Relates to appliance and equipment energy efficiency standards for portable light fixtures, bottle-type water dispensers, commercial hot food holding cabinets, portable electric spas and residential pool pumps.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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10881
IN ASSEMBLY
April 28, 2010
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Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL -- (at request of the Governor) -- read
once and referred to the Committee on Energy
AN ACT to amend the energy law, in relation to appliance and equipment
energy efficiency standards for portable light fixtures, bottle-type
water dispensers, commercial hot food holding cabinets, portable elec-
tric spas and residential pool pumps
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 16-102 of the energy law is amended by adding seven
2 new subdivisions 4-a, 6-a, 21-a, 21-b, 27-a, 27-b and 29-a to read as
3 follows:
4 4-a. "Bottle-type water dispenser" means a water dispenser that uses a
5 bottle or reservoir as the source of potable water.
6 6-a. "Commercial hot food holding cabinet" means a heated, fully
7 enclosed compartment, with one or more solid or partial glass doors,
8 that is designed to maintain the temperature of hot food that has been
9 cooked in a separate appliance. "Commercial hot food holding cabinet"
10 does not include heated glass merchandising cabinets, drawer warmers or
11 cook-and-hold appliances.
12 21-a. "Lamp" means an electrical appliance that includes a glass
13 envelope and produces optical radiation for the purpose of visual illu-
14 mination, designed to be installed into a light fixture by means of an
15 integral lamp-holder or socket.
16 21-b. "Light fixture" means a product designed to provide light that
17 includes at least one lamp-holder or socket and parts to distribute the
18 light, to position or protect one or more lamps and to connect one or
19 more lamps to a power supply.
20 27-a. "Portable electric spa" means a factory-built electric spa or
21 hot tub, supplied with equipment for heating and circulating water.
22 27-b. "Portable light fixture" means a light fixture which has a flex-
23 ible cord and an attachment plug for connection to a nominal one hundred
24 twenty-volt, fifteen- or twenty-ampere branch circuit; which can be
25 relocated by the user without any rewiring; and which is typically
26 controlled with a switch located on the light fixture itself or on the
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 power cord. "Portable light fixture" does not include direct plug-in
2 nightlights; sun and heat lamps; aquarium lamps; medical and dental
3 lights; portable electric hand lamps; signs and commercial advertising
4 displays; photographic lamps; germicidal lamps; metal halide lamp
5 fixtures; torchiere lighting fixtures; portable lamp fixtures for marine
6 use or for use in hazardous locations as defined in the national elec-
7 trical code, ANSI/NFPA 70; or decorative lighting outfits or electric
8 candles and candelabras without lampshades that are covered by the stan-
9 dard for safety of seasonal and holiday decorative products, UL 588.
10 29-a. "Residential pool pump" means a product which is designed or
11 used to circulate and filter residential swimming pool water in order to
12 maintain clarity and sanitation and which consists in part of a motor
13 and an impeller.
14 § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 16-104 of the energy law, as added by
15 chapter 431 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows:
16 1. The provisions of this article apply to the testing, certification
17 and enforcement of efficiency standards for the following new products
18 which are sold, offered for sale or installed in New York state: (a)
19 automatic commercial ice cube machines; (b) ceiling fan light kits; (c)
20 commercial pre-rinse spray valves; (d) commercial refrigerators, freez-
21 ers and refrigerator-freezers; (e) consumer audio and video products;
22 (f) illuminated exit signs; (g) incandescent reflector lamps; (h) very
23 large commercial packaged air-conditioning and heating equipment; (i)
24 metal halide lamp fixtures; (j) pedestrian traffic signal modules; (k)
25 power supplies; (l) torchiere lighting fixtures; (m) unit heaters [and]
26 (n) vehicular traffic signal modules; (o) portable light fixtures; (p)
27 bottle-type water dispensers; (q) commercial hot food holding cabinets;
28 (r) portable electric spas; and (s) residential pool pumps.
29 § 3. Subdivision 2 of section 16-106 of the energy law is amended by
30 adding a new paragraph (c) to read as follows:
31 (c) On or before December thirty-first, two thousand ten, the secre-
32 tary, in consultation with the president, shall adopt regulations in
33 accordance with the provisions of this article establishing: (i) energy
34 efficiency performance standards for new products of the types set forth
35 in paragraphs (o) through (s) of subdivision one of section 16-104 of
36 this article; (ii) procedures for testing the energy efficiency of the
37 products covered by paragraphs (o) through (s) of subdivision one of
38 section 16-104 of this article; (iii) procedures for manufacturers to
39 certify that products covered by paragraphs (o) through (s) of subdivi-
40 sion one of section 16-104 of this article meet the energy efficiency
41 standards promulgated under this article; and (iv) such further matters
42 as are necessary to insure the proper implementation and enforcement of
43 the provisions of this article with respect to the products covered by
44 paragraphs (o) through (s) of subdivision one of section 16-104 of this
45 article.
46 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
