RULEMAKING ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ENERGY LABELING

Section 137 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 requires the FTC to examine the effectiveness of current energy efficiency labeling requirements for consumer products issued pursuant to the Energy Policy and Conservation Act. In response to that directive, the FTC is conducting a rulemaking to consider the effectiveness of the Appliance Labeling Rule. The Commission also is considering the Rule's overall costs and benefits and its regulatory and economic impact as a part of the Commission’s systematic review of all of its regulations and guides.

• Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking [PDF]
  (November 1, 2005)
• Public Comments on the Advance Notice of
  Proposed Rulemaking
• Agency Information Collection; Comment Request
  (March 15, 2006) [PDF]
• Notice Announcing May 3, 2006 Public Workshop [PDF]
• Public Workshop Slides (May 3, 2006) [PDF]
• Public Comments on Workshop; Workshop Transcript
• Agency Information Collection; Comment Request
  (June 23, 2006) [PDF] [Figure 1] [Figure 2]
• Proposed Rule Notice and Background Information for Consumer Research (January 30, 2007) [News Release] [Federal Register Notice] [Background Documents] [Comments]
• Notice Announcing Final Amendments [News Release] [Federal Register Notice]

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