Energy and Water Efficiency Standards Adopted and Pending by State

(updated February 2014 by Appliance Standards Awareness Project)

X = adopted standard (with effective date shown); tbd = pending standard

No shading = standard now preempted by equivalent or stronger national standards; yellow (light shading) = state is implementing until 

national standards take effect; blue (dark shading) = no federal preemption applies

STATE

(year(s) of enactment)

AZ

(2005/

2009) 

CA

(var.)

CT

(2004/

2007

/2011)

DC

(2007)

GA

(2010)

MA

(2005)

MD

(2004

/2007)

NH

(2008)

NJ

(2005)

NV

(2007)

NY1

(2005,

2010) 

OR

(2005/

2007/ 

2013)

RI

(2005/

2006)

TX

(2009)

WA

(2005/

2009)

VT

(2006)

National

standards 

(effective 

date)

Automatic commercial 

ice makers

X

2008

X

2007

X

2010

X

2008

X

2010

X

2008 Jan. 2010

Battery Chargers X

2013

X

2016 None

Bottle-type water 

dispensers

X

2007

X

2009

X

2009

X

2009

X

2009

X

(tbd)

X

9/2009

X

2008

X

2010 None

Ceiling fans and ceiling 

fan light kits

X

2006

X

3/2007

X Jan. 2007

Commercial clothes 

washers

X

2008

X

2005/

2007

X

7/2007

X

3/2007

X

2007/

2010

X

2009

X

2007

X

2007 Jan. 2007

Commercial hot-food 

holding cabinets

X

2007

X

2009

X

2009

X

2009

X

2009

X

(tbd)

X

9/2009

X

2008

X

2010 None

Commercial pre-rinse 

spray valves

X

2008

X

2006 X

X

2007

X

2007

X

2007 Jan. 2006

Commercial 

refrigerators and 

freezers

X

2010

X

2003/

2006

X

7/2008

X

9/2005

X

2010

X

2010

X

2008

X

2010

X

2007

Jan. 

2010/2012

Consumer audio and 

video products2

X

2006/

2007

X

2014

X

(tbd)

X

9/2009 None

Digital television 

adapters

X

(tbd) None3

Double-ended quartz 

halogen lamps

X

2016

None

External power 

supplies

X

2008

X

2007/

/2008/

2012

X

2008

X

2012

X

2008

X

2012

X

(tbd)

X

2008

X

2007

X

2008

X

2008

July 20084

Feb 2016

 

1 The New York law specified standards and effective dates for some products (those with effective dates shown) and required agency rulemaking to determine standards for other products. 

Products subject to ongoing rulemaking are marked “tbd.”

2 Products in this category include only DVD players and compact audio products (i.e. shelf systems, but not portable music players or component systems).

3 All digital television adapters must meet minimum national standards to receive the $40 federal coupon, therefore ASAP no longer recommends state standards.

4 The initial national standards (effective 7/2008) apply to single-voltage external power supplies (EPS) and have a narrower scope than most state standards. Some states will continue to 

enforce standards for non-covered EPS until February 2016 when updated national standards take effect. 
STATE

(year(s) of enactment)

AZ

(2005/

2009) 

CA

(var.)

CT

(2004/

2007

/2011)

DC

(2007)

GA

(2010)

MA

(2005)

MD

(2004

/2007)

NH

(2008)

NJ

(2005)

NV

(2007)

NY1

(2005,

2010) 

OR

(2005/

2007/ 

2013)

RI

(2005/

2006)

TX

(2009)

WA

(2005/

2009)

VT

(2006)

National

standards 

(effective 

date)

Faucets X

2014

X

2012

Fed standard 

waived5

General service 

incandescent lamps

X

6

2011

X

7

2012

2012 –

2014/20208

HID lamp ballasts 

(mercury vapor)

X

2007 Jan. 2008

Illuminated exit signs X

2008

X

3/2003

X

7/2006

X

3/2005

X

3/2007

X X

2007

X

2007

X

2007 Jan. 2006

Large packaged AC 

>20 tons

X

2010

X

2006/

2010

X

7/2009

X

8/2005

X

2010

X

2010

X

2010 Jan. 2010

Low-voltage dry-type 

transformers9 X

2008

X

3/2003

X

7/2006

X

1998

X

3/2005

X

3/2007

X

2003

X

2003

X

2007

X

2007

Jan. 2007

Jan. 2016

Medium-voltage drytype transformers10X

2008

X

2008

201011

Jan. 2016

Metal halide lamp 

fixtures12

X

2008

X

13

2006/0

8/10

X

2010

X

2009

X

2009

X

2009

X

2008

X

2008

X

2008

X

2009

X

2009

Jan. 2009

Jan. 2017

Pool pumps X

2012

2006/

08/10

X

2010

X

(tbd)

X

2010 None

Portable electric spas X

2012

X

2009

X

2009

X

(tbd)

X

9/2009

X

2010 Non

Portable light fixtures X 

2010

X

(tbd) None

Residential boilers X

(tbd)

X

(tbd)

X

(tbd) Sept. 2012

 

5 The 1992 national plumbing products standards (faucets, showerheads, toilets, and urinals) were waived in 2011. States are free to set plumbing standards provided they are more stringent 

than the 1992 national standards. 

