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Feb 7, 2014

Final EPA Rule Energy Conservation Program: External Power Supplies; Energy Conservation Standards

Feb 7, 2014 — Pre-release — Final Rule — Energy Department
AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of Energy. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975 (EPCA), as amended, today’s final rule amends the energy conservation standards that currently apply to certain external power supplies and establishes new energy conservation standards for other external power supplies that are currently not required to meet such standards. Through its analysis, DOE has determined that these changes satisfy EPCA’s requirements that any new and amended energy conservation standards for these products result in the significant conservation of energy and be both technologically feasible and economically justified Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit but it remained in effect

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