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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2013

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A N A C T

RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS - THE ENERGY AND CONSUMER

SAVINGS ACT OF 2005

     Introduced By: Representatives Handy, Walsh, Ruggiero, Williams, and Slater

     Date Introduced: February 28, 2013

     Referred To: House Environment and Natural Resources

It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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     SECTION 1. Sections 39-27-3, 39-27-4, 39-27-5 and 39-27-6 of the General Laws in

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Chapter 39-27 entitled "The Energy and Consumer Savings Act of 2005" are hereby amended to

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read as follows:

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     39-27-3. Definitions. -- As used in this chapter:

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      (a) "Automatic commercial ice-maker" means a factory-made assembly that is shipped in

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one or more packages that consists of a condensing unit and ice-making section operating as an

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integrated unit, that makes and harvests ice cubes, and that may store and dispense ice. This term

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includes machines with capacities between and including fifty (50) and two thousand five

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hundred (2,500) pounds per twenty-four (24) hours.

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      (b) "Ballast" means a device used with an electric discharge lamp to obtain necessary

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circuit conditions (voltage, current and waveform) for starting and operating the lamp.

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      (c) "Boiler" means a self-contained low-pressure appliance for supplying steam or hot

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water primarily designed for space heating.

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      (d) "Bottle-type water dispenser" means a water dispenser that uses a bottle or reservoir

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as the source of potable water.

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      (e) "Chief of Energy and Community Services" means the head official of the Rhode

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Island state energy office office of energy resources.

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      (f) "Commercial clothes washer" means a soft mount horizontal or vertical-axis clothes

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washer that:

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      (1) Has a clothes container compartment no greater than three and a half (3.5) cubic feet

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in the case of a horizontal-axis product or no greater than four (4.0) cubic feet in the case of a

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vertical-axis product; and

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      (2) Is designed for use by more than one household, such as in multi-family housing,

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apartments or coin laundries.

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      (g) "Commercial hot food holding cabinet" means an appliance that is a heated, fully-

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enclosed compartment with one or more solid doors, and that is designed to maintain the

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temperature of hot food that has been cooked in a separate appliance. "Commercial hot food

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holding cabinet" does not include heated glass merchandizing cabinets, drawer warmers, or cook-

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and-hold appliances.

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      (h) "Commercial pre-rinse spray valve" means a hand-held device designed and

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marketed for use with commercial dishwashing and ware washing equipment and which sprays

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water on dishes, flatware, and other food service items for the purpose of removing food residue

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prior to their cleaning.

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      (i) "Commercial refrigerator, freezer and refrigerator-freezer" means self-contained

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refrigeration equipment that:

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      (1) Is not a consumer product as regulated pursuant to 42 U.S.C. section 6291 and

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subsequent sections;

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      (2) Operates at a chilled, frozen, combination chilled/frozen, or variable temperature for

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the purpose of storing and/or merchandising food, beverages and/or ice;

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      (3) May have transparent and/or solid hinged doors, sliding doors, or a combination of

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hinged and sliding doors; and

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      (4) Incorporates most components involved in the vapor compression cycle and the

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refrigerated compartment in a single cabinet.

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      This term does not include:

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      (1) Units with eighty-five (85) cubic feet or more of internal volume;

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      (2) Walk-in refrigerators or freezers;

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      (3) Units with no doors; or

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      (4) Freezers specifically designed for ice cream.

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      (j) "Commission" means the Rhode Island public utilities commission.

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      (k) "Compensation" means money or any other valuable thing, regardless of form,

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received or to be received by a person for services rendered.

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      (l) "Electricity ratio" is the ratio of furnace electricity use to total furnace energy use.

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Electricity ratio = (3.412*EAE/(1000*Ef +3.412*EAE)) where EAE (average annual auxiliary

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electrical consumption) and EF (average annual fuel energy consumption) are defined in

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Appendix N to subpart B of part 430 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations.

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      (m) "High intensity discharge lamp" means a lamp in which light is produced by the

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passage of an electric current through a vapor or gas, and in which the light-producing arc is

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stabilized by bulb wall temperature and the arc tube has a bulb wall loading in excess of three (3)

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watts per square centimeter.

