Disclosures Regarding Energy Consumption and Water Use of Certain Home Appliances and Other Products Required Under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (``Appliance Labeling Rule'')

The Federal Trade Commission (Commission) amends is Appliance Labeling Rule (the Rule) by publishing new ranges of comparability to be used on required labels for gas-fired instantaneous water heaters, by deleting the range chart for oil-fired instantaneous water heaters, and by publishing new ranges of comparability to be used on required labels for compact dishwashers (the ranges of comparability for standard dishwashers remain unchanged). The Commission also announces that the current ranges of comparability for room air conditioners, storage-type water heaters, heat pump water heaters, pool heaters, furnaces, boilers, standard-sized dishwashers, central air conditioners, heat pumps, refrigerators, refrigerator-freezers, and freezers will remain in effect until further notice. Finally, the Commission amends the portions of Appendices H (Cooling Performance and Cost for Central Air Conditioners) and I (Heating Performance and Cost for Central Air Conditioners) to Part 305 that contain cost calculation formulas. These last amendments change the figures in the formulas to reflect the current Representative Average Unit Cost of Electricity that was published on January 5, 1999 (64 FR 487) by the Department of Energy (DOE), and on February 17, 1999 (64 FR 7783) by the Commission.