Energy Conservation Program: Test Procedure for External Power Supplies

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Energy 10 CFR Part 430 [EERE-2019-BT-TP-0012] RIN 1904-AD86 AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of Energy. ACTION: Supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking and request for comment. SUMMARY: On December 6, 2019, the U.S. Department of Energy (“DOE”) published a notice of proposed rulemaking (“NOPR”) proposing certain amendments to its test procedure for external power supplies (“EPS” or “EPSs”). In this supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking (“SNOPR”), DOE is proposing additional amendments and modifications to certain proposals presented in the SNOPR. In this document, DOE is proposing to remove reference to direct operation and indirect operation Class A EPSs in the scope; simplify and more explicitly align the scope of the test procedure with the scope of the energy conservation standards; provide additional specifications for the testing of EPSs that do not ship with an output cord; and align the testing requirements for programmable power supplies with those for Universal Serial Bus Power Delivery (“USB-PD”) EPSs. Further, DOE proposes to maintain the location of certain definitions for which it proposed in the NOPR to relocate. DOE is seeking comment from interested parties on the proposals. DATES: DOE will accept comments, data, and information regarding this SNOPR no later than January 3, 2022. See section [V], “Public Participation,”…