independence Avenue SW,
Washington, DC 20585-0121, (202) 287-1692,
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f2b382829e9b939c9197a186939c9693809681a3879781869b9d9c81b29797dc969d97dc959d84"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1b5a6b6b77727a75787e486f7a757f7a697f684a6e7e686f727475685b7e7e357f747e357c746d">[email protected]</span></a>.
Ms. Francine Pinto, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of General
Counsel, GC-33, 1000 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20585-0103,
(202) 586-2588, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#501622313e33393e357e00393e243f1038217e343f357e373f26"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e5a397848b868c8b80cbb58c8b918aa58d94cb818a80cb828a93">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 323 of the Energy Policy and
Conservation Act requires that DOE prescribe test procedures for the
measurement of the estimated annual operating costs or other measures
of energy consumption for certain consumer products specified in the
Act. (42 U.S.C. 6293(b)(3)) These test procedures are found in Title 10
of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) part 430, subpart B.
Section 323(b)(3) of the Act requires that the estimated annual
operating costs of a covered product be calculated from measurements of
energy use in a representative average use cycle or period of use and
from representative average unit costs of the energy needed to operate
such product during such cycle. (42 U.S.C. 6293(b)(3)) The section
further requires that DOE provide information to manufacturers
regarding the representative average unit costs of energy. (42 U.S.C.
6293(b)(4)) This cost information should be used by manufacturers to
meet their obligations under section 323(c) of the Act. Most notably,
these costs are used to comply with Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
requirements for labeling. Manufacturers are required to use the
revised DOE representative average unit costs when the FTC publishes
new ranges of comparability for specific covered products, 16 CFR part
305. Interested parties can also find information covering the FTC
labeling requirements at <a href="https://www.ftc.gov/appliances">https://www.ftc.gov/appliances</a>.
DOE last published representative average unit costs of residential
energy
[[Page 12682]]
in a Federal Register notice entitled, ``Energy Conservation Program
for Consumer Products: Representative Average Unit Costs of Energy'',
dated August 25, 2021, 86 FR 47482.
On April 6, 2022, the cost figures published in this notice will
become effective and supersede those cost figures published on August
25, 2021. The cost figures set forth in this notice will be effective
until further notice.
DOE's Energy Information Administration (EIA) has developed the
2022 representative average unit after-tax residential costs found in
this notice. These costs for electricity, natural gas, No. 2 heating
oil, and propane are based on simulations used to produce the February
2022, EIA Short-Term Energy Outlook (EIA releases the Outlook monthly).
The representative average unit after-tax cost for kerosene is derived
from its price relative to that of heating oil, based on the 2010 to
2013 averages of the U.S. refiner price to end users, which include all
the major energy-consuming sectors in the U.S. for these fuels. The
source for these price data is the January 2022, Monthly Energy Review
DOE/EIA-0035(2022/1). The representative average unit after-tax cost
for propane is derived from its price relative to that of heating oil,
based on the 2021 averages of the U.S. residential sector prices found
in the Annual Energy Outlook 2021, AEO2021) (February 3, 2021). The
Short-Term Energy Outlook, the Monthly Energy Review, and the Annual
Energy Outlook are available on the EIA website at <a href="https://www.eia.doe.gov">https://www.eia.doe.gov</a>. For more information on the data sources used in this
Notice, contact the National Energy Information Center, Forrestal
Building, EI-30, 1000 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20585,
(202) 586-8800, email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a4cdcac2cbc7d0d6e4c1cdc58ac0cbc18ac3cbd2"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6801060e070b1c1a280d0109460c070d460f071e">[email protected]</span></a>.
The 2022 representative average unit costs under section 323(b)(4)
of the Act are set forth in Table 1, and will become effective April 6,
2022. They will remain in effect until further notice.
Signing Authority
This document of the Department of Energy was signed on March 1,
2022, by Kelly J. Speakes-Backman, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary
for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, pursuant to delegated
authority from the Secretary of Energy. That document with the original
signature and date is maintained by DOE. For administrative purposes
only, and in compliance with requirements of the Office of the Federal
Register, the undersigned DOE Federal Register Liaison Officer has been
authorized to sign and submit the document in electronic format for
publication, as an official document of the Department of Energy. This
administrative process in no way alters the legal effect of this
document upon publication in the Federal Register.
Signed in Washington, DC, on March 2, 2022.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
Table 1--Representative Average Unit Costs of Energy for Five Residential Energy Sources
[2022]
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Per million As required by test
Type of energy Btu \1\ In commonly used terms procedure
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Electricity....................... $41.79 14.26[cent]/kWh \2\ \3\............... $0.143/kWh.
Natural Gas....................... 12.09 $1.209/therm \4\ or $12.56/MCF \5\ \6\ $0.00001209/Btu.
No. 2 Heating Oil................. 25.11 $3.45/gallon \7\...................... $0.00002511/Btu.
Propane........................... 24.46 $2.23/gallon \8\...................... $0.00002446/Btu.
Kerosene.......................... 29.73 $4.01/gallon \9\...................... $0.00002973/Btu.
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Sources: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Short-Term Energy Outlook (February 8, 2022), Annual Energy
Outlook (February 3, 2021), and Monthly Energy Review (January 27, 2022).
Notes: Prices include taxes.
\1\ Btu stands for British thermal units.
\2\ kWh stands for kilowatt hour.
\3\ 1 kWh = 3,412 Btu.
\4\ 1 therm = 100,000 Btu.
\5\ MCF stands for 1,000 cubic feet.
\6\ For the purposes of this table, one cubic foot of natural gas has an energy equivalence of 1,039 Btu.
\7\ For the purposes of this table, one gallon of No. 2 heating oil has an energy equivalence of 13,738 Btu.
\8\ For the purposes of this table, one gallon of liquid propane has an energy equivalence of 91,333 Btu.
\9\ For the purposes of this table, one gallon of kerosene has an energy equivalence of 135,000 Btu.
[FR Doc. 2022-04765 Filed 3-4-22; 8:45 am]
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