BILL REQ. #: H-3698.1
State of Washington | 61st Legislature | 2010 Regular Session |
Prefiled 12/07/09. Read first time 01/11/10. Referred to Committee on Technology, Energy & Communications.
AN ACT Relating to efficiency standards for consumer products; amending RCW 19.260.030, 19.260.040, and 19.260.050; and reenacting and amending RCW 19.260.020.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1 RCW 19.260.020 and 2009 c 565 s 18 and 2009 c 501 s 1 are
each reenacted and amended to read as follows:
The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter
unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
(1) "Automatic commercial ice cube machine" means a factory-made
assembly, not necessarily shipped in one package, consisting of a
condensing unit and ice-making section operating as an integrated unit
with means for making and harvesting ice cubes. It may also include
integrated components for storing or dispensing ice, or both.
(2) "Bottle-type water dispenser" means a water dispenser that uses
a bottle or reservoir as the source of potable water.
(3) "Commercial hot food holding cabinet" means a heated, fully
enclosed compartment, with one or more solid or partial glass doors,
that is designed to maintain the temperature of hot food that has been
cooked in a separate appliance. "Commercial hot food holding cabinet"
does not include heated glass merchandising cabinets, drawer warmers,
or cook and hold appliances.
(4)(a) "Commercial refrigerators and freezers" means refrigerators,
freezers, or refrigerator-freezers designed for use by commercial or
institutional facilities for the purpose of storing or merchandising
food products, beverages, or ice at specified temperatures that: (i)
Incorporate most components involved in the vapor-compression cycle and
the refrigerated compartment in a single cabinet; and (ii) may be
configured with either solid or transparent doors as a reach-in
cabinet, pass-through cabinet, roll-in cabinet, or roll-through
cabinet.
(b) "Commercial refrigerators and freezers" does not include: (i)
Products with 85 cubic feet or more of internal volume; (ii) walk-in
refrigerators or freezers; (iii) consumer products that are federally
regulated pursuant to 42 U.S.C. Sec. 6291 et seq.; (iv) products
without doors; or (v) freezers specifically designed for ice cream.
(5) "Compensation" means money or any other valuable thing,
regardless of form, received or to be received by a person for services
rendered.
(6) "Cook and hold appliance" means a multiple mode appliance
intended for cooking food that may be used to hold the temperature of
the food that has been cooked in the same appliance.
(7) "Department" means the department of commerce.
(8) "Drawer warmer" means an appliance that consists of one or more
heated drawers and that is designed to hold hot food that has been
cooked in a separate appliance at a specified temperature.
(9) "Heated glass merchandising cabinet" means an appliance with a
heated cabinet constructed of glass or clear plastic doors which, with
seventy percent or more clear area, is designed to display and maintain
the temperature of hot food that has been cooked in a separate
appliance.
(10) "Hot water dispenser" means a small electric water heater that
has a measured storage volume of no greater than one gallon.
(11) "Mini-tank electric water heater" means a small electric water
heater that has a measured storage volume of more than one gallon and
a rated storage volume of less than twenty gallons.
(12) "Pass-through cabinet" means a commercial refrigerator or
freezer with hinged or sliding doors on both the front and rear of the
unit.
(13) "Point-of-use water dispenser" means a water dispenser that
uses a pressurized water utility connection as the source of potable
water.
(14) "Pool heater" means an appliance designed for heating
nonpotable water contained at atmospheric pressure for swimming pools,
spas, hot tubs, and similar applications.
(15) "Portable electric spa" means a factory-built electric spa or
hot tub, supplied with equipment for heating and circulating water.
(16) "Reach-in cabinet" means a commercial refrigerator or freezer
with hinged or sliding doors or lids, but does not include roll-in or
roll-through cabinets or pass-through cabinets.
(17) "Residential pool pump" means a pump used to circulate and
filter pool water in order to maintain clarity and sanitation.
(18)(a) "Roll-in cabinet" means a commercial refrigerator or
freezer with hinged or sliding doors that allow wheeled racks of
product to be rolled into the unit.
(b) "Roll-through cabinet" means a commercial refrigerator or
freezer with hinged or sliding doors on two sides of the cabinet that
allow wheeled racks of product to be rolled through the unit.
(19) "Showerhead" means a device through which water is discharged
for a shower bath.
(20) "Showerhead tub spout diverter combination" means a group of
plumbing fittings sold as a matched set and consisting of a control
valve, a tub spout diverter, and a showerhead.
