[Federal Register: December 24, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 248)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Energy Conservation Program: Data Collection and Estimated Future
Unit Sales of Five Lamp Types
AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of
Energy.
ACTION: Notice of data availability.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Energy (DOE) is informing the public of its
collection of historical data and creation of spreadsheet models to
provide a benchmark estimate future unit sales of five lamp types
(i.e., rough service lamps, vibration service lamps, 3-way incandescent
lamps, 2,601-3,300 lumen general service incandescent lamps, and
shatter resistant lamps). Relating to this activity, DOE prepared and
is making available on its Web site: (1) a report that summarizes the
methodology and presents the benchmark estimate of future unit sales
for the five lamp types and (2) the spreadsheet model used to generate
that estimate based on their respective historical annual growth rates.
Both the report and the spreadsheet are available at: http://
www1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/appliance_standards/residential/five_
lamp_types.html.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Send requests for additional
information to Mrs. Linda Graves, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Building Technologies, EE-2J,
1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585-0121, (202) 586-
1851. E-mail: Linda.Graves@ee.doe.gov. In the Office of General
Counsel, contact Ms. Francine Pinto, U.S. Department of Energy, Office
of General Counsel, GC-72, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington,
DC 20585, (202) 586-9507. E-mail: Francine.Pinto@hq.doe.gov.
Discussion
Section 321(a)(3)(B) of Energy Independence and Security Act of
2007 (EISA 2007) amends section 325(l) of EPCA by adding paragraph
(4)(B) that generally directs DOE in consultation with the National
Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) to (1) collect historical
unit sales \1\ data for each of the five lamp types (i.e., rough
service lamps, vibration service lamps, 3-way incandescent lamps,
2,601-3,300 lumen general service incandescent lamps, and shatter-
resistant lamps) and (2) construct a spreadsheet model for each of the
five lamp types based on coincident economic indicators that closely
match the historical annual growth rates of each lamp type to provide a
neutral comparison benchmark estimate of future unit sales. (42 U.S.C.
6295(l)(4)(B).) These estimates of future unit sales for each of the
five lamp types constitute a neutral comparison benchmark against which
DOE will later compare actual unit sales data starting with calendar
2010. (42 U.S.C. 6295(l)(4)(C).)
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\1\ In this analysis, DOE uses (and intends to continue to use)
manufacturer shipments as a surrogate for unit sales. This
assumption presumes that retailer inventories remain constant from
year to year. DOE believes this is a reasonable assumption because
the markets for these five lamp types have existed for many years,
enabling manufacturers and retailers to establish appropriate
inventory levels that reflect market demand. Furthermore, in the
long-run, unit sales could not increase in any one year without
manufacturer shipments increasing either that year or the following
one. In either case, increasing unit sales must eventually result in
increasing manufacturer shipments.
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DOE worked in consultation with NEMA to collect actual data for
unit sales of each of the five lamp types for calendar years 1990
through 2006. DOE also constructed a model for each type of lamp that
is based on the historical annual growth rate of the lamps which
provides a benchmark estimate of future unit sales for each of the five
lamp types. DOE has posted on its Web page \2\ (1) a report that
summarizes the methodology and presents the benchmark estimate of
future unit sales and (2) a spreadsheet model that was used to estimate
future unit sales for the five lamp types based on the historical
annual growth rates for each.
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\2\ The address for the Web page is given in the SUMMARY portion
of this Notice.
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The report defines each of the five lamp types, presents the
historical data that was provided by NEMA, discusses the methodology
followed in analyzing that data to generate the estimated future unit
sales, and presents the results for the five lamp types. The report
also discusses the regulatory provisions in the statute for each of the
five lamp types that would be enacted if the unit sales of one of these
lamp types exceeded the benchmark estimate in any given year by 100
percent (i.e., double the benchmark estimate level).
The spreadsheet contains the five models constructed for each of
the lamp types, in compliance with section 325(l)(4)(B)(ii) of EPCA.
These models closely match the historical annual growth rate of each
lamp type and generate an estimate of future unit sales based on those
trends. This future unit sales estimate constitutes the neutral
comparison benchmark against which DOE will later conduct comparisons.
Issued in Washington, DC, on December 18, 2008.
John F. Mizroch,
Acting Assistant Secretary, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.
[FR Doc. E8-30608 Filed 12-23-08; 8:45 am]
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