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     (n) "High light output double-ended quartz halogen lamp" means a lamp that:

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     (1) Is designed for general outdoor lighting purposes;

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     (2) Contains a tungsten filament;

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     (3) Has a rated initial lumen value of greater than six thousand (6,000) and less than forty

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thousand (40,000) lumens;

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     (4) Has at each end a recessed single contact, R7s base;

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     (5) Has a maximum overall length (MOL) between four (4) and eleven (11) inches;

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     (6) Has a nominal diameter of less than three quarters of an inch (3/4") (T6);

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     (7) Is designed to be operated at a voltage not less than one hundred-ten (110) volts and

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not greater than two hundred (200) volts or is designed to be operated at a voltage between two

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hundred thirty-five (235) volts and three hundred (300) volts;

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     (8) Is not a tubular quartz infrared heat lamp; and

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     (9) Is not a lamp marked and marketed as a stage and studio lamp with a rated life of five

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hundred (500) hours or less.

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      (n)(o) "Illuminated exit sign" means an internally-illuminated sign that is designed to be

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permanently fixed in place to identify a building exit and consists of an electrically powered

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integral light source that illuminates the legend "EXIT" and any directional indicators and

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provides contrast between the legend, any directional indicators and the background.

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      (o)(p) "Large packaged air-conditioning equipment" means electronically-operated, air-

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cooled air-conditioning and air-conditioning heat pump equipment having cooling capacity

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greater than or equal to two hundred forty thousand (240,000) Btu/hour but less than seven

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hundred sixty thousand (760,000) Btu/hour that is built as a package and shipped as a whole to

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end-user sites.

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      (p)(q) "Low voltage dry-type distribution transformer" means a transformer that:

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      (1) Has an input voltage of six hundred (600) volts or less;

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      (2) Is air-cooled;

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      (3) Does not use oil as a coolant; and

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      (4) Is rated for operation at a frequency of sixty (60) Hertz.

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      (q)(r) "Mercury vapor lamp" means a high-intensity discharge lamp in which the major

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portion of the light is produced by radiation from mercury operating at a partial pressure in excess

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of one hundred thousand (100,000) PA (approximately 1 atm). This includes clear, phosphor-

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coated and self-ballasted lamps.

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      (r)(s)"Metal halide lamp" means a high intensity discharge lamp in which the major

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portion of the light is produced by radiation of metal halides and their products of dissociation,

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possibly in combination with metallic vapors.

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      (s)(t) "Metal halide lamp fixture" means a lamp fixture designed to be operated with a

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metal halide lamp and a ballast for a metal halide lamp.

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     (u) "Portable electric spa" means a factory built electric spa or hot tub, supplied with

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equipment for heating and circulating water.

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      (t)(v) "Probe-start metal halide ballast" means a ballast used to operate metal halide

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lamps which does not contain an igniter and which instead starts lamps by using a third staring

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electrode "probe" in the arc tube.

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      (u)(w) "Pulldown refrigerator" means a commercial refrigerator with doors that, when

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fully loaded with twelve (12) ounce canned beverages at ninety (90) degrees F, can cool these

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beverages to an average stable temperature of thirty-eight (38) degrees F in twelve (12) hours or

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less.

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      (v)(x) "Residential boiler" means a self-contained appliance for supplying steam or hot

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water, which uses natural gas, propane, or home heating oil, and which has a heat input rate of

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less than three hundred thousand (300,000) Btu per hour.

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      (w)(y) "Residential furnace" means a self-contained space heater designed to supply

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heated air through ducts of more than ten (10) inches length and which utilizes only single-phase

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electric current, or single-phase electric current or DC current in conjunction with natural gas,

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propane, or home heating oil, and which:

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      (1) Is designed to be the principle heating source for the living space of one or more

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residences;

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      (2) Is not contained within the same cabinet with a central air conditioner whose rated

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cooling capacity is above sixty-five thousand (65,000) Btu per hour; and

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      (3) Has a heat input rate of less than two hundred twenty-five thousand (225,000) Btu

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per hour.

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      (x)(z) "Single-voltage external AC to DC power supply" means a device that:

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      (1) Is designed to convert line voltage AC input into lower voltage DC output;

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      (2) Is able to convert to one DC output voltage at a time;

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      (3) Is sold with, or intended to be used with, a separate end-use product that constitutes

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the primary power load;

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      (4) Is contained within a separate physical enclosure from the end-use product;

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      (5) Is connected to the end-use product via a removable or hard-wired male/female

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electrical connection, cable, cord or other wiring;

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      (6) Does not have batteries or battery packs, including those that are removable, that

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physically attach directly to the power supply unit;

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      (7) Does not have a battery chemistry or type selector switch and indicator light; or

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      (8) Has a nameplate output power less than or equal to two hundred fifty (250) watts.