(21) "State-regulated incandescent reflector lamp" means a lamp
that is not colored or designed for rough or vibration service
applications, has an inner reflective coating on the outer bulb to
direct the light, an E26 medium screw base, a rated voltage or voltage
range that lies at least partially within 115 to 130 volts, and falls
into one of the following categories:
(a) A bulged reflector or elliptical reflector bulb shape and which
has a diameter which equals or exceeds 2.25 inches; or
(b) A reflector, parabolic aluminized reflector, or similar bulb
shape and which has a diameter of 2.25 to 2.75 inches.
(22) "Tub spout diverter" means a device designed to stop the flow
of water into a bathtub and to divert it so that the water discharges
through a showerhead.
(23) "Wine chillers designed and sold for use by an individual"
means refrigerators designed and sold for the cooling and storage of
wine by an individual.
(24) "Audio standby-passive mode" means the appliance is connected
to a power source, produces neither sound nor performs any mechanical
function (e.g., playing, recording), but may be switched into another
mode with the remote control unit or an internal signal.
(25) "Boiler" means a space heater that is a self-contained
appliance for supplying steam or hot water primarily intended for space
heating. "Boiler" does not include hot water supply boilers.
(26) "Ceiling fan" means a nonportable device that is suspended
from a ceiling for circulating air via the rotation of fan blades.
(27) "Ceiling fan light kit" means equipment designed to provide
light from a ceiling fan that can be:
(a) Integral, such that the equipment is attached to the ceiling
fan prior to the time of retail sale; or
(b) Attachable, such that at the time of retail sale the equipment
is not physically attached to the ceiling fan, but may be included
inside the ceiling fan at the time of sale or sold separately for
subsequent attachment to the fan.
(28)(a) "Class A external power supply" means an external power
supply circuit that is used to convert household electric current into
DC current or lower voltage AC current to operate a consumer product
and that:
(i) Is designed to convert line voltage AC input into lower voltage
AC or DC output;
(ii) Is able to convert to only one AC or DC output voltage at a
time;
(iii) Is sold with, or intended to be used with, a separate end-use
product that constitutes the primary load;
(iv) Is contained in a separate physical enclosure from the end-use
product;
(v) Is connected to the end-use product via a removable or hard-wired male/female electrical connection, cable, cord, or wiring;
(vi) Has nameplate output power that is less than or equal to two
hundred fifty watts; and
(vii) Is a federally regulated external power supply.
(b) The term "class A external power supply" does not include a
device that requires federal food and drug administration listing and
approval as a medical device in accordance with section 513 of the
federal food, drug, and cosmetic act (21 U.S.C. 360c), or a device that
powers the charger of a detachable battery pack or charges the battery
of a product that is fully or primarily motor operated.
(29) "Compact audio product" means an integrated audio system
encased in a single housing that includes an amplifier and radio tuner,
attachable or separable speakers, and can reproduce audio from one or
more of the following media: Magnetic tape, CD, DVD, or flash memory.
"Compact audio product" does not include products that can be
independently powered by internal batteries or that have a powered
external satellite antenna, or that can provide a video output signal.
(30) "Compact fluorescent" means a fluorescent lamp typically
designed to replace general service incandescent lamps, but may include
sizes that replace conventional linear fluorescent lamps in smaller
luminaires, and are typically less than twenty-four inches in length.
(31) "Digital versatile disc (DVD)" means a laser-encoded plastic
medium capable of storing a large amount of digital audio, video, and
computer data.
(32) "Digital versatile disc player" or "DVD player" means a
commercially available electronic product encased in a single housing
that includes an integral power supply and for which the sole purpose
is the production or recording of digitized video signals on a DVD.
"DVD recorder" does not include models that have an electronic
programming guide function.
(33) "Digital video recorder (DVR)" means a device that can record
video signals onto a hard disk drive or other device that can store the
images digitally. "DVR" does not include models that have an
electronic programming guide function.
(34) "Distribution transformer" means a transformer that:
(a) Has an input voltage of 34.5 kV or less;
(b) Has an output voltage of 600 V or less;
(c) Is rated for operation at a frequency of 60 Hz; and
(d) Has a capacity of 10 kVA to 2500 kVA for liquid-immersed units
and 15 kVA to 2500 kVA for dry-type units; but
(e) The term "distribution transformer" does not include a
transformer that is an:
(i) Autotransformer;
(ii) Drive (isolation) transformer;
(iii) Grounding transformer;
(iv) Machine-tool (control) transformer;
(v) Nonventilated transformer;
(vi) Rectifier transformer;
(vii) Regulating transformer;
(viii) Sealed transformer;
(ix) Special-impedance transformer;
(x) Testing transformer;
(xi) Transformer with tap range of twenty percent or more;
(xii) Uninterruptible power supply transformer; or
(xiii) Welding transformer.
