Consumer Electronics Industry to Brief Media on New Alternatives to CEC TV Regulation Proposal

• The CEC Staff Report findings rely on flawed assumptions, erroneous calculations, and outdated technical data that do not support the proposed regulations.
• Had the CEC’s proposed regulations been in place in 2001, the millions of plasma and LCD TVs currently in consumers’ homes and retailers’ shelves never could have come to market.
• The Commission should adopt alternative measures that, in conjunction with industry’s voluntary efforts and existing market-oriented programs, will yield energy savings at least as great, if not greater, than would otherwise be achieved by regulating power consumption – but without the costs to consumers, business, and innovation.
  

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The CEA submitted its data to the CEC’s public docket. Documents available online at: http://ce.org/PDF/CEAcommentstoCEC.pdf. The CEC may hold a hearing on November 18 to determine whether or not to adopt the television regulations.

Consumer Electronics Association
Jennifer Bemisderfer, 703-907-4322
jenb@CE.org
www.ce.org