# Energy Conservation Program for Appliance Standards: Procedures for Evaluating Statutory Factors for Use in New or Revised Energy Conservation Standards
> **US Department of Energy** · Final rule. · Published 2020-08-19 · Effective 2020-10-19 · 85 FR 50937
## Document
- **Document number:** 2020-15967
- **Category:** energy-efficiency
- **Sub-agency:** US Department of Energy
- **Federal Register citation:** 85 FR 50937
- **CFR reference:** 10 CFR 430
- **Publication date:** 2020-08-19
- **Effective date:** 2020-10-19
- **Energy docket:** EERE-2017-BT-STD-0062
## Abstract

The Department of Energy is amending its decision-making process for selecting energy conservation standards by specifying that it will conduct a comparative analysis of the relative benefits and burdens of potential energy conservation standard levels in determining whether a specific energy conservation standard level is economically justified.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/08/19/2020-15967/energy-conservation-program-for-appliance-standards-procedures-for-evaluating-statutory-factors-for)
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