(35) "Electronic programming guide" means an application that
provides an interactive, onscreen menu of television listings and that
downloads program information from the vertical blanking interval of a
regular television signal.
(36) "Low voltage dry-type distribution transformer" means a
distribution transformer that has an input voltage of six hundred volts
or less, that is air-cooled, and that does not use oil as a coolant.
(37) "Space heater" means an appliance that supplies heat to a
space for the purpose of providing warmth to objects within the space.
(38)(a) "State-regulated external power supply" means a single-voltage external AC to DC or AC to AC power supply that:
(i) Is designed to convert line voltage AC input into lower voltage
DC or AC output;
(ii) Is able to convert to only one DC or AC output voltage at a
time;
(iii) Is sold with, or intended to be used with, a separate end-use
product that constitutes the primary load;
(iv) Is contained within a separate physical enclosure from the
end-use product;
(v) Is connected to the end-use product via a removable or hard-wired male/female electrical connection, cable, cord, or other wiring;
(vi) Does not have batteries or battery packs that physically
attach directly (including those that are removable) to the power
supply unit;
(vii) Does not have a battery chemistry or type selector switch and
an indicator light; or, does not have a battery chemistry or type
selector switch and a state of charge meter; and
(viii) Has a nameplate output power less than or equal to two
hundred fifty watts.
(b) "State-regulated external power supply" does not include a
device that is a "class A external power supply" that is federally
regulated.
(39) "Television" means an analog or digital device designed
primarily for the display and reception of a terrestrial, satellite,
cable, internet protocol television, or other broadcast or recorded
transmission of analog or digital video and audio signals.
"Television" includes combination televisions, television monitors,
component televisions, and any unit that is marketed to the consumer as
a television. "Television" does not include computer monitors.
(40) "Transformer" means a device consisting of two or more coils
of insulated wire and that transfers alternating current by
electromagnetic induction from one coil to another to change the
original voltage or current value.
(41) "Video cassette recorder (VCR)" means a commercially available
analog recording device that includes an integral power supply and that
records television signals onto a tape medium for subsequent viewing.
(42) "Video standby-passive mode" means the appliance is connected
to a power source, does not perform any mechanical function (e.g.,
playing, recording), does not produce video or audio output signals,
but may be switched into another mode with the remote control unit or
an internal signal.
Sec. 2 RCW 19.260.030 and 2009 c 501 s 2 are each amended to read
as follows:
(1) This chapter applies to the following types of new products
sold, offered for sale, or installed in the state:
(a) Automatic commercial ice cube machines;
(b) Commercial refrigerators and freezers;
(c) State-regulated incandescent reflector lamps;
(d) Wine chillers designed and sold for use by an individual;
(e) Hot water dispensers and mini-tank electric water heaters;
(f) Bottle-type water dispensers and point-of-use water dispensers;
(g) Pool heaters, residential pool pumps, and portable electric
spas;
(h) Tub spout diverters; ((and))
(i) Commercial hot food holding cabinets;
(j) Ceiling fans and ceiling fan light kits;
(k) Vented gas space heaters and vented oil space heaters, vented
and unvented infrared gas heaters, electric residential boilers, and
gas-fired combination space heating and water heating appliances;
(l) Low voltage dry-type distribution transformers that are
designed to operate at a frequency of sixty hertz, and that have a
rated power output of not less than 15 kVA;
(m) Compact audio products, digital versatile disc players, and
digital versatile disc recorders;
(n) State-regulated external power supplies, which are single
voltage external AC to DC and AC to AC power supplies included with
other retail products, and single voltage external AC to DC or AC to AC
power supplies sold separately, excluding power supplies that are
classified as devices for human use under the federal food, drug, and
cosmetic act and require the United States food and drug administration
listing and approval as a medical device; and
(o) Televisions.
(2) This chapter applies equally to products whether they are sold,
offered for sale, or installed as stand-alone products or as components
of other products.
