An Act Establishing Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards for Certain Products Sold or Installed in the State
Maine Legislature, Session 122, LD 1435
Committee: Utilities and Energy
Sponsors: EBERLE, TURNER, BLISS, BRAUTIGAM, FLETCHER, KOFFMAN, MUSE, PINGREE, RECTOR, THOMPSON

Legislative Document 
No. 1435 
H.P.999 
House of Representatives, March 22, 2005 
An Act Establishing Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards for 
Certain Products Sold or Installed in the State 
Reference to the Committee on Utilities and Energy suggested and ordered printed. 
Presented by Representative EBERLE of South Portland. 
Cosponsored by Senator TURNER of Cumberland and 
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MILLICENT M. MacFARLAND 
Clerk 
Representatives: BLISS of South Portland, BRAUTIGAM of Falmouth, FLETCHER of 
Winslow, KOFFMAN of Bar Harbor, MUSE of Fryeburg, PINGREE of North Haven, 
RECTOR of Thomaston, THOMPSON of China. 
Printed on recycled paper 
Be it enacted by the People "f the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1. 35-A MRSA c. 36 is enacted to read: 
CllAPTER 36 
ENERGY EFFICIENCY STANDARDS 
§360l. 
Definitions 
As 
used 
in this 
chapter, 
unless 
the 
context otherwise 
indicates, the following terms have the following meanings. 
1. 
AC. 
"AC" means alternating current. 
2. 
Automatic commercial ice maker. 
"Automatic commercial. 
ice-maker" means a factory made assembly shipped in one or more 
~ackages that consists of 
a 
condensing unit 
and 
ice-making 
section o~erating as an integrated unit that makes and harvests 
ice cubes and that may store or dii~ense ice. 
This term includes 
machines with ice-maxlng capacities from 50 to 2,500 lbs. per 24 
hours. 
3. 
Ballast. 
"Ballast" means a device used with an electric 
discharge lamp to obtain necessary voltage, current and wave form 
for starting and operating the lamp. 
4. 
B'11J. 
"BTU" has the Same meaning as in Title 10, section 
~ 
5. 
Ceiling fan. 
"Ceiling fan" 
means a nonportable device 
that is suspended from a ceiling for circulating air via the 
rotation of fan blades. 
6. 
Ceiling fan light kit. 
"Ceiling fan light kit" means 
eguipment designed to 
provide light from a ceiling fan that can 
D..e..t 
A. 
Integral, such that the eguipment is hardwired to the 
ceiling fan: or 
B. 
Attachable, such that at the time of sale the eguipment 
is not physically attached to the ceiling fan but may be 
included inside the ceiling fan package or sold separately 
for subseguent attachment to the fan. 
7. 
Coumercial clothes washer. 
"Commercial clothes washer" 
means 
a 
soft mount 
horizontal-axis 
or vertical-axis 
clothes 
washer that: 
A. 
Has a clothes container compartment no greater than 3.5 
cubic feet in the case of a horizontal-axis product and no 
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greater than 4.0 cubic feet in the case of a vertical-axis 
product; and 
B. 
Is designed for use by more than one household, such as 
in multifamily housing, apartments or coin laundries. 
8. 
Coanercial prerinse spray valve. 
"Commercial prerinse 
spray valve" 
means 
a 
hand-held device that is designed 
and 
marketed for use with commercial dishwashing and ware washing 
eguipment and that sprays water for the purpose of removing food 
residue prior to cleaning. 
9. 
Commercial 
refrigerator, 
freezer 
or 
refrigerator-freezer. 
"Commercial 
refrigerator, 
freezer 
or 
refrigerator-freezer" 
means 
self-contained 
refrigeration 
eguipment that: 
A. 
Is not a consumer product as regulated pursuant to 42 
United States Code, Section 6291 et seQ.; 
B. 
Operates at a chilled, frozen, combination of chilled 
and 
frozen 
or variable 
temperature 
for 
the 
purpose 
of 
stQring Qr merchandising fQQd, beverages Qr ice; 
C. 
May 
have transparent or solid hinged doors, 
sliding 
doors or a combination of hinged and Sliding doors; and 
D. 
Incorporates 
most 
components 
involved 
in 
the 
vapor-compression cycle and the refrigerated compartment in 
a single cabinet. 
This term does not include units with 85 cubic feet or more of 
internal volume, walk-in refrigerators or freezers, units with no 
doors or freezers specifically designed for ice cream. 
