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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4061 

To amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to modify the definition 

of water heater under energy conservation standards, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 7, 2022 

Ms. STABENOW (for herself and Mrs. BLACKBURN) introduced the following 

bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 

Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to modify 

the definition of water heater under energy conservation 

standards, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. WATER HEATERS. 

4 (a) DEFINITION OF WATER HEATER.—Section 321 

5 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 

6 6291) is amended by striking paragraph (27) and insert7 ing the following: 

8 ‘‘(27) WATER HEATER.— 


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1 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘water heat2 er’ means a product that utilizes oil, gas, or 

3 electricity to heat potable water for use outside 

4 the heater on demand, including— 

5 ‘‘(i) storage type units that heat and 

6 store water at a thermostatically controlled 

7 temperature, including— 

8 ‘‘(I) gas storage water heaters 

9 with an input of 75,000 Btu per hour 

10 or less, including heat pump type 

11 units that meet the current and volt12 age limits described in clause (iii); 

13 ‘‘(II) oil storage water heaters 

14 with an input of 105,000 Btu per 

15 hour or less; and 

16 ‘‘(III) electric storage water heat17 ers with an input of 12 kilowatts or 

18 less, including heat pump type units 

19 that meet the current and voltage lim20 its described in clause (iii); 

21 ‘‘(ii)(I) instantaneous type units that 

22 heat water but contain not more than 1 

23 gallon of water per 4,000 Btu per hour of 

24 input; and 

25 ‘‘(II) in the case of— 


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1 ‘‘(aa) gas instantaneous water 

2 heaters, have an input of 200,000 Btu 

3 per hour or less and are designed and 

4 marketed to provide outlet hot water 

5 at a thermostatically controlled tem6 perature of less than 180 degrees 

7 Fahrenheit; 

8 ‘‘(bb) oil instantaneous water 

9 heaters, have an input of 210,000 Btu 

10 per hour or less; and 

11 ‘‘(cc) electric instantaneous water 

12 heaters, have an input of 12 kilowatts 

13 or less; 

14 ‘‘(iii) heat pump type units (including 

15 add-on heat pumps, integrated heat pumps 

16 with storage, split-system heat pumps that 

17 consist of a separate heat pump and stor18 age tank that are designed and marketed 

19 to operate together, and all ancillary equip20 ment, such as fans, storage tanks, pumps, 

21 electric resistance heating elements, or 

22 controls necessary for the device to per23 form its function) that— 


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1 ‘‘(I) have a maximum current 

2 rating of 24 amperes at a voltage not 

3 greater than 250 volts; and 

4 ‘‘(II) are designed to transfer 

5 thermal energy from 1 temperature 

6 level to a different temperature level 

7 for the purpose of heating water; 

8 ‘‘(iv) solar thermal-assisted electric 

9 storage units; and 

10 ‘‘(v) solar thermal-assisted fossil fuel 

11 storage units. 

12 ‘‘(B) EXCLUSIONS.—Except as provided by 

13 the Secretary in accordance with section 

14 325(e)(7)(B), the term ‘water heater’ does not 

15 include— 

16 ‘‘(i) electric storage type units de17 scribed in subparagraph (A)(i)(III) that— 

18 ‘‘(I) are designed and marketed 

19 exclusively for commercial building 

20 applications; and 

21 ‘‘(II)(aa) are designed, con22 structed, inspected, tested, and 

23 stamped in accordance with the most 

24 current Section IV, Part HLW, or 

25 Section X of the Boiler and Pressure 


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1 Vessel Code promulgated by the 

