,,ii  #aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #ajbi  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,april #ba1    
#bjae ,mr4 ,hoeven 7for himself and ,mr4
 ,alexander7 introduced the following   
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,energy and        
,natural ,resources  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
amend the ,energy ,policy and           
,conservation ,act to prohibit the      
,secretary of ,energy from prescribing a
 final rule amending the efficiency     
standards for residential               
non-weatherized gas furnaces or mobile  
home furnaces until an analysis has been
 completed1 and for other purposes4  #a4
 ,standards for certain furnaces        
,section #cbe7;f77#d7 of the ,energy    
,policy and ,conservation ,act 7#db     
,u4,s4,c4 #fbie7;f77#d77 is amended by  
adding at the end the following3  7,e7  
,restriction on final rule for          
residential non-weatherized gas furnaces
 and mobile home furnaces  7i7 ,in      
general ,notwithstanding any other      

provision of this ,act1 the ,secretary  
shall not prescribe a final rule        
amending the efficiency standards for   
residential non-weatherized gas furnaces
 or mobile home furnaces until each of  
the following has occurred3  7,i7 ,the  
,secretary convenes a representative    
advisory group of interested            
stakeholders1 including the             
manufacturers1 distributors1 and        
contractors of residential              
non-weatherized gas furnaces and mobile 
home furnaces1 home builders1 building  
owners1 energy efficiency advocates1    
natural gas utilities1 electric         
utilities1 and consumer groups4  7,,ii7 
,not later than #a year after the date  
of enactment of this subparagraph1 the  
advisory group described in subclause   
7,i7 completes an analysis of a         
nationwide requirement of a condensing  
furnace efficiency standard including-- 
7aa7 a complete analysis of current     
market trends regarding the transition  
of sales from non-condensing furnaces to

 condensing furnaces2  7bb7 the         
projected net loss in the industry of   
the present value of original equipment 
manufacturers after adoption of the     
standard2  7cc7 the projected consumer  
payback period and life cycle cost      
savings after adoption of the standard2 
7dd7 a determination of whether the     
standard is economically justified1     
based solely on the definition of energy
 under section #cba72 and  7ee7 other   
common economic principles4  7,,iii7    
,the advisory group described in        
subclause 7,i7 reviews the analysis and 
determines whether a nationwide         
requirement of a condensing furnace     
efficiency standard is technically      
feasible and economically justified4    
7,,iv7 ,the final determination of the  
advisory group under subclause 7,,iii7  
is published in the ,federal ,register4 
7ii7 ,amended standards ,if the advisory
 group determines under clause          
7i77,,iii7 that a nationwide requirement
 of a condensing furnace efficiency     

standard is not technically feasible and
 economically justified1 the ,secretary 
shall1 not later than #ahj days after   
the date on which the final             
determination of the advisory group is  
published in the ,federal ,register     
under clause 7i77,,iv71 establish       
amended standards through the negotiated
 rulemaking procedure provided for under
 subchapter ,,iii of chapter #e of title
 #e1 ,united ,states ,code 7commonly    
known as the ,negotiated ,rulemaking    
,act of #aiij74  4