(3) This chapter does not apply to:
(a) New products manufactured in the state and sold outside the
state;
(b) New products manufactured outside the state and sold at
wholesale inside the state for final retail sale and installation
outside the state;
(c) Products installed in mobile manufactured homes at the time of
construction; or
(d) Products designed expressly for installation and use in
recreational vehicles.
Sec. 3 RCW 19.260.040 and 2009 c 501 s 3 are each amended to read
as follows:
The minimum efficiency standards specified in this section apply to
the types of new products set forth in RCW 19.260.030.
(1)(a) Automatic commercial ice cube machines must have daily
energy use and daily water use no greater than the applicable values in
the following table:
Equipment type | Type of cooling | Harvest rate (lbs. ice/24 hrs.) | Maximum energy use (kWh/100 lbs.) | Maximum condenser water use (gallons/100 lbs. ice) |
Ice-making head | water | <500 | 7.80 - .0055H | 200 - .022H |
> | 5.58 - .0011H | 200 - .022H | ||
> | 4.0 | 200 - .022H | ||
Ice-making head | air | 450 | 10.26 - .0086H | Not applicable |
> | 6.89 - .0011H | Not applicable | ||
Remote condensing but not remote compressor | air | <1000 | 8.85 - .0038 | Not applicable |
> | 5.10 | Not applicable | ||
Remote condensing and remote compressor | air | <934 | 8.85 - .0038H | Not applicable |
> | 5.3 | Not applicable | ||
Self-contained models | water | <200 | 11.40 - .0190H | 191 - .0315H |
> | 7.60 | 191 - .0315H | ||
Self-contained models | air | <175 | 18.0 - .0469H | Not applicable |
> | 9.80 | Not applicable | ||
Where H |
Equipment Type | Doors | Maximum Daily Energy Consumption (kWh) |
Reach-in cabinets, pass-through cabinets, and roll-in or roll-through cabinets that are refrigerators | Solid | 0.10V+ 2.04 |
Transparent | 0.12V+ 3.34 | |
Reach-in cabinets, pass-through cabinets, and roll-in or roll-through cabinets that are "pulldown" refrigerators | Transparent | .126V+ 3.51 |
Reach-in cabinets, pass-through cabinets, and roll-in or roll-through cabinets that are freezers | Solid | 0.40V+ 1.38 |
Transparent | 0.75V+ 4.10 | |
Reach-in cabinets that are refrigerator-freezers with an AV of 5.19 or higher | Solid | 0.27AV - 0.71 |
kWh V AV |
Product or compartment type | Integrated average product temperature in degrees Fahrenheit |
Refrigerator | 38+ 2 |
Freezer | 0+ 2 |
Maximum Leakage Rate | ||
Appliance | Testing Conditions | Effective January 1, 2009 |
When new | 0.01 gpm | |
Tub spout diverters | After 15,000 cycles of diverting | 0.05 gpm |
Sec. 4 RCW 19.260.050 and 2009 c 501 s 4 are each amended to read
as follows:
(1) No new commercial refrigerator or freezer or state-regulated
incandescent reflector lamp manufactured on or after January 1, 2007,
may be sold or offered for sale in the state unless the efficiency of
the new product meets or exceeds the efficiency standards set forth in
RCW 19.260.040. No new automatic commercial ice cube machine
manufactured on or after January 1, 2008, may be sold or offered for
sale in the state unless the efficiency of the new product meets or
exceeds the efficiency standards set forth in RCW 19.260.040.
(2) On or after January 1, 2008, no new commercial refrigerator or
freezer or state-regulated incandescent reflector lamp manufactured on
or after January 1, 2007, may be installed for compensation in the
state unless the efficiency of the new product meets or exceeds the
efficiency standards set forth in RCW 19.260.040. On or after January
1, 2009, no new automatic commercial ice cube machine manufactured on
or after January 1, 2008, may be installed for compensation in the
state unless the efficiency of the new product meets or exceeds the
efficiency standards set forth in RCW 19.260.040.
(3) Standards for state-regulated incandescent reflector lamps are
effective on the dates specified in subsections (1) and (2) of this
section.
(4) The following products, if manufactured on or after January 1,
2010, may not be sold or offered in the state unless the efficiency of
the new product meets or exceeds the efficiency standards set forth in
RCW 19.260.040:
(a) Wine chillers designed and sold for use by an individual;
(b) Hot water dispensers and mini-tank electric water heaters;
(c) Bottle-type water dispensers and point-of-use water dispensers;
(d) Pool heaters, residential pool pumps, and portable electric
spas;
(e) Tub spout diverters; and
(f) Commercial hot food holding cabinets.
