Title: Ceiling Fan Improvement Act of 2020
Policy area: Energy

Summary:
Ceiling Fan Improvement Act of 2020
This bill revises the energy conservation standard for ceiling fans. Specifically, it sets forth energy efficiency standards for electricity used by large-diameter ceiling fans manufactured on or after January 21, 2020, and exempts such fans from certain requirements under the rule titled Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Ceiling Fans.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5758 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5758

   To amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to make technical 
 corrections to the energy conservation standard for ceiling fans, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 5, 2020

 Mr. Guthrie (for himself and Ms. Schakowsky) introduced the following 
    bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to make technical 
 corrections to the energy conservation standard for ceiling fans, and 
                          for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Ceiling Fan Improvement Act of 
2020''.

SEC. 2. MODIFICATIONS TO THE CEILING FAN ENERGY CONSERVATION STANDARD.

    (a) In General.--Section 325(ff)(6) of the Energy Policy and 
Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6295(ff)(6)) is amended by adding at the 
end the following:
    ``(C)(i) Large-diameter ceiling fans manufactured on or after 
January 21, 2020, shall--
            ``(I) not be required to meet minimum ceiling fan 
        efficiency in terms of ratio of the total airflow to the total 
        power consumption as described in the final rule titled `Energy 
        Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Ceiling 
        Fans' (82 Fed. Reg. 6826 (January 19, 2017)); and
            ``(II) have a CFEI greater than or equal to--
                    ``(aa) 1.00 at high speed; and
                    ``(bb) 1.31 at 40 percent speed or the nearest 
                speed that is not less than 40 percent speed.
    ``(ii) For purposes of this subparagraph, the term `CFEI' means the 
Fan Energy Index for large-diameter ceiling fans, calculated in 
accordance with ANSI/AMCA Standard 208-18 titled `Calculation of the 
Fan Energy Index', with the following modifications:
            ``(I) Using an Airflow Constant (Q<INF>0</INF>) of 26,500 
        cubic feet per minute.
            ``(II) Using a Pressure Constant (P<INF>0</INF>) of 0.0027 
        inches water gauge.
            ``(III) Using a Fan Efficiency Constant (h<INF>0</INF>) of 
        42 percent.''.
    (b) Revision.--For purposes of section 325(m) of the Energy Policy 
and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6295(m)), the standard established in 
section 325(ff)(6)(C) of such Act (as added by subsection (a) of this 
section) shall be treated as if such standard was issued on January 19, 
2017.
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