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On January 11, 2013, the Department of Justice, on behalf of DOE, and the American Public Gas Association (APGA) filed a joint motion asking the court to enter an agreement to settle APGA’s challenge to DOE's June 27, 2011 Direct Final Rule. The settlement agreement would, among other things, vacate the energy conservation standards applicable to non-weatherized gas furnaces established in the DFR.

DOE and Pax Global, Inc., entered into a Compromise Agreement to resolve a case involving the distribution in commerce of noncompliant freezers.

DOE issued a Notice of Noncompliance Determination to Pax Global, Inc. finding that freezer basic models (1) Crosley CCF51; (2) Crosley CCF69; (3) Crosley CCF106; and (4) Daewoo DCF-106W do not comport with the energy conservation standards.

DOE ordered American Cooler Technologies to pay a $8,000 civil penalty after finding American Cooler Technologies had failed to certify that certain models of walk-in coolers or freezers (WICF) components comply with the applicable energy conservation standards.

DOE ordered Southeast Cooler Corp. to pay a $8,000 civil penalty after finding Southeast Cooler had failed to certify that certain models of walk-in cooler and freezer components comply with the applicable energy conservation standards.

DOE ordered Cospolich Refrigerator Co, Inc. to pay a $8,000 civil penalty after finding Cospolich Refrigerator had failed to certify that certain models of walk-in cooler and freezer components comply with the applicable energy conservation standards.

DOE ordered Commercial Cooling Par Engineering, Inc. to pay a $8,000 civil penalty after finding Commercial Cooling Par Engineering had failed to certify that certain models of walk-in cooler and freezer components comply with the applicable energy conservation standards.

This memorandum for the record provides a summary of a visit by Mr. Roland Risser, Program Manager, Building Technologies Program, U.S. Department of Energy, to the February 22, 2013, meeting of the Steering Committee for the Set-Top Box Voluntary Agreement in Washington, D.C.

DOE ordered Advance Energy Technologies, Inc., to pay a $8,000 civil penalty after finding Advance Energy Technologies had failed to certify that certain models of walk-in cooler and freezer components comply with the applicable energy conservation standard.