New "Energy Star” Partnership with Major TV and VCR Manufacturers
Q10. On page 5 of your written testimony, you state:

The latest example, announced by Vice President Gore last month, is
the new 'Energy Star' partnership, under which the major TV and
VCR manufacturers will make products that use less energy. Your
current TV uses energy even when it is turned off as circuits respond
instantly when you press the remote control. The new machines will
sharply cut the amount of energy used when off, reducing pollution by
up to a million tons of carbon per year, and saving consumers up to
$500 million per year on their electric bills. TVs and VCRs with the
‘Energy Star' label soon will be in stores across the country.

Q10.1. Please identify the TV and VCR manufacturers participating in this partnership.

A10.1. See attachment, “Participating Energy Star TV/VCR Manufacturers."

Participating ENERGY STAR TV/VCR Manufacturers:

JVC

LG (Lucky Goldstar)

Matsushita (Panasonic, Quasar)

Philips (Philips, Sylvania, Magnavox)

Radio Shack

Samsung

Sanyo Fisher

Sharp

Sony

Thomson (GE, RCA, ProScan)

Toshiba

Zenith

Q10.2. Please document the statement that “The new machines will sharply cut the amount of energy used when off, reducing pollution by up to a million tons of carbon per year, and saving consumers up to $500 million per year on their electric bills."

ENERGY STAR TV/VCR Program Projections-Carbon & Energy Bill Savings

EPA's Existing climate change Action Plan (CCAP) Programs. Reductions in Greenhouse Gas Emissions, and Reduction in Annual U.S. Energy Expenditures

Q11. On page 5 of your testimony you say that “EPA's existing CCAP programs are expected to reduce U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by more than 40 million tons of carbon equivalent (MMTCE) in 1999. EPA's partnerships are expected to reduce annual U.S. energy expenditures by more than $25 billion by 2010."

All. See attachment, 1998 Budget Narrative for 1999 impacts. See also the U.S. Climate Action Report - 1997, p. 112, which projects CCAP energy bill savings of $51.1 billion in 2010 at current program funding levels (copy of report attached). EPA's CCAP programs are responsible for more than 2/3 of the energy savings in 2010 (see Appendix for program-by-program description, 2010 energy savings, and agency affiliation).