Notice2023-18532
Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products: Representative Average Unit Costs of Energy
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Published
August 28, 2023
Effective
September 27, 2023
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 2023 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 88, Number 165 (Monday, August 28, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58575-58576]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-18532]
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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 2023 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 September 27, 2023 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, Telephone: (202) 287-1692, Email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b3f2c3c3dfdad2ddd0d6e0c7d2ddd7d2c1d7c0e2c6d6c0c7dadcddc0f3d6d69dd7dcd69dd4dcc5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="713001011d18101f12142205101f15100315022004140205181e1f023114145f151e145f161e07">[email protected]</span></a>.
Ms. Amelia Whiting, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of General
Counsel, GC-33, 1000 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20585-0103,
Telephone: (202) 586-2588, Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#fdbc909891949cd3aa95948994939abd958cd3999298d39a928b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b1f0dcd4ddd8d09fe6d9d8c5d8dfd6f1d9c09fd5ded49fd6dec7">[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 in a Federal Register notice entitled, ``Energy Conservation
Program for Consumer Products: Representative Average Unit Costs of
Energy'', dated March 7, 2022, 87 FR 12681.
On September 27, 2023, the cost figures published in this notice
will become effective and supersede those cost figures published on
March 7, 2022. The cost figures set forth in this notice will be
effective until further notice.
DOE's Energy Information Administration (EIA) has developed the
2023 representative average unit after-tax residential costs found in
this notice. These costs for electricity, natural gas, and No. 2
heating oil are based on simulations used to produce
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the August 2023, EIA Short-Term Energy Outlook (EIA releases the
Outlook monthly). The representative average unit after-tax cost for
propane is based on the U.S. residential sector prices found in the
Annual Energy Outlook 2023, AEO2023) (March 16, 2023). 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 July 2023, Monthly Energy Review DOE/EIA-
0035(2023/7). 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, Telephone: (202) 586-8800, Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#fc95929a939f888ebc99959dd2989399d29b938a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1b72757d74786f695b7e727a357f747e357c746d">[email protected]</span></a>.
The 2023 representative average unit costs under section 323(b)(4)
of the Act are set forth in Table 1, and will become effective
September 27, 2023. They will remain in effect until further notice.
Signing Authority
This document of the Department of Energy was signed on August 23,
2023, by Francisco Alejandro Moreno, Acting 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 August 23, 2023.
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 (2023)
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Per million
Type of energy Btu \1\ In commonly used terms As required by test procedure
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Electricity.......................... $46.19 15.76[cent]/kWh \2\ \3\ $0.158/kWh.
Natural Gas.......................... 13.97 $1.397/therm \4\ or $0.00001397/Btu.
$14.49/MCF \5\ \6\.
No. 2 Heating Oil.................... 28.36 $3.89/gallon \7\....... $0.00002836/Btu.
Propane.............................. 32.62 $2.98/gallon \8\....... $0.00003262/Btu.
Kerosene............................. 33.52 $4.53/gallon \9\....... $0.00003352/Btu.
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Sources: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Short-Term Energy Outlook (August 8, 2023), Annual Energy
Outlook (March 16, 2023), and Monthly Energy Review (July 26, 2023).
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 1,037 Btu.
\7\ For the purposes of this table, one gallon of No. 2 heating oil has an energy equivalence of 137,381 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. 2023-18532 Filed 8-25-23; 8:45 am]
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