2 American Society of Mechanical Engi3 neers; 

4 ‘‘(bb) exclusively use 3-phase 

5 electricity, are designed and marketed 

6 to provide outlet hot water at a 

7 thermostatically controlled tempera8 ture of 180 degrees Fahrenheit or 

9 greater, and operate only at rated 

10 voltages of not less than 208 volts; or 

11 ‘‘(cc) exclusively use single-phase 

12 electricity, are designed and marketed 

13 to provide outlet hot water at a 

14 thermostatically controlled tempera15 ture of 180 degrees Fahrenheit or 

16 greater, and operate only at a rated 

17 voltage of 277 volts; or 

18 ‘‘(ii) gas storage type units described 

19 in subparagraph (A)(i)(I) that— 

20 ‘‘(I) are designed and marketed 

21 exclusively for commercial building 

22 applications; and 

23 ‘‘(II) are designed, constructed, 

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1 tion IV, Part HLW, of the Boiler and 

2 Pressure Vessel Code promulgated by 

3 the American Society of Mechanical 

4 Engineers. 

5 ‘‘(C) MULTI-INPUT ELECTRIC STORAGE

6 WATER HEATER.—The term ‘multi-input elec7 tric storage water heater’ means a product 

8 that— 

9 ‘‘(i) is not a heat pump type unit de10 scribed in subparagraph (A)(iii); and 

11 ‘‘(ii) is designed, marketed, or shipped 

12 from the manufacturer with a capability of 

13 operating or being configured to operate at 

14 inputs greater than, equal to, or below 12 

15 kilowatts. 

16 ‘‘(D) SOLAR THERMAL-ASSISTED ELECTRIC

17 STORAGE UNIT.—The term ‘solar thermal-as18 sisted electric storage unit’ means a unit that— 

19 ‘‘(i) has an input of 12 kilowatts or 

20 less; 

21 ‘‘(ii) has at least 2 dedicated ports in 

22 addition to the ports used for introduction 

23 and delivery of potable water for the sup24 ply and return of water or a heat transfer 


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1 fluid heated externally by solar collector or 

2 solar thermal collector; 

3 ‘‘(iii) does not have electric resistance 

4 heating elements located in the lower half 

5 of the storage tank; 

6 ‘‘(iv) has the temperature sensing de7 vice that controls the auxiliary electric heat 

8 source located in the upper half of the 

9 storage tank; and 

10 ‘‘(v) has a ratio of less than 0.70 for 

11 the proportion that the certified first hour 

12 rating bears to the nominal volume of the 

13 storage tank tested without solar energy 

14 input.’’. 

15 (b) TEST PROCEDURES.—Section 323(b)(3) of the 

16 Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 

17 6293(b)(3)) is amended— 

18 (1) by striking ‘‘(3) Any test’’ and inserting the 

19 following: 

20 ‘‘(3) DESIGN OF TEST PROCEDURES.— 

21 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Any test’’; and 

22 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

23 ‘‘(B) ELECTRIC STORAGE WATER HEATERS

24 DEMAND RESPONSE CAPABILITIES REQUIRE25 MENTS.—Any test procedures prescribed or 


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1 amended under this section for electric storage 

2 water heaters for which the Secretary has es3 tablished requirements for demand response ca4 pabilities under section 325A shall be designed 

5 to assess compliance with those requirements in 

6 addition to producing the test results described 

7 in subparagraph (A).’’. 

8 (c) STANDARDS FOR WATER HEATERS.—Section 

9 325(e) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 

10 U.S.C. 6295(e)) is amended by adding at the end the fol11 lowing: 

12 ‘‘(7) EXEMPTED WATER HEATERS.— 

13 ‘‘(A) DEFINITION OF EXEMPTED WATER

14 HEATER.—In this paragraph, the term ‘exempt15 ed water heater’ means a water heater de16 scribed in section 321(27)(B). 

17 ‘‘(B) MONITORING OF SHIPMENTS.— 

18 ‘‘(i) SUBMISSION OF DATA.—Not later 

19 than 90 days after the date of enactment 

20 of this paragraph, and not later than May 

21 1 of each year thereafter, the Secretary 

22 shall require each manufacturer of water 

23 heaters to report to the Secretary the 

24 quantity of exempted water heaters, in 

25 each category of exempted water heaters, 


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1 that the manufacturer shipped in the pre2 ceding calendar year. 