10. 
DC. 
"DC" means direct current. 
11. 
Digita,l 
teleyision 
ada,pter. 
"Digital 
television 
adapter" means an electronic product for which the sole purpose 
is the conversion of digital video terrestrial broadcast signals 
to analog video signals for use by an analog device such as a 
television. 
This 
term 
does 
not 
include 
cable 
or 
satellite 
television set-top boxes. 
12. 
Electricity ratio. 
"Electricity ratio" is the ratio of 
furnace electricity use to total furnace energy use. 
13. 
Furnace air handler. 
"Furnace air handler" means the 
section of the furnace that is generally upstream of the burners 
and heat exchanger and may include the fan, blower, filter or 
housing or any combination of those elements. 
14. 
High-intensity 
discharge 
lamp. 
"High-intensi ty 
discharge lamp" means a lamp in which light is produced by the 
passage of an electric current through a yapor or gas and in 
which 
the 
light-producing 
arc 
is 
stabilized 
by 
bulb 
wall 
temperature and the arc tube has a bulb wall loading in excess of 
watts per square centimeter. 
15. 
Illuminated exit sign. 
"Illuminated exit sign" means 
an internally illuminated sign that is designed to be permanently 
fixed in place to identify a building exit and consists of an 
electrically powered integral light source that illuminates the 
legend 
"EXIT" 
and 
any 
directional 
indicators 
and 
provides 
contrast between the legend, any directional indicators and the 
background. 
16. 
Large 
packaged 
air-conditioning 
equipment. 
"Large 
packaged air-congitioning equipment" means electrically operated, 
air-coo leg 
air-congitioning 
ang 
air-congitioning 
heat 
pump 
equipment that has a cooling capacity of at least 240,000 BTUs 
per hour but less than 760,000 BTUs per hour and that is built as 
a package and shippeg as a whole to end-user sites. 
. 
Lplf-voltage 
dry-type 
distribution 
transformer. 
"Low-yoltage 
gry-type 
gistribution 
transformer" 
means 
a 
distribution transformer that: 
A. 
Has an lnput voltage of 600 volts or less; 
B. 
Is air-cooleg; 
C. 
Does not use oil as a coolant; and 
D. 
Is rateg for operation at a frequency of 60 hertz. 
18. 
Medium voltage 
dry type 
distribution 
transformer. 
"Megium-yoltage 
gry-type 
gistribution 
transformer" 
means 
a 
gistribution transformer that: 
A. 
Has an input voltage of more than 600 volts but less 
than 34,500 volts; 
B. 
Is air-cooled; 
C. 
Does not use oU as a coolant; and 
D. 
Is rated for operation at a frequency of 60 hertz. 
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l.9. 
Metal. 
hal.ide 
lamp. 
"Metal 
halide 
lamp" 
means 
a 
high intensity discharge lamp in which the major portion of the 
light is produced by the radiation of metal halides and their 
products of dissociation, possibly in combination with metallic 
vapors. 
20. 
Metal halide lamp fixture. 
"Metal halide lamp fixture" 
means a light fixture designed to be operated with a metal halide 
lamp and a ballast for a metal halide lamp. 
21. 
Probe start metal. halide bal.last. 
"Probe-start metal 
halide ballast" means 
a ballast used to operate metal halide 
lamps that does not contain an ignitor and instead starts lamps 
by using a 3rd starting electrode "probe" in the arc tube. 
22. 
Pulldovn refrigerator. 
"Pulldown refrigerator" means a 
commercial refrigerator specifically designed to rapidly reduce. 
~en fully 
19aded 
with 
beyercge 
containers. 
all 
integrated 
product temperatures from 
degrees Fahrenheit to 38 degrees 
Fahrenheit over a 12-hour period. 
23. 
Residential. 
boiler. 
"Residential 
boiler" 
means 
a 
self-contained 
appliance 
for 
supplying 
stearn 
or 
hot 
water 
primarily intended for space heating that uses only single phase 
electric current or 
single-phase electric current or direct 
current in conjunction ~ith natural gas, propane or home heating 
oil and that: 
A. 
Is designed to be the principal heating source for the 
living space of one or more 
residences: 
B. 
Has a heat input rate of less than 300,000 BTUs per 
hour; and 
C. 
Is not an appliance designed for the primary purpose of 
supplying hot water for purposes other than heating. 
24. 
Residential. furAace. 
