2023-03-03, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a pre-publication Federal Register notice of proposed rulemaking (NOPR) pertaining to energy conservation standards for battery chargers. The Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA) requires DOE to periodically determine whether more-stringent, standards would be technologically feasible and economically justified, and would result in significant energy savings. In this NOPR, DOE proposes amended standards for battery chargers, and also announces a public meeting to receive comment on these proposed standards and associated analyses and results.

DOE follow-up plan is as below:

• DOE will accept comments, data, and information regarding this NOPR until 60 days after date of publication in the Federal Register. DOE will send a follow-up e-mail once the notice publishes to announce the closing date of the comment period.

• Interested persons may submit comments identified by docket number EERE–2020–BT–STD- 0013, by email (batterychargers2020STD0013@ee.doe.gov), Federal eRulemaking portal (http://www.regulations.gov)

• DOE will hold a webinar on Thursday, April 27, 2023, from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

• Click here to register for the webinar

• Foreign Nationals interested in participating in this webinar, must be screened by DOE Headquarters Security prior to being granted access. Please email Regina.Washington@ee.doe.gov to complete the necessary documentation at least two weeks prior to scheduled meeting date

• Additional webinar registration information, participant instructions, and information about the capabilities available to webinar participants will be published on DOE’s website: https://energy.gov/eere/buildings/public-meetings-and-comment-deadlines

BCS's latest proposed DOE energy efficiency requirements:

Battery chargers manufactured on or after June 13, 2018, and before [date two years after publication of the final rule], shall comply with the old energy efficiency requirements. That means there will be a two-year transition period after the final energy efficiency regulations are officially issued, then they will be enforced after the two-year transition period

The latest proposed Product Class of battery charger is as follows:

Battery chargers manufactured on or after [date two years after publication of the final rule], must meet the following active mode energy, standby mode power, and off mode power standards:

DOE official website：

https://www.energy.gov/sites/default/files/2023-03/bc-ecs-nopr-3.pdf

BACL technical expert team will continue to follow the update progress of the latest regulations EERE-2020-BT-STD-0013 for DOE battery chargers and give you an in-depth interpretation at the first time. If you have any questions, please contact our sales as soon as possible.

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