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‘‘(III) A close-coupled pump motor.
‘‘(IV) A footless motor.
‘‘(V) A vertical solid shaft normal thrust
(tested in a horizontal configuration).
‘‘(VI) An 8-pole motor.
‘‘(VII) A poly-phase motor with voltage of
not more than 600 volts (other than 230 or 460
volts).’’.
(b) STANDARDS.—Section 342(b) of the Energy Policy
and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6313(13)) is amended by
striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:
‘‘(1) STANDARDS.—
‘‘(A) GENERAL
PURPOSE
ELECTRIC
MO-
TORS—SUBTYPE I.—
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise
provided in this subparagraph, a general
purpose electric motor—subtype I with a
power rating of not less than 1, and not
more than 200, horsepower manufactured
(alone or as a component of another piece
of equipment) after the 3-year period begin-
ning on the date of enactment of this sub-
paragraph, shall have a nominal full load
efficiency established in Table 12–12 of Na-
tional Electrical Manufacturers Association
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(referred to in this paragraph as ‘NEMA’)
MG–1 (2006).
‘‘(ii) FIRE
PUMP
MOTORS.—A fire
pump motor shall have a nominal full load
efficiency established in Table 12–11 of
NEMA MG–1 (2006).
‘‘(B) GENERAL
PURPOSE
ELECTRIC
MO-
TORS—SUBTYPE II.—A general purpose electric
motor—subtype II with a power rating of not
less than 1, and not more than 200, horsepower
manufactured (alone or as a component of an-
other piece of equipment) after the 3-year period
beginning on the date of enactment of this sub-
paragraph, shall have a nominal full load effi-
ciency established in Table 12–11 of NEMA MG–
1 (2006).
‘‘(C) DESIGN B, GENERAL PURPOSE ELEC-
TRIC MOTORS.—A NEMA Design B, general pur-
pose electric motor with a power rating of not
less than 201, and not more than 500, horse-
power manufactured (alone or as a component of
another piece of equipment) after the 3-year pe-
riod beginning on the date of the enactment of
this subparagraph shall have a nominal full load
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efficiency established in Table 12–11 of NEMA
MG–1 (2006).’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this
section take effect on the date that is 3 years after the date
of enactment of this Act.
SEC. 230. ENERGY STANDARDS FOR HOME APPLIANCES.
(a) DEFINITION OF ENERGY CONSERVATION STAND-
ARD.—Section 321(6)(A) of the Energy Policy and Con-
servation Act (42 U.S.C. 6291(6)(A)) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘or, in the case of’’ and inserting ‘‘and, in the case
of residential clothes washers, residential dishwashers,’’.
(b) REFRIGERATORS, REFRIGERATOR-FREEZERS, AND
FREEZERS.—Section 325(b) of the Energy Policy and Con-
servation Act (42 U.S.C. 6295(b)) is amended by adding
at the end the following:
‘‘(4) REFRIGERATORS, 
REFRIGERATOR-FREEZ-
ERS, AND FREEZERS MANUFACTURED ON OR AFTER
JANUARY 1, 2014.—Not later than December 31, 2010,
the Secretary shall publish a final rule determining
whether to amend the standards in effect for refrig-
erators, refrigerator-freezers, and freezers manufac-
tured on or after January 1, 2014, and including any
amended standards.’’.
(c) RESIDENTIAL CLOTHES WASHERS
AND DISH-
WASHERS.—Section 325(g)(4) of the Energy Policy and
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Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6295(g)(4)) is amended by
adding at the end the following:
‘‘(D) CLOTHES WASHERS.—
‘‘(i) CLOTHES
WASHERS
MANUFAC-
TURED ON OR AFTER JANUARY 1, 2011.—A
residential clothes washer manufactured on
or after January 1, 2011, shall have—
‘‘(I) a modified energy factor of at
least 1.26; and
‘‘(II) a water factor of not more
than 9.5.
‘‘(ii) CLOTHES
WASHERS
MANUFAC-
TURED ON OR AFTER JANUARY 1, 2015.—Not
later than January 1, 2015, the Secretary
shall publish a final rule determining
whether to amend the standards in effect for
residential clothes washers manufactured on
or after January 1, 2015, and including
any amended standards.
‘‘(E) DISHWASHERS.—
‘‘(i) DISHWASHERS MANUFACTURED ON
OR AFTER JANUARY 1, 2010.—A dishwasher
manufactured on or after January 1, 2010,
shall use not more than—
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‘‘(I) in the case of a standard-size
dishwasher, 355 kWh per year or 6.5
gallons of water per cycle; and
‘‘(II) in the case of a compact-size
dishwasher, 260 kWh per year or 4.5
gallons of water per cycle.
‘‘(ii) DISHWASHERS
MANUFACTURED
ON OR AFTER JANUARY 1, 2018.—Not later
than January 1, 2015, the Secretary shall
publish a final rule determining whether to
amend the standards for dishwashers manu-
factured on or after January 1, 2018, and
including any amended standards.’’.
(d) DEHUMIDIFIERS.—Section 325(cc) of the Energy
Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6295(cc)) is
amended—
(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘and before
October 1, 2012,’’ after ‘‘2007,’’; and
(2) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the
following:
‘‘(2) DEHUMIDIFIERS
MANUFACTURED
ON
OR
AFTER
OCTOBER
1, 2012.—Dehumidifiers manufac-
tured on or after October 1, 2012, shall have an En-
ergy Factor that meets or exceeds the following values: