48:3-101 Rules, regulations establishing minimum energy efficiency standards.

3. Within one year of the effective date of this act, the Board of Public Utilities, in consultation with the Commissioner of Environmental Protection, shall adopt, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), rules and regulations establishing minimum energy efficiency standards for the types of new products set forth in section 2 of this act. The regulations shall provide for the following minimum efficiency standards:

a. Commercial clothes washers shall meet the requirements set forth in Table P-3 of section 1605.3, California Code of Regulations, Title 20: Division 2, Chapter 4, Article 4, Appliance Efficiency Regulations, provided that such washers shall not be required to meet the modified energy factor requirements until 2007 and shall not be required to meet the water factor requirements until 2010;

b. (1) Each self-contained commercial refrigerator, freezer, and refrigerator-freezer equipment designed for holding temperature applications sold on or after January 1, 2010, shall meet the following standards:

(a) Refrigerators with solid doors: 0.10 times V plus 2.04 kilowatt hours per day;

(b) Refrigerators with transparent doors: 0.12 times V plus 3.34 kilowatt hours per day;

(c) Freezers with solid doors: 0.40 times V plus 1.38 kilowatt hours per day;

(d) Freezers with transparent doors: 0.75 times V plus 4.10 kilowatt hours per day;

(e) Refrigerators/freezers with solid doors: the greater of 0.27 times AV minus 0.71 kilowatt hours per day or 0.70 kilowatt hours per day; and

(f) Refrigerators/freezers with separate refrigeration systems: the sum of the standard applicable to the refrigerator and the standard applicable to the freezer.

For refrigerators, freezers, and refrigerator-freezers with doors, the rating temperatures shall be the integrated average temperature of 38 degrees Fahrenheit (plus or minus two degrees Fahrenheit) for refrigerator compartments and zero degrees Fahrenheit (plus or minus two degrees Fahrenheit for freezer compartments).

(2) Each self-contained commercial refrigerator, freezer, and refrigerator-freezer equipment designed for pull-down temperature applications sold on or after January 1, 2010, shall meet the following standards:

(a) Refrigerators with transparent doors: 0.126 times V plus 3.51 kilowatt hours per day; and

(b) Freezers with transparent doors 0.788 times V plus 4.3 kilowatt hours per day.

As used in this subsection, "V" means the chilled or frozen compartment volume in cubic feet as defined in the Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers Standard HRF1-1979; "integrated average temperature" means the average temperature of all test package measurements taken during the test; and "AV" means the adjusted volume in cubic feet defined as 1.63 times the frozen temperature compartment volume in cubic feet plus the chilled temperature compartment volume in cubic feet;

c. Illuminated exit signs shall meet the requirements of the "Energy Star Program Requirements for Exit Signs" developed by the United States Environmental Protection Agency;

d. Each air-cooled very large commercial package air conditioning and heating equipment sold on or after January 1, 2010, shall meet the following standards:

(1) The minimum energy efficiency ratio of air-cooled central air conditioners at or above 240,000 Btu per hour in cooling capacity and less than 760,000 Btu per hour in cooling capacity shall be 10.0 for equipment with no heating or electric resistance heating and 9.8 for equipment with all other heating system types that are integrated into the equipment at a standard rating of 95 degrees Fahrenheit dry bulb.

(2) The minimum energy efficiency ratio of air-cooled central air conditioner heat pumps at or above 240,000 Btu per hour in cooling capacity and less than 760,000 Btu per hour in cooling capacity shall be 9.5 for equipment with no heating or electric resistance heating and 9.3 for equipment with all other heating system types that are integrated into the equipment at a standard rating of 95 degrees Fahrenheit dry bulb.

(3) The minimum coefficient of performance in the heating mode of air-cooled central air conditioning heat pumps at or above 240,000 Btu per hour in cooling capacity and less than 760,000 Btu per hour in cooling capacity shall be 3.2 at a high temperature rating of 47 degrees Fahrenheit dry bulb;

e. Low-voltage dry type distribution transformers shall meet or exceed the energy efficiency values shown in Table 4-2 of National Electrical Manufacturers Association Standard TP-1-1996;

f. Torchiere lighting fixtures shall not consume more than 190 watts and shall not be capable of operating with lamps that total more than 190 watts;

g. Traffic signal modules shall meet the product specifications of the "Energy Star Program Requirements for Traffic Signals" developed by the United States Environmental Protection Agency; and

h. Unit heaters shall be equipped with an intermittent ignition device and shall have either power venting or an automatic flue damper.

L.2005,c.42,s.3.