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      (y)(aa) "State-regulated incandescent reflector lamp" means a lamp, not colored or

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designed for rough or vibration service applications, with an inner reflective coating on the outer

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bulb to direct the light, an E26 medium screw base, a rated voltage or voltage range that lies at

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least partially within one hundred fifteen (115) to one hundred thirty (130) volts, and that falls

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into either of the following categories: a blown PAR (BPAR), bulged reflector (BR), or elliptical

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reflector (ER) bulb shape or similar bulb shape with a diameter equal to or greater than two and

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one quarter (2.25) inches; or a reflector (R), parabolic aluminized reflector (PARA) bulged

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reflector (BR) or similar bulb shape with a diameter of two and one quarter (2.25) to two and

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three quarter (2.75) inches, inclusive.

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      (z)(bb) "Torchiere" means a portable electric lighting fixture with a reflective bowl that

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directs light upward onto a ceiling so as to produce indirect illumination on the surfaces below. A

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torchiere may include downward directed lamps in addition to the upward, indirect illumination.

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      (aa)(cc) "Traffic signal module" means a standard eight (8) inch (two hundred millimeter

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(200 mm)) or twelve (12) inch (three hundred millimeter (300 mm)) traffic signal indication,

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consisting of a light source, a lens, and all other parts necessary for operation.

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      (bb)(dd) "Transformer" means a device consisting of two (2) or more coils of insulated

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wire and that is designed to transfer alternating current by electromagnetic induction from one

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coil to another to change the original voltage or current value. The term "transformer" does not

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include:

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      (1) Transformers with multiple voltage taps, with the highest voltage tap equaling at

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least twenty percent (20%) more than the lowest voltage tap; or

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      (2) Transformers, such as those commonly known as drive transformers, rectifier

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transformers, auto-transformers, uninterruptible power system transformers, impedance

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transformers, regulating transformers, sealed and nonventilating transformers, machine tool

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transformers, welding transformers, grounding transformers, or testing transformers, that are

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designed to be used in a special purpose application and are unlikely to be used in general

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purpose applications.

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     (ee) "Tubular quartz infrared lamp" means a double-ended quartz halogen lamp that is

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marked and marketed as an infrared heat lamp, radiates predominately in the infrared radiation

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range and in which the visible radiation is not of principle interest.

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      (cc)(ff) "Unit heater" means a self-contained, vented fan-type commercial space heater

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that uses natural gas or propane, and that is designed to be installed without ducts within a heated

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space, except that such term does not include any products covered by federal standards

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established pursuant to 42 U.S.C. section 6291 and subsequent sections or any product that is a

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direct vent, forced flue heater with a sealed combustion burner.

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      (dd)(gg) "Walk-in refrigerator" and "walk-in freezer" mean a space, designed for the

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purpose of storing and/or merchandising food, beverages and/or ice, that is refrigerated to

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temperatures, respectively, at or above and below thirty-two (32) degrees F that can be walked

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into.

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      (ee)(hh) "Water dispenser" means a factory-made assembly that mechanically cools and

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heats potable water and that dispenses the cooled or heated water by integral or remote means.

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     39-27-4. Scope. -- (a) The provisions of this chapter apply to the following types of new

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products sold, offered for sale or installed in the state:

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      (1) Automatic commercial ice makers;

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      (2) Commercial clothes washers;

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      (3) Commercial pre-rinse spray valves;

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      (4) Commercial refrigerators, freezers, and refrigerator freezers;

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      (5) High-intensity discharge lamp ballasts;

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      (6) Illuminated exit signs;

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      (7) Large packaged air-conditioning equipment;

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      (8) Low voltage dry-type distribution transformers;

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      (9) Metal halide lamp fixtures;

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      (10) Single-voltage external AC to DC power supplies;

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      (11) Torchieres;

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      (12) Traffic signal modules;

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      (13) Unit heaters.

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      (b) The provisions of this chapter also apply to the following types of new products sold,

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offered for sale or installed in the state:

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      (1) Bottle-type water dispensers;

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      (2) Commercial hot food holding cabinets;

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      (3) Residential boilers and residential furnaces;

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      (4) State-regulated incandescent reflector lamps; and

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      (5) Walk-in refrigerators and walk-in freezers.

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     (c) The provisions of this chapter also apply to the following types of new products sold,

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offered for sale or installed in the state:

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     (1) High light output double-ended quartz halogen lamps; and

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     (2) Portable electric spas.