"Residential furnace" 
means 
a 
self-contained space heater designed to supply heated air through 
ducts 
of 
more 
than 
inches 
in 
length 
that 
uses 
only 
single-phase electric current or single-phase electric current or 
direct current in conjunction with natural gas. propane or home 
heating oil and that: 
A. 
Is designed to be the principal heating source for the 
living space of one or more residences: 
B. 
I s not contaiJ).ed wi thin the same cabinet as a central 
air conditioner whose rated cooling capacity is above 65,000 
BTUs per hour; and 
C. 
Has a heat input rate of less than 225,000 BTUs per hour. 
25. 
Single-voltage 
external 
AC-to-DC 
power 
sqpply. 
"Single-voltage externa} 
AC to DC 
power supply" means a device 
that: 
A. 
Is designed to convert line voltage AC input into lower 
voltage DC output; 
B. 
Is able to convert to only one DC output voltage at a 
time; 
C. 
Is sold with or intended to be used with a separate 
end-use product that constitutes the primary power load; 
D. 
Is contained within a separate physical enclosure from 
the end-use product; 
E. 
Is connected to the end-use product through a removable 
or hard-wired electrical connection, cable, cord or other 
wiring; 
F. 
Does not have batteries or battery packs, 
including 
those that are removable, that physically attach directly to 
the power supply unit; 
G. 
Does 
not have 
a 
battery chemistry or type selector 
switch and indicator light and does 
not have 
a 
battery 
chemistry or type selector switch and a state of charge 
meter; and 
H. 
Has a nameplate output power less than or equal to 250 
watts. 
Z6. 
State regulated 
incandescent 
reflector 
lamp. 
"State regulated incandescent reflector lamp" means a 
lamp that 
is 
not 
colored or 
designed 
for 
rough 
or vibration service 
applications; that has an inner reflective coating on the outer 
bulb to direct the light, an E26 medium screw base and a rated 
voltage or voltage range that lies at least partially within 115 
to 130 volts; and that falls into one of the following categories: 
A. 
A bulged reflector or elliptical reflector bulb shape 
that has a diameter that equals or exceeds 2.25 inches; and 
B. 
A 
reflector 
or 
parabolic 
aluminized 
reflector 
or 
similar bulb shape that has 
a 
diameter of 2.25 to 2.75 
inches. 
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27. 
Torchiere 
lighting 
fixture. 
"Torchiere 
lighting 
fixture" 
means 
a 
portable electric lighting fixture with 
a 
reflective bowl that directs light upward onto a ceiling so as to 
produce indirect illumination on the surfaces below. 
A torchiere 
lighting fixture may ir.dude downward-directed lamps in addition 
to the upward, indirect illumination. 
28. 
Traffic signal module. 
"Traffic signal module" means a 
standard 8-inch or l2-inch traffic signal indicator consisting of 
a 
light 
source. 
a 
lens 
and all other parts 
necessary 
for 
operation. 
29. 
Transformer. 
"Transformer" means a device consisting 
of 2 or more coils of insulated wire and that is designed to 
transfer alternating CUrrent by electromagnetic induction from 
one coil to another to change the original voltage or current 
value. 
"Transformer" does not include either: 
A. 
Transformers 
with 
multiple 
voltage 
taps, 
with 
the 
highest voltage tap equaling at least 20 percent more than 
the lowest voltage tap; or 
B. 
Transformers 
that 
are 
designed 
to 
be 
used 
in 
a 
special-purpose application and are unlikely to be used in 
general-purpose applications. such as those commonly known 
as 
drive 
transformers. 
rectifier 
transformers. 
auto-transformers.. 
uninterruptible 
power 
system 
transformers. 
impedance 
transformers. 
regulating 
~nsformers. 
se~ed 
and 
nonventilating 
transformers. 
machine tOQl transformers. welding transformers. grounding 
transformers or testing transformers. 
30. 
Unit heater. 
"Unit heater" means 
a 
self-contained, 
vented fan-type commercial space heater that uses natural gas or 
propane and that is designed to be installed without ducts within 
a heated space. except that "unit heater" does not include any 
products covered by federal standards established pursuant to 42 
United States Code. Section 6291 and subseguent sections or any 
product that is a direct-vent. forced-flue heater with a sealed 
~stion burner. 
§3602. 
Scope 
1. 
Application. 
Except as provided in subsection 2. the 
provisions of this chapter apply to the testing. certification 
and enforcement of energy efficiency standards for the following 
types 
of 
new