3 ‘‘(ii) CONFIDENTIALITY REQUIRE4 MENTS.—The Secretary shall treat ship5 ment data reported by manufacturers 

6 under clause (i) as confidential business in7 formation subject to appropriate confiden8 tial data safeguards. 

9 ‘‘(iii) PUBLICATION.— 

10 ‘‘(I) BASELINE SHIPMENT

11 DATA.—Not later than 120 days after 

12 the date of enactment of this para13 graph, the Secretary shall publish an 

14 analysis of the data collected under 

15 clause (i) for public comment, subject 

16 to applicable confidentiality safe17 guards, which shall serve as the base18 line data for the analysis described in 

19 subclause (II)(bb). 

20 ‘‘(II) PERCENTAGE GROWTH

21 FROM BASELINE.—Not later than 

22 June 1 of each year after the year in 

23 which the Secretary publishes data 

24 under subclause (I), the Secretary 

25 shall publish— 


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1 ‘‘(aa) an analysis of the data 

2 collected under clause (i) for pub3 lic comment, subject to applicable 

4 confidentiality safeguards; 

5 ‘‘(bb) the percentage growth 

6 in the number of shipments with7 in each category of exempted 

8 water heater relative to the base9 line data described in subclause 

10 (I); and 

11 ‘‘(cc) the determination of 

12 the Secretary as to whether the 

13 number of shipments for any cat14 egory of exempted water heater 

15 have increased by more than 25 

16 percent compared to the baseline 

17 data for that category. 

18 ‘‘(C) INCLUSION OF EXEMPTED WATER

19 HEATERS.— 

20 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—If the Secretary 

21 makes an affirmative determination under 

22 subparagraph (B)(iii)(II)(cc) for a cat23 egory of exempted water heater— 

24 ‘‘(I) the Secretary, by regulation, 

25 shall provide that, for purposes of this 


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1 part, the term ‘water heater’ includes 

2 that category of exempted water heat3 er; and 

4 ‘‘(II) beginning on the effective 

5 date of the regulation described in 

6 subclause (I), the exclusion described 

7 in section 321(27)(B) shall not apply 

8 to that category of exempted water 

9 heater. 

10 ‘‘(ii) ENERGY CONSERVATION STAND11 ARDS.—Any category of exempted water 

12 heater included in the definition of water 

13 heater under clause (i) shall be required to 

14 meet the energy conservation standards 

15 applicable to an electric or gas storage type 

16 water heater under this part. 

17 ‘‘(iii) EFFECTIVE DATE.—For any 

18 category of exempted water heater, the 

19 Secretary shall carry out clause (i), and re20 quire compliance under clause (ii), not 

21 later than 1 year after the date on which 

22 the Secretary makes the affirmative deter23 mination described in clause (i) for that 

24 category. 


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1 ‘‘(8) STANDARDS FOR MULTI-INPUT ELECTRIC

2 STORAGE WATER HEATERS.—A multi-input electric 

3 storage water heater shall be subject to the test pro4 cedures, energy conservation standards, labeling (if 

5 applicable), and certification requirements— 

6 ‘‘(A) for electric storage water heaters 

7 under this part; and 

8 ‘‘(B) for storage water heaters under part 

9 C.’’. 

10 (d) WATER HEATER DEMAND RESPONSE CAPABILI11 TIES REQUIREMENTS.— 

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—Part B of title III of the 

13 Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 

14 6291 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 

15 325 the following: 

16 ‘‘SEC. 325A. WATER HEATER DEMAND RESPONSE CAPABILI17 TIES REQUIREMENTS. 

18 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

19 ‘‘(1) DEMAND RESPONSE.—The term ‘demand 

20 response’ means changes in electricity usage by de21 mand-side resources from the normal consumption 

22 patterns of those demand-side resources in response 

23 to— 

24 ‘‘(A) changes in the price of electricity over 

25 time; or 


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1 ‘‘(B) incentive payments designed to in2 duce lower electricity use— 

3 ‘‘(i) at times of high wholesale market 

4 prices; or 

5 ‘‘(ii) during periods in which system 

6 reliability is jeopardized. 