6 CA regulations implement the national standards for general service light bulbs one year earlier and accelerate the 2020 national standard to 2018.

7 The NV standard is exempt from federal preemption because it predates and is stronger than the national standard. It requires an efficacy of at least 25 lumens per watt.

8 The initial national standards for general service incandescent lamps (GSILs) with similar lumen output to conventional 100-watt bulbs went into effect in 2012, for those with similar lumen 

output of conventional 75-watt bulbs in 2013 and for those with similar output to conventional 60- and 40-watt bulbs in 2014. A second tier which applies to general services lamps (GSILs, 

CFLs and LEDs) and requires a standard with overall energy savings equal to or greater than a 45 lumens per watt minimum standard, is scheduled to take effect in 2020.

9 States with transformer standards pre-dating state laws either had building code requirements or earlier state legislation for this product.

10 US DOE issued final national standards for medium voltage dry type transformers (and liquid immersed transformers) in October 2007 which became effective Jan. 2010. Updated standards 

take effect 1/2016. 

11 Preemption for this product occurred upon issuance of the final rule in 2007.

12 NY and RI metal halide lamp fixture standards are limited to fixtures which are designed and marketed to operate in a vertical position. CA standards apply to vertical, base up fixtures as of 

1/2006 and expanded to all other fixtures regardless of position effective 1/2008.

13 CA metal halide fixture standards are exempt from federal preemption.
STATE

(year(s) of enactment)

AZ

(2005/

2009) 

CA

(var.)

CT

(2004/

2007

/2011)

DC

(2007)

GA

(2010)

MA

(2005)

MD

(2004

/2007)

NH

(2008)

NJ

(2005)

NV

(2007)

NY1

(2005,

2010) 

OR

(2005/

2007/ 

2013)

RI

(2005/

2006)

TX

(2009)

WA

(2005/

2009)

VT

(2006)

National

standards 

(effective 

date)

Residential furnace 

fans

X

(tbd)

X

(tbd)

X

(tbd)

X

(tbd)

X

(tbd) Jan. 201714

Residential furnaces15

X

(tbd)

X

16

(tbd)

X

(tbd)

X

(tbd)

X

(tbd) May 2013

State regulated 

incandescent reflector 

lamps (BRs, ERs and 

R20s)

X

6/07

X

2009

X

2009

X

2008

X

2009 X X

X

2008

X

2008

X

2008 June 2008

Televisions

X

2011/

2013

X

2014

X

(tbd)

X

2016 None

Toilets

X

2014

X

2012

X

2014

Fed standard 

waived

Torchieres X

2008

X

2003

X

7/2006

X

3/2005

X

3/2007 X

X

2007

X

2007

X

2007 Jan. 2006

Traffic signals 

(pedestrian)

X

2006 X Jan. 2006

Traffic signals 

(vehicular)

X

2008

X

2003

X

7/2006

X

3/2005

X

3/2007 X

X

2007

X

2007

X

2007 Jan. 2006

Unit heaters X

2008

X

2006

X

7/2006

X

9/2005

X

3/2007 X

X

2008

X

2007

X

2007 Aug. 2008

Urinals

X

2014

X

2012

X

2014

Fed standard 

waived

Walk-in refrigerators 

and freezers

X

2007

X

2009

X

2009

X

2009

X

9/2009

X

2008 Jan. 2009

NOTES: 

1. California has standards for some products not covered in this document.

2. The last column shows the effective date for product standards either set by DOE, included in the 2005 and 2007 federal energy laws, or in currently pending federal 

legislation. Under the general rules of federal preemption applied by these laws, states which set standards prior to federal enactment may enforce their state standards up 

until the national standards become effective. But, states that have not yet set standards are preempted upon federal enactment. (Note that there are some exceptions to this 

general rule.) State standards with no highlighting (no shading) are now preempted because (a) national standards are now in effect or (b) national standards will become 

effective prior to the state implementation date. Those highlighted in yellow (light shading) will be implemented for some period of time before national standards take 

effect. No federal preemption applies to those highlighted in blue.

3. Unless otherwise shown, standards become effective on January 1. Where two dates are shown, each date represents either two separate standards or one standard with 

two levels or components which become effective on different dates.

 

14 The 2007 federal energy bill does not set a specific standard for furnace fans but instructs the DOE to set a standard by January 2014. 

15 States must seek and be granted waivers from federal preemption to implement state furnace and boiler standards. A petition from Massachusetts to enforce state gas furnace was denied by 

U.S. DOE in October 2010.

16 The furnace standards in Maryland and New Hampshire only apply to natural gas and propane furnaces installed in new construction.