WASHINGTON - As part of its newly created advocacy program, the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) testified at a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) hearing on DOE's proposed 2006 appliance standards rulemaking process.

The hearing dealt with DOE's plan to bring all appliance rulemaking activities into compliance with the applicable statutory requirements. The department will finalize its standards scheduling plan after consideration of comments received.