# Energy Conservation Program: Exempt External Power Supplies Under the EPS Service Parts Act of 2014
> **US Department of Energy** · Final rule. · Published 2016-05-16 · Effective 2016-06-15 · 81 FR 30157
## Document
- **Document number:** 2016-11469
- **Category:** energy-efficiency
- **Sub-agency:** US Department of Energy
- **Federal Register citation:** 81 FR 30157
- **CFR reference:** 10 CFR 429
- **Publication date:** 2016-05-16
- **Effective date:** 2016-06-15
- **Energy docket:** Docket No. EERE-2015-BT-CRT-0013
## Abstract

On November 18, 2015, the U.S. Department of Energy ("DOE") issued a notice of proposed rulemaking to exempt certain types of external power supplies consistent with the EPS Service Parts Act of 2014. That proposal, which serves as the basis for this final rule, explained that the Act exempted certain EPSs made available by a manufacturer as a service or spare part from the energy conservation standards promulgated in a February 2014 final rule. The proposal sought to codify this exemption and certain related reporting requirements. This rule adopts the November 2015 proposal along with related provisions to require manufacturers to annually report the total units of exempt EPSs shipped as service and spare parts that fail to meet the appropriate energy conservation standards.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/05/16/2016-11469/energy-conservation-program-exempt-external-power-supplies-under-the-eps-service-parts-act-of-2014)
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