Consumer-products efficiency standards economic-analysis document
On June 30, 1980, the Department of Energy (DOE) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking proposing minimum energy efficiency standards for refrigerators and refrigerator-freezers, freezers, clothes dryers, water heaters, room air conditioners, kitchen ranges and ovens, central air conditioners, and furnaces. Further analysis and significant revisions have been made to the proposed rule. This document presents the economic analysis used to support the present notice of proposed rulemaking. The methodology used in the economic analysis is described and the computer models, their outputs, and primary assumptions of the analysis are summarized. Baseline forecasts were made for appliance demand, product cost, energy usage, industry development, gross national product, inflation, balance of trade, and employment. The derivation of these baseline forecasts is discussed. The efficiency levels analyzed for standards are listed and the impacts of these efficiency levels on consumers, manufacturers, and the nation are summarized. Sensitivity studies were performed to determine how changes in technical and operational parameters affected key engineering and economic indicators used in evaluation of appliance standards. Additional details of the models and data bases used in the analysis are included in appendices. (MCW)
- Research Organization:
- Science Applications, Inc., McLean, VA (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC01-81CS23917
- OSTI ID:
- 5269454
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/CE-0029; ON: DE82012598
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
Similar Records
Environmental assessment. Energy efficiency standards for consumer products
Energy-conservation program: notice of proposed rulemaking
Related Subjects
29 ENERGY PLANNING
POLICY AND ECONOMY
AIR CONDITIONERS
ENERGY EFFICIENCY STANDARDS
CLOTHES DRYERS
CONSUMER PRODUCTS
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
LIFE-CYCLE COST
SALES
FREEZERS
FURNACES
REFRIGERATORS
STOVES
WATER HEATERS
APPLIANCES
CAPITAL
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
CONSTRUCTION
DATA COMPILATION
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
ELECTRIC POWER
ENERGY CONSERVATION
ENERGY CONSUMPTION
ENERGY MODELS
FORECASTING
HOUSEHOLDS
INVENTORIES
INVESTMENT
MANUFACTURERS
NATURAL GAS
NOTICES
PETROLEUM
PRICES
RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS
SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS
TABLES
TAX CREDITS
ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES
BUILDINGS
COST
DATA
DRYERS
ECONOMICS
EFFICIENCY
ENERGY SOURCES
FLUIDS
FOSSIL FUELS
FUEL GAS
FUELS
GAS FUELS
GASES
HEATERS
INFORMATION
NUMERICAL DATA
POWER
SIMULATION
STANDARDS
320101* - Energy Conservation
Consumption
& Utilization- Residential Buildings- (-1987)
291000 - Energy Planning & Policy- Conservation