Conservation Standards Enforcement

The Office of the Assistant General Counsel for Enforcement ensures that manufacturers (including importers) of consumer products and industrial equipment meet the nation’s energy and water conservation standards.  These efforts save money for consumers and ensure that products deliver on efficiency claims.  Strong enforcement of the rules encourages compliance and keeps manufacturers who break the law from having a competitive advantage over manufacturers who play by the rules.

Learn more about the Department of Energy’s appliance and industrial equipment standards.

 

CASE DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD
Morris: Proposed Penalty (2013-SE-5403)
DOE alleged in a Notice of Proposed Civil Penalty that Morris Products, Inc. manufactured and distributed noncompliant metal halide lamp fixtures in the U.S.
Seaga: Noncompliance Determination (2015-SE-52001)
DOE issued a Notice of Noncompliance Determination to Seaga Manufacturing, Inc. finding that the refrigerated bottle and canned beverage vending machine (BVM) basic model with name plate model SP536R does not comport with the energy conservation standa...