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      (c)(d) The provisions of this chapter do not apply to:

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      (1) New products manufactured in the state and sold outside the state;

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      (2) New products manufactured outside the state and sold at wholesale inside the state

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for final retail sale and installation outside the state;

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      (3) Products installed in mobile manufactured homes at the time of construction; or

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      (4) Products designed expressly for installation and use in recreational vehicles.

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     39-27-5. Efficiency standards. -- (a) Not later than June 1, 2006, the commission, in

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consultation with the state building commissioner and the chief of energy and community

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services, shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 35 of title 42,

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establishing minimum efficiency standards for the types of new products set forth in

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subparagraph (a) of section 39-27-4. The regulations shall provide for the following minimum

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efficiency standards:

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      (1) Automatic commercial ice makers shall meet the energy efficiency requirements

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shown in table A-7 of section 1605.3 of the California Code of Regulations, Title 20: Division 2,

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Chapter 4, Article 4: Appliance Efficiency Regulations as adopted on December 15, 2004.

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      (2) Commercial clothes washers shall meet the requirements shown in Table P-4 of

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section 1605.3 of the California Code of Regulations, Title 20: Division 2, Chapter 4, Article 4:

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Appliance Efficiency Regulations in effect on December 15, 2004.

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      (3) Commercial pre-rinse spray valves shall have a flow rate equal to or less than one

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and six tenths (1.6) gallons per minute.

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      (4) Commercial refrigerators, freezers and refrigerator-freezers shall meet the minimum

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efficiency requirements shown in Table A-6 of section 1605.3 of the California Code of

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Regulations, Title 20: Division 2, Chapter 4, Article 4: Appliance Efficiency Regulations as

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adopted on December 15, 2004, except that pulldown refrigerators with transparent doors shall

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meet a requirement five percent (5%) less stringent than shown in the California regulations.

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      (5) High-intensity discharge lamp ballasts shall not be designed and marketed to operate

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a mercury vapor lamp.

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      (6) Illuminated exit signs shall have an input power demand of five (5) watts or less per

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illuminated face.

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      (7) Large packaged air-conditioning equipment shall meet a minimum energy efficiency

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ratio of:

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      (i) Ten (10.0) for air conditioning without an integrated heating component or with

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electric resistance heating integrated into the unit;

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      (ii) Nine and eight tenths (9.8) for air conditioning with heating other than electric

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resistance integrated into the unit;

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      (iii) Nine and five tenths (9.5) for air conditioning with heating other than electric

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resistance integrated heating component or with electric resistance heating integrated into the

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unit;

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      (iv) Nine and three tenths (9.3) for air conditioning heat pump equipment with heating

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other than electric resistance integrated into the unit. Large packaged air conditioning heat pumps

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shall meet a minimum coefficient of performance in the heating mode of three and two tenths

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(3.2) (measured at a high temperature rating of forty-seven (47) degrees F db).

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      (8) Low voltage dry-type distribution transformers shall meet the Class 1 efficiency

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levels for low voltage distribution transformers specified in Table 4-2 of the "Guide for

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Determining Energy Efficiency for Distribution Transformers" published by the National

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Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA Standard TP-1-2002).

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      (9) Metal halide lamp fixtures that operate in a vertical position and are designed to be

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operated with lamps rated greater than or equal to one hundred fifty (150) watts but less than or

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equal to five hundred (500) watts shall not contain a probe-start metal halide lamp ballast.

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      (10) Single-voltage external AC to DC power supplies shall meet the tier one energy

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efficiency requirements shown in Table U-1 of section 1605.3 of the California Code of

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Regulations, Title 20: Division 2, Chapter 4, Article 4: Appliance Efficiency Regulations as

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adopted on December 15, 2004. This standard applies to single voltage AC to DC power supplies

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that are sold individually and to those that are sold as a component of or in conjunction with

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another product. Single-voltage external AC to DC power supplies that are made available by a

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product manufacturer as service parts or spare parts for its products manufactured prior to January

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1, 2008 shall be exempt from this provision.

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      (11) Torchieres shall not use more than one hundred ninety (190) watts. A torchiere shall

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be deemed to use more than one hundred ninety (190) watts if any commercially available lamp

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or combination of lamps can be inserted in its socket(s) and cause the torchiere to draw more than

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one hundred ninety (190) watts when operated at full brightness.

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      (12) Traffic signal modules shall meet the product specification of the "Energy Star

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Program Requirements for Traffic Signals" developed by the U.S. Environmental Protection

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Agency that took effect in February 2001 and shall be installed with compatible, electronically-

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connected signal control interface devices and conflict monitoring systems.

