16 C.F.R. § 305.9 Representative average unit energy cost.
Title 16 - Commercial Practices
(a) Table 1, below, contains the representative unit energy costs to be utilized for operating cost disclosures for furnaces and central air conditioners on fact sheets or in directories as required by §305.11(b)&(c) of this part. (b) Table 1, above, will be revised on the basis of future information provided by the Secretary of the Department of Energy, but not more often than annually. [52 FR 46894, Dec. 10, 1987, as amended at 59 FR 5700, Feb. 8, 1994; 59 FR 34033, July 1, 1994; 60 FR 9296, Feb. 17, 1995; 61 FR 5680, Feb. 14, 1996; 62 FR 67562, Dec. 29, 1997; 64 FR 7784, Feb. 17, 1999; 65 FR 20354, Apr. 17, 2000; 66 FR 27858, May 21, 2001; 67 FR 39271, June 7, 2002; 68 FR 23586, May 5, 2003; 69 FR 23653, Apr. 30, 2004; 70 FR 32486, June 3, 2005]
Title 16: Commercial Practices
PART 305—RULE CONCERNING DISCLOSURES REGARDING ENERGY CONSUMPTION AND WATER USE OF CERTAIN HOME APPLIANCES AND OTHER PRODUCTS REQUIRED UNDER THE ENERGY POLICY AND CONSERVATION ACT (“APPLIANCE LABELING RULE”)
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§ 305.9 Representative average unit energy cost.
Table 1_Representative Average Unit Costs of Energy for Five Residential Energy Sources (2005)---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dollars per Type of energy In commonly used terms As required by DOE test million Btu procedure \1\----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Electricity............................. 9.06¢/kWh \2,3\...... $0.0906/kWh............... $26.55Natural gas............................. $1.092/therm \4\ or $11.23 $0.00001092/Btu........... 10.92 MCF \5,6\.No. 2 heating oil....................... $1.76/gallon \7\.......... $0.00001268/Btu........... 12.68Propane................................. $1.55/gallon \8\.......... $0.00001694/Btu........... 16.94Kerosene................................ $2.20/gallon \9\.......... $0.00001632/Btu........... 16.32----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\1\ Btu stands for British thermal unit.\2\ Wh stands for kiloWatt hour.\3\ 1 kWh = 3,412 Btu.\4\ 1 therm = 100,000 Btu. Natural gas prices include taxes.\5\ MCF stands for 1,000 cubic feet.\6\ For the purposes of this table, 1 cubic foot of natural gas has an energy equivalence of 1,028 Btu.\7\ For the purposes of this table, 1 gallon of No. 2 heating oil has an energy equivalence of 138,690 Btu.\8\ For the purposes of this table, 1 gallon of liquid propane has an energy equivalence of 91,333 Btu.\9\ For the purposes of this table, 1 gallon of kerosene has an energy equivalence of 135,000 Btu.
