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Title: Economic analysis

Abstract

The Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA) mandated that minimum energy efficiency standards be established for classes of refrigerators and refrigerator-freezers, freezers, clothes dryers, water heaters, room air conditioners, home heating equipment, kitchen ranges and ovens, central air conditioners, and furnaces. EPCA requires that standards be designed to achieve the maximum improvement in energy efficiency that is technologically feasible and economically justified. Following the introductory chapter, Chapter Two describes the methodology used in the economic analysis and its relationship to legislative criteria for consumer product efficiency assessment; details how the CPES Value Model systematically compared and evaluated the economic impacts of regulation on the consumer, manufacturer and Nation. Chapter Three briefly displays the results of the analysis and lists the proposed performance standards by product class. Chapter Four describes the reasons for developing a baseline forecast, characterizes the baseline scenario from which regulatory impacts were calculated and summarizes the primary models, data sources and assumptions used in the baseline formulations. Chapter Five summarizes the methodology used to calculate regulatory impacts; describes the impacts of energy performance standards relative to the baseline discussed in Chapter Four. Also discussed are regional standards and other program alternatives to performance standards. Chapter Six describesmore » the procedure for balancing consumer, manufacturer, and national impacts to select standard levels. Details of models and data bases used in the analysis are included in Appendices A through K.« less

Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Department of Energy, Washington, DC (USA). Div. of Buildings and Community Systems
OSTI Identifier:
5315488
Report Number(s):
DOE/CS-0169
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION; 29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY AND ECONOMY; AIR CONDITIONERS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; CLOTHES DRYERS; CONSUMER PRODUCTS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FREEZERS; FURNACES; REFRIGERATORS; STOVES; WATER HEATERS; CERTIFICATION; DATA COMPILATION; ENERGY POLICY AND CONSERVATION ACT; LIFE-CYCLE COST; PRICES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STANDARDS; APPLIANCES; COST; DATA; DRYERS; ECONOMICS; EFFICIENCY; HEATERS; INFORMATION; LAWS; NUMERICAL DATA; REFRIGERATING MACHINERY; 320101* - Energy Conservation, Consumption, & Utilization- Residential Buildings- (-1987); 290200 - Energy Planning & Policy- Economics & Sociology

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. Economic analysis. United States: N. p., 1980. Web. doi:10.2172/5315488.
. Economic analysis. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/5315488
. 1980. "Economic analysis". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/5315488. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/5315488.
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abstractNote = {The Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA) mandated that minimum energy efficiency standards be established for classes of refrigerators and refrigerator-freezers, freezers, clothes dryers, water heaters, room air conditioners, home heating equipment, kitchen ranges and ovens, central air conditioners, and furnaces. EPCA requires that standards be designed to achieve the maximum improvement in energy efficiency that is technologically feasible and economically justified. Following the introductory chapter, Chapter Two describes the methodology used in the economic analysis and its relationship to legislative criteria for consumer product efficiency assessment; details how the CPES Value Model systematically compared and evaluated the economic impacts of regulation on the consumer, manufacturer and Nation. Chapter Three briefly displays the results of the analysis and lists the proposed performance standards by product class. Chapter Four describes the reasons for developing a baseline forecast, characterizes the baseline scenario from which regulatory impacts were calculated and summarizes the primary models, data sources and assumptions used in the baseline formulations. Chapter Five summarizes the methodology used to calculate regulatory impacts; describes the impacts of energy performance standards relative to the baseline discussed in Chapter Four. Also discussed are regional standards and other program alternatives to performance standards. Chapter Six describes the procedure for balancing consumer, manufacturer, and national impacts to select standard levels. Details of models and data bases used in the analysis are included in Appendices A through K.},
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