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      (13) Unit heater shall be equipped with an intermittent ignition device and shall have

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either power venting or an automatic flue damper.

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      (b) Not later than June 1, 2007, the commission, in consultation with the state building

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commissioner and the chief of energy and community services, shall adopt regulations, in

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accordance with the provisions of chapter 42-35, establishing minimum efficiency standards for

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the types of new products set forth in paragraph (b) of section 39-27-4. The regulations shall

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provide for the following minimum efficiency standards.

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      (1) Bottle-type water dispensers designed for dispensing both hot and cold water shall

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not have standby energy consumption greater than one and two tenths (1.2) kilowatt-hours per

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day.

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      (2) Commercial hot food holding cabinets shall have a maximum idle energy rate of

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forty (40) watts per cubic foot of interior volume.

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      (3) (i) Residential furnaces and residential boilers shall comply with the following

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Annual Fuel Utilization Efficiency (AFUE) and electricity ratio values.

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     Product Type Minimum AFUE Maximum electricity ratio

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Natural gas and propane-

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     fired furnaces 90% 2.0%

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     Oil-fired furnaces>94,000

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     Btu/hour in capacity 83% 2.0%

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     Oil-fired furnaces>94,000

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     Btu/hour in capacity 83% 2.3%

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     Natural gas and oil,

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     and propane-fired

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     hot water residential boilers 84% Not applicable

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Natural gas, oil, and

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     propane-fired steam

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     residential boilers 82% Not applicable

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     (ii) The chief of energy and community services shall adopt rules to provide for

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exemptions from compliance with the foregoing residential furnace or residential boiler AFUE

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standards at any building, site or location where complying with said standards would be in

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conflict with any local zoning ordinance, fire code, building or plumbing code or other rule

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regarding installation and venting of residential furnaces or residential boilers.

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      (iii) The provisions of this subsection 39-27-5(b) shall be effective upon determination

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by the chief of energy and community services that the same or substantial corresponding

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standards have been enacted in two (2) New England states.

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      (4) (i) State-regulated incandescent reflector lamps shall meet the minimum average

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lamp efficacy requirements for federally-regulated incandescent reflector lamps contained in 42

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U.S.C. section 6295(i)(1)(A).

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      (ii) The following types of incandescent reflector lamps are exempt from these

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requirements:

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      (I) lamps rated at fifty (50) watts or less of the following types: BR30, BR40, ER30 and

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ER40;

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      (II) lamps rated at sixty-five (65) watts of the following types: BR30, BR40, and ER40;

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and

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      (III) R20 lamps of forty-five (45) watts or less.

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      (5) (i) Walk-in refrigerators and walk-in freezers with the applicable motor types shown

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in the table below shall include the required components shown.

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     MOTOR Type Required Components

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All Interior lights: light sources

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with an efficacy of forty-

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      five (45) lumens per watt

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or more, including ballast losses

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(if any). This efficacy standard

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does not apply to LED light

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sources until January 1, 2010.

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All Automatic door closers that

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firmly close all reach-in doors.

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All Automatic door closers that

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firmly close all walk-in doors

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no wider than 3.9 feet and no

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higher than 6.9 feet that have

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been closed to within one inch

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of full closure.

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     All Wall, ceiling, and door insulation

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      at least R-28 for refrigerators

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and at least R-34 for freezers

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     All Floor insulation at least R-28

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      for freezers (no requirements for

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refrigerators)

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     Condenser fan Electronically commutated

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     motors of under one motors, Permanently

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     horsepower split capacitor-type motors

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Polyphase motors of one half (1/2)

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horsepower or more

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     Single-phase evaporator fan Electronically commutated

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     motors of under one horse- motors

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     power and less than four

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     hundred sixty (460) volts

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     (ii) In addition to the requirements in paragraph (i), walk-in refrigerators and walk-in

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freezers with transparent reach-in doors shall meet the following requirements: transparent reach-

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in doors shall be of triple pane glass with either heat-reflective treated glass or gas fill; if the

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appliance has an anti-sweat heater without anti-sweat controls, then: the appliance shall have a

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total door rail, glass, and frame heater power draw of no more than forty (40) watts if it is a

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freezer or seventeen (17) watts if it is a refrigerator per foot of door frame width; and if the

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appliance has an anti-sweat heater with anti-sweat heat controls, and the total door rail, glass, and

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frame heater power draw is more than forty (40) watts if it is a freezer or seventeen (17) watts if it

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is a refrigerator per foot of door frame width, then: the anti-sweat heat controls shall reduce the

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energy use of the anti-sweat heater in an amount corresponding to the relative humidity in the air

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outside the door or to the condensation on the inner glass pane.

