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The Consultation RIS addresses the 'principles' as set out in the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) Best Practice Guidelines and contains a summary of the proposal and the derivation of the costs and benefits (2.9 MB); and
Supplementary Information covers aspects of the RIS in more detail and highlights the costs and benefits of regulating computers and computer monitors (3.6 MB).
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This Consultation Regulatory Impact Statement (RIS) makes the case for introducing Minimum Energy Performance Standards (MEPS) for computers, and MEPS and Energy Rating Labels (ERLs) for computer monitors.
The proposal is to base the MEPS on both the test methodology and the performance requirements of ENERGYSTAR® Version 5 which was introduced in July 2009 as a High Energy Performance Standard (HEPS) in the USA and Europe.
By the proposed implementation date for Australian MEPS of 30 June 2011 the ENERGYSTAR® Version 5.0 specification will have been in place since July 2009 and the majority of the products on sale in the US market will be compliant. The proposal demonstrates that introducing MEPS and ERLs for computers and computer monitors in Australia will result in:
1. savings worth between $2,800 million and $3,700 million;
2. costs of between $590 million and $900 million; and
3. a cost to benefit ratio of between 4.7 and 6.2.
The RIS is presented in two parts:
The Consultation RIS addresses the 'principles' as set out in the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) Best Practice Guidelines and contains a summary of the proposal and the derivation of the costs and benefits; and
Supplementary Information covers aspects of the RIS in more detail and highlights the costs and benefits of regulating computers and computer monitors.
Appendices to the Supplementary Information cover aspects of the proposal in more detail as follows:
APPENDIX 1: Australian energy efficiency policy background
APPENDIX 2: Technology factors
APPENDIX 3: Overseas policies, programs and measures
APPENDIX 4: Energy tariffs and carbon value
APPENDIX 5: Greenhouse gas emission factors
APPENDIX 6: House and population data
APPENDIX 7: Annual benefit and cost data
APPENDIX 8: Computer and computer monitor RIS modelling
APPENDIX 9: Indirect energy calculations
APPENDIX 10: Market failure information
APPENDIX 11: International studies
APPENDIX 12: Industry initiatives
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