(5) The following products, if manufactured on or after January 1,
2010, may not be installed for compensation in the state on or after
January 1, 2011, unless the efficiency of the new product meets or
exceeds the efficiency standards set forth in RCW 19.260.040:
(a) Wine chillers designed and sold for use by an individual;
(b) Hot water dispensers and mini-tank electric water heaters;
(c) Bottle-type water dispensers and point-of-use water dispensers;
(d) Pool heaters, residential pool pumps, and portable electric
spas;
(e) Tub spout diverters; and
(f) Commercial hot food holding cabinets.
(6)(a) No new ceiling fans or ceiling fan light kits covered under
RCW 19.260.040, if manufactured on or after January 1, 2011, may be
sold or offered for sale in the state unless the product meets the
standards set forth in RCW 19.260.040.
(b) No new ceiling fans or ceiling fan light kits covered under RCW
19.260.040, if manufactured on or after January 1, 2011, may be
installed for compensation in the state on or after January 1, 2012,
unless the product meets the standards set forth in RCW 19.260.040.
(7)(a) No new gas wall furnaces, floor furnaces, room heaters,
central gas furnaces, central gas boilers, central oil furnaces,
central oil boilers, and electric residential boilers, if manufactured
on or after January 1, 2013, may be sold or offered for sale in the
state unless the product meets the standards set forth in RCW
19.260.040.
(b) No new gas wall furnaces, floor furnaces, room heaters, central
gas furnaces, central gas boilers, central oil furnaces, central oil
boilers, and electric residential boilers, if manufactured on or after
January 1, 2013, may be installed for compensation in the state on or
after January 1, 2014, unless the product meets or exceeds the
efficiency standards set forth in RCW 19.260.040.
(8)(a) No new low voltage dry-type distribution transformers may be
sold or offered for sale in the state on or after January 1, 2011,
unless the product meets the standards set forth in RCW 19.260.040.
(b) No new low voltage dry-type distribution transformers may be
installed for compensation in the state on or after January 1, 2012,
unless the product meets or exceeds the efficiency standards set forth
in RCW 19.260.040.
(9)(a) No new compact audio products, televisions, digital
versatile disc players, or digital versatile disc recorders, if
manufactured on or after January 1, 2011, may be sold or offered for
sale in the state unless the efficiency of the new product meets or
exceeds the efficiency standards set forth in RCW 19.260.040.
(b) No new compact audio products, televisions, digital versatile
disc players, or digital versatile disc recorders, if manufactured on
or after January 1, 2011, may be installed for compensation in the
state on or after January 1, 2012, unless the efficiency of the new
product meets or exceeds the efficiency standards set forth in RCW
19.260.040.
(10)(a) No new state-regulated external power supply, if
manufactured on or after January 1, 2011, may be sold or offered for
sale in the state unless the efficiency of the new product meets or
exceeds the efficiency standards set forth in RCW 19.260.040.
(b) No new state-regulated external power supply, if manufactured
on or after January 1, 2011, may be installed for compensation in the
state on or after January 1, 2012, unless the efficiency of the new
product meets or exceeds the efficiency standards set forth in RCW
19.260.040.
(11)(a) No new television with a screen size less than or equal to
one thousand four hundred square inches, if manufactured on or after
January 1, 2011, but before January 1, 2013, may be sold or offered in
the state unless the efficiency of the new product meets or exceeds the
efficiency standards set forth in RCW 19.260.040.
(b) No new television with a screen size less than or equal to one
thousand four hundred square inches, if manufactured on or after
January 1, 2011, but before January 1, 2013, may be installed for
compensation in the state on or after January 1, 2012, unless the
efficiency of the new product meets or exceeds the efficiency standards
set forth in RCW 19.260.040.
(12)(a) No new television with a screen size less than or equal to
one thousand four hundred square inches, if manufactured on or after
January 1, 2013, may be sold or offered in the state unless the
efficiency of the new product meets or exceeds the efficiency standards
set forth in RCW 19.260.040.
(b) No new television with a screen size less than or equal to one
thousand four hundred square inches, if manufactured on or after
January 1, 2013, may be installed for compensation in the state on or
after January 1, 2014, unless the efficiency of the new product meets
or exceeds the efficiency standards set forth in RCW 19.260.040.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 5 If any provision of this act or its
application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the
remainder of the act or the application of the provision to other
persons or circumstances is not affected.