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     (c) Not later than June 1, 2014, the commission, in consultation with the state building

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commissioner and the chief of energy and community services, shall adopt regulations in

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accordance with the provisions of chapter 42-35 ("The Administrative Procedures Act"),

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establishing minimum efficiency standards for the types of new products set forth in subsection

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(c) of section 39-27-4. The regulations shall provide for the following minimum efficiency

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standards:

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     (1) High light output double-ended quartz halogen lamps. - A high light output double-

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ended quartz halogen lamp sold or offered for sale shall have a minimum efficiency of twenty-

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seven (27) LPW for lamps with a minimum rated initial lumen value greater than six thousand

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(6,000) and a maximum initial lumen value of fifteen thousand (15,000); and thirty-four (34)

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LPW for lamps with a rated initial lumen value greater than fifteen thousand (15,000) and less

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than forty thousand (40,000);

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     (2) Portable electric spas shall have a normalized standby power not greater than 5(V2/3)

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watts where V= the fill volume in gallons (the 2/3 is a superscript: the term means "V to the two

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thirds power") as measured in accordance with the test method for portable electric spas

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contained in section 1604, title 20, California Code of regulations as amended on December 3,

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2008.

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     39-27-6. Implementation. -- (a) No new commercial clothes washer, commercial pre-

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rinse spray valve, high-intensity discharge lamp ballast, illuminated exit sign, low voltage dry-

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type distribution transformer, torchiere, traffic signal module, or unit heater after January 1, 2007

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may be sold or offered for sale in the state unless the efficiency of the new product meets or

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exceeds the efficiency standards set forth in the regulations adopted pursuant to section 39-27-5.

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No bottle-type-water dispenser, commercial hot food holding cabinet, metal halide lamp fixture,

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single voltage external AC to DC power supply, state regulated incandescent reflector lamp, or

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walk-in refrigerator or walk-in freezer manufactured on or after January 1, 2008 may be sold or

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offered for sale in the state unless the efficiency of the new product meets or exceeds the

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efficiency standards set forth in the regulations adopted pursuant to section 39-27-5. No new

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automatic commercial icemaker, commercial refrigerator, refrigerator-freezer, or freezer or large

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packaged air conditioning equipment manufactured on or after January 1, 2010 may be sold or

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offered for sale in the state unless the efficiency of the new product meets or exceeds the

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efficiency standards set forth in the regulations adopted pursuant to section 39-27-5. High light

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output double-ended quartz halogen lamps or portable electric spas manufactured on or after

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January 1, 2015 may be sold or offered for sale in the state, unless the efficiency of the new

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products meet or exceed the efficiency standards set forth in the regulations adopted pursuant to

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section 37-27-5.

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      (b) No later than six (6) months after the effective date of this chapter, the chief of

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energy and community services, in consultation with the attorney general, shall determine if

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implementation of state standards for residential furnaces and residential boilers require a waiver

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from federal preemption. If the chief of energy and community services determines that a waiver

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from federal preemption is not needed, then no new residential furnace or residential boiler

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manufactured on or after January 1, 2008, or the date which is one year after the date of said

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determination, if later, may be sold or offered for sale in the state unless the efficiency of the new

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product meets or exceeds the efficiency standards set forth in the regulations adopted pursuant to

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section 39-27-5. If the chief of energy and community services determines that a waiver from

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federal preemption is required, then the chief of energy and community services shall apply for

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such waiver within one year of such determination and upon approval of such waiver application,

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the applicable state standards shall go into effect at the earliest date permitted by federal law.

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      (c) One year after the date upon which sale or offering for sale of certain products is

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limited pursuant to this section, no new products may be installed for compensation in the state

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unless the efficiency of the new product meets or exceeds the efficiency standards set forth in the

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regulations adopted pursuant to section 39-27-5.

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     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

OF

A N A C T

RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS - THE ENERGY AND CONSUMER

SAVINGS ACT OF 2005

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     This act would update the "Energy and Consumer Savings Act of 2005" by adding high

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light output double-ended quartz halogen lamp, tubular quartz and portable electric spa among the

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products sold or installed in the state for which a minimum efficiency standard must be met.

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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