# Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Residential Refrigerators, Refrigerator-Freezers, and Freezers
> **US Department of Energy** · Final rule. · Published 2011-09-15 · Effective 2011-11-14 · 76 FR 57516
## Document
- **Document number:** 2011-22329
- **Category:** energy-efficiency
- **Sub-agency:** US Department of Energy
- **Federal Register citation:** 76 FR 57516
- **CFR reference:** 10 CFR 430
- **Publication date:** 2011-09-15
- **Effective date:** 2011-11-14
- **Energy docket:** Docket Number EE-2008-BT-STD-0012
## Abstract

The Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA) prescribes energy conservation standards for various consumer products and commercial and industrial equipment, including refrigerators, refrigerator-freezers, and freezers. EPCA also requires the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to determine if more stringent, amended standards for these products are technologically feasible and economically justified, and would save a significant amount of energy. In this final rule, DOE is adopting more stringent energy conservation standards for refrigerators, refrigerator-freezers, and freezers. It has determined that the amended energy conservation standards for these products would result in the significant conservation of energy and are technologically feasible and economically justified.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2011/09/15/2011-22329/energy-conservation-program-energy-conservation-standards-for-residential-refrigerators)
---
*AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*