7 ‘‘(2) DEMAND RESPONSE CAPABILITIES.—The 

8 term ‘demand response capabilities’ means the hard9 ware or software, including any combination of hard10 ware and software, that is necessary to participate 

11 in a demand response program, as determined by 

12 the Secretary. 

13 ‘‘(b) REQUIREMENTS.— 

14 ‘‘(1) INITIAL REQUIREMENTS.— 

15 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall— 

16 ‘‘(i) determine, in accordance with 

17 subparagraph (D), whether to require that 

18 electric storage water heaters possess de19 mand response capabilities; and 

20 ‘‘(ii) not later than December 31, 

21 2024— 

22 ‘‘(I) promulgate a final rule with 

23 the requirement described in clause 

24 (i); or 


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1 ‘‘(II) issue a public notice of a 

2 negative determination under that 

3 clause. 

4 ‘‘(B) STORAGE CAPACITIES.—The Sec5 retary may make separate determinations under 

6 subparagraph (A) for water heaters of different 

7 storage capacities. 

8 ‘‘(C) EFFECT OF NEGATIVE DETERMINA9 TION.—If the Secretary makes a negative deter10 mination under subparagraph (A)(i), nothing in 

11 this paragraph shall prohibit the Secretary from 

12 completing the rulemaking described in sub13 clause (I) of subparagraph (A)(ii) after the date 

14 described in that subparagraph if the Secretary 

15 later determines that such rulemaking is nec16 essary. 

17 ‘‘(D) DETERMINATION.— 

18 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out 

19 subparagraph (A)(i), the Secretary shall 

20 make an affirmative determination under 

21 that subparagraph if the Secretary deter22 mines that— 

23 ‘‘(I) the requirement is needed to 

24 promote participation in demand re25 sponse programs; and 


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1 ‘‘(II) the demand response capa2 bilities are— 

3 ‘‘(aa) technologically fea4 sible; and 

5 ‘‘(bb) economically justified. 

6 ‘‘(ii) ECONOMICALLY JUSTIFIED.—In 

7 considering whether demand response ca8 pabilities are economically justified under 

9 clause (i)(II)(bb), the Secretary shall con10 sider— 

11 ‘‘(I) the factors described in sub12 clauses (I), (II), (IV), (V), (VI), and 

13 (VII) of section 325(o)(2)(B)(i); and 

14 ‘‘(II) in the case of the factor de15 scribed in subclause (II) of that sec16 tion, the projected financial impact on 

17 consumers participating in demand re18 sponse programs. 

19 ‘‘(E) REQUIREMENT.—Any rule promul20 gated by the Secretary under subparagraph 

21 (A)(ii)(I) shall not be used to justify a higher 

22 or lower energy conservation standard than 

23 would otherwise have been selected. 

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1 bilities under a rule promulgated under sub2 paragraph (A)(ii)(I), the Secretary shall con3 sider industry consensus standards developed or 

4 recognized by the Air-Conditioning, Heating, 

5 and Refrigeration Institute. 

6 ‘‘(2) REVISIONS.— 

7 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may re8 vise any requirements established under a rule 

9 promulgated under paragraph (1)(A)(ii)(I) if, in 

10 the determination of the Secretary— 

11 ‘‘(i) a revision is needed to promote 

12 participation in demand response pro13 grams; and 

14 ‘‘(ii) the demand response capabilities 

15 to be required under the revised require16 ments are— 

17 ‘‘(I) technologically feasible; and 

18 ‘‘(II) economically justified. 

19 ‘‘(B) REQUIREMENT.—Any revision under 

20 this paragraph shall be subject to the require21 ments of subparagraphs (C) through (E) of 

22 paragraph (1). 

23 ‘‘(c) PREEMPTION.— 

24 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para25 graph (2), effective on the date on which a final rule 


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1 is issued by the Secretary under subsection 

2 (b)(1)(A)(ii)(I), no law or regulation of a State or 

3 political subdivision of a State requiring electric 

4 storage water heater demand response capabilities 

5 for water heaters subject to requirements established 

6 by the Secretary shall be effective. 

