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A Texas Study of the Effects of the National Appliance Energy Conservation Act of 1987
Abstract
At the present time, no legislated efficiency standards
exist in Texas for residential appliances. However, the National
Appliance Energy Conservation Act (NAECA) of 1987 passed by
the U.S. Senate in February, 1987, sets strict nationwide limits
on the amount of energy which can be consumed by major new
household appliances. The efficiency standards mandated by
the NAECA will be phased in between 1988 and 1993 and will
focus on space heating equipment, air conditioners, water
heaters, refrigerators, and freezers.
The first section of this report presents a brief discussion
of the appliance standards mandated by the NAECA. Then a
statewide version of EPRl's Residential End-Use Energy Planning
System (REEPS) set up at the Public Utility Commission
of Texas (PUCT) is used to estimate the impact that the legislated
standards will have on residential electricity consumption
in Texas. Finally, utility-specific REEPS results are presented
and these results serve as inputs to the PUCT's version of
EPRl's Hourly Electric Load Model (HELM) to estimate the peak
demand reductions which will result from the appliance standards.
Citation
Bachmeier, R. (1987). A Texas Study of the Effects of the National Appliance Energy Conservation Act of 1987. Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu); Texas A&M University (http://www.tamu.edu). Available electronically from https : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /6474.