FTC Spares TVs From Proposed EnergyGuide Labeling Rule Amendments
The FTC is proposing amendments for improving “organization and clarity” of EnergyGuide labeling requirements that leave TV labeling rules virtually unchanged under Department of Energy TV test procedures, said a rulemaking notice Monday. One change would make it easier “to…
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identify relevant covered products” under categories of appliances, furnaces and central air conditioners, lighting and plumbing, and will be “particularly” useful for categories like lighting, “which contain several different product types and exemptions,” it said. Another amendment would simplify the EnergyGuide label formatting and content rules for six classifications of appliances. A third change would remove "obsolete references" to rules on products marketed "decades ago" but no longer available. Comments will be due 60 days after Federal Register publication.