7 ‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.— 

8 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (1) shall 

9 not apply to a law or regulation of a State or 

10 political subdivision of a State if the law was in 

11 effect, or the regulation was finalized, before 

12 the date on which the final rule described in 

13 that paragraph is issued. 

14 ‘‘(B) AMENDMENT OF STATE OR LOCAL

15 LAW.— 

16 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Subject to clause 

17 (ii), paragraph (1) shall not apply to the 

18 amendment of a law or regulation de19 scribed in subparagraph (A) if the amend20 ment is made— 

21 ‘‘(I) in the case of the first 

22 amendment, not less than 5 years 

23 after the date on which the law or 

24 regulation became effective or was fi25 nalized, respectively; or 


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1 ‘‘(II) in the case of any subse2 quent amendment, not less than 5 

3 years after the date of any previous 

4 amendment to that law or regulation. 

5 ‘‘(ii) CONSENSUS STANDARDS.—An 

6 amendment to a law or regulation de7 scribed in subparagraph (A) solely to in8 corporate a more recent version of a vol9 untary consensus standard (as defined in 

10 the document of the Office of Management 

11 and Budget entitled ‘Federal Participation 

12 in the Development and Use of Voluntary 

13 Consensus Standards and in Conformity 

14 Assessment Activities’ (OMB Circular A– 

15 119)) shall not be considered to be an 

16 amendment to that law or regulation for 

17 the purposes of this subparagraph. 

18 ‘‘(d) ENFORCEMENT.—A failure to comply with any 

19 requirements established by the Secretary under this sec20 tion shall be— 

21 ‘‘(1) considered to be a violation of section 332; 

22 and 

23 ‘‘(2) subject to the enforcement provisions of 

24 sections 333 and 334. 


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1 ‘‘(e) SAVINGS PROVISION.—Nothing in this section 

2 alters the authority of the Secretary to establish product 

3 classes for electric storage water heaters designed to par4 ticipate in demand response programs.’’. 

5 (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of con6 tents of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act 

7 (Public Law 94–163; 89 Stat. 872) is amended by 

8 inserting after the item relating to section 325 the 

9 following: 

‘‘Sec. 325A. Water heater demand response capabilities requirements.’’. 

10 (3) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

11 (A) Section 326 of the Energy Policy and 

12 Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6296) is amend13 ed— 

14 (i) in subsection (b)— 

15 (I) in paragraph (3)(A)— 

16 (aa) by inserting ‘‘or a re17 quirement established under sec18 tion 325A’’ after ‘‘section 325’’; 

19 and 

20 (bb) by inserting ‘‘or re21 quirement’’ after ‘‘that stand22 ard’’; and 

23 (II) in paragraph (5), by striking 

24 ‘‘or 325’’ and inserting ‘‘325, or 

25 325A’’; and 


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1 (ii) in subsection (d)(1)— 

2 (I) in the second sentence, by 

3 striking ‘‘In making’’ and inserting 

4 the following: 

5 ‘‘(C) REQUIREMENT.—In making’’; 

6 (II) in the first sentence— 

7 (aa) by striking ‘‘energy effi8 ciency’’ and all that follows 

9 through ‘‘standard, as’’ and in10 serting ‘‘the matters described in 

11 subparagraph (B), as’’; and 

12 (bb) by striking ‘‘and energy 

13 conservation standards’’ and in14 serting ‘‘energy conservation 

15 standards, and requirements for 

16 water heater demand response 

17 capabilities (as defined in section 

18 325A(a))’’; 

19 (III) by striking ‘‘(1) For pur20 poses’’ and inserting the following: 

21 ‘‘(1) INFORMATION AND REPORTS.— 

22 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For purposes’’; and 

23 (IV) by inserting after subpara24 graph (A) (as so designated) the fol25 lowing: 


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1 ‘‘(B) MATTERS DESCRIBED.—The matters 

2 referred to in subparagraph (A) are, with re3 spect to a covered product described in that 

