Comments Due July 11 on Proposed Changes to EnergyGuide TV Labeling
EnergyGuide labels for TVs with screen sizes 69.5 inches and larger would need to boost their posted “applicable ranges of comparability for estimated annual energy costs” to $160 at the high range under the FTC’s proposed “routine updates,” says a…
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notice for Wednesday’s Federal Register. That would represent a nearly 65% increase from the maximum $97 a year on a comparably sized TV under existing rules that took effect in July 2015. The estimated energy costs are based on using the TV for five hours a day in the on mode, and 19 hours daily in the standby mode, assuming a household that pays 14 kilowatts per hour for electricity, an increase of 2 cents from the 2015 rule. Comments on the proposed EnergyGuide labeling changes are due July 11.