[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 16, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2006]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 16CFR305.9]

[Page 257]
 
                     TITLE 16--COMMERCIAL PRACTICES
 
                   CHAPTER I--FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
 
PART 305_RULE CONCERNING DISCLOSURES REGARDING ENERGY CONSUMPTION 
AND WATER USE OF CERTAIN HOME APPLIANCES AND OTHER PRODUCTS REQUIRED 
UNDER THE ENERGY POLICY AND CONSERVATION ACT (``APPLIANCE LABELING 
RULE'')--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 305.9  Representative average unit energy cost.

    (a) Table 1, below, contains the representative unit energy costs to 
be utilized for operating cost disclosures for furnaces and central air 
conditioners on fact sheets or in directories as required by Sec. 
305.11(b)&(c) of this part.

         Table 1--Representative Average Unit Costs of Energy for Five Residential Energy Sources (2005)
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                                                                                                    Dollars per
             Type of energy                 In commonly used terms      As required by DOE test     million Btu
                                                                               procedure                \1\
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Electricity.............................  9.06[cent]/kWh \2\ \3\....  $0.0906/kWh...............          $26.55
Natural gas.............................  $1.092/therm \4\ or $11.23  $0.00001092/Btu...........           10.92
                                           MCF \5\ \6\.
No. 2 heating oil.......................  $1.76/gallon \7\..........  $0.00001268/Btu...........           12.68
Propane.................................  $1.55/gallon \8\..........  $0.00001694/Btu...........           16.94
Kerosene................................  $2.20/gallon \9\..........  $0.00001632/Btu...........          16.32
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\1\ Btu stands for British thermal unit.
\2\ Wh stands for kiloWatt hour.
\3\ 1 kWh = 3,412 Btu.
\4\ 1 therm = 100,000 Btu. Natural gas prices include taxes.
\5\ MCF stands for 1,000 cubic feet.
\6\ For the purposes of this table, 1 cubic foot of natural gas has an energy equivalence of 1,028 Btu.
\7\ For the purposes of this table, 1 gallon of No. 2 heating oil has an energy equivalence of 138,690 Btu.
\8\ For the purposes of this table, 1 gallon of liquid propane has an energy equivalence of 91,333 Btu.
\9\ For the purposes of this table, 1 gallon of kerosene has an energy equivalence of 135,000 Btu.

    (b) Table 1, above, will be revised on the basis of future 
information provided by the Secretary of the Department of Energy, but 
not more often than annually.

[52 FR 46894, Dec. 10, 1987, as amended at 59 FR 5700, Feb. 8, 1994; 59 
FR 34033, July 1, 1994; 60 FR 9296, Feb. 17, 1995; 61 FR 5680, Feb. 14, 
1996; 62 FR 67562, Dec. 29, 1997; 64 FR 7784, Feb. 17, 1999; 65 FR 
20354, Apr. 17, 2000; 66 FR 27858, May 21, 2001; 67 FR 39271, June 7, 
2002; 68 FR 23586, May 5, 2003; 69 FR 23653, Apr. 30, 2004; 70 FR 32486, 
June 3, 2005]