The Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy is proposing to establish minimum energy conservation standards for refrigerated bottled or canned beverage vending machines. The DOE will establish standards on these products if it determines that they are technologically feasible and economically justified and would result in significant energy savings. According to the DOE, the proposed standards would apply to all beverage vending machines manufactured three years after publication of a final rule and would result in total energy savings of about 0.098 quadrillion British thermal units over a 30-year period. The DOE will hold a meeting on this proposed rulemaking on 17 June and interested parties may submit comments on any aspect of the rulemaking by 28 July.