4 subparagraph— 

5 ‘‘(i) energy efficiency; 

6 ‘‘(ii) energy use; 

7 ‘‘(iii) in the case of showerheads, fau8 cets, water closets, and urinals, the water 

9 use of that covered product; 

10 ‘‘(iv) the economic impact of any pro11 posed energy conservation standard; and 

12 ‘‘(v) in the case of electric storage 

13 water heaters— 

14 ‘‘(I) water heater demand re15 sponse capabilities (as defined in sec16 tion 325A(a)); and 

17 ‘‘(II) the economic impact of any 

18 proposed requirement for water heater 

19 demand response capabilities (as de20 fined in that section).’’. 

21 (B) Section 335 of the Energy Policy and 

22 Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6305) is amended 

23 by inserting ‘‘or 325A’’ after ‘‘section 325’’ 

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1 (C) Section 336 of the Energy Policy and 

2 Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6306) is amend3 ed— 

4 (i) in subsection (a)— 

5 (I) in paragraph (1), by inserting 

6 ‘‘325A,’’ after ‘‘325,’’; and 

7 (II) in paragraph (2), by insert8 ing ‘‘or 325A’’ after ‘‘325’’; and 

9 (ii) in subsection (b) by striking ‘‘or 

10 325’’ each place it appears and inserting 

11 ‘‘325, or 325A’’. 

12 (e) DEFINITION OF COMMERCIAL WATER HEATER.— 

13 Section 340 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act 

14 (42 U.S.C. 6311) is amended by striking paragraph (12) 

15 and inserting the following: 

16 ‘‘(12)(A) STORAGE WATER HEATER.— 

17 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘storage 

18 water heater’ means a water heater that— 

19 ‘‘(I) heats and stores water within an 

20 appliance at a thermostatically controlled 

21 temperature for delivery on demand; and 

22 ‘‘(II) is not a water heater described 

23 in section 321(27)(A). 

24 ‘‘(ii) EXCLUSION.—The term ‘storage 

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1 input rating of 4,000 Btu per hour or more per 

2 gallon of stored water. 

3 ‘‘(B) INSTANTANEOUS WATER HEATER.—The 

4 term ‘instantaneous water heater’ means a water 

5 heater that— 

6 ‘‘(i) has an input rating of at least 4,000 

7 Btu per hour per gallon of stored water; and 

8 ‘‘(ii) is not a water heater described in sec9 tion 321(27)(A). 

10 ‘‘(C) UNFIRED HOT WATER STORAGE TANK.— 

11 The term ‘unfired hot water storage tank’ means a 

12 tank used to store water that is heated externally.’’. 

13 (f) LABELING REQUIREMENTS.—Section 344 of the 

14 Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6315) is 

15 amended by adding at the end the following: 

16 ‘‘(l) LABELS FOR CERTAIN COMMERCIAL WATER

17 HEATERS.— 

18 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 

19 provision of this section, water heaters described in 

20 section 321(27)(B) shall be required to bear a per21 manent label, applied at the point of manufacture, 

22 that, subject to paragraph (3), satisfies the require23 ments described in paragraph (2). 

24 ‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS.—A label required under 

25 paragraph (1) shall— 


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1 ‘‘(A) be made of material not adversely af2 fected by water; 

3 ‘‘(B) be attached by means of nonwater4 soluble adhesive; and 

5 ‘‘(C) bear the following notice printed in 

6 16.5 point Arial Narrow Bold font: ‘IMPOR7 TANT INFORMATION: Exclusively intended 

8 for commercial installations. This model is not 

9 certified by the manufacturer to the U.S. De10 partment of Energy as a residential water heat11 er. This model does not have a certified First 

12 Hour or UEF rating.’. 

13 ‘‘(3) REVISION UPON PETITION.—On receipt of 

14 a petition by an interested party, the Secretary may 

15 conduct a rulemaking to revise the scope and re16 quirements of the label required under paragraph 

17 (1).’’. 

18 (g) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section and the amend19 ments made by this section shall take effect on the date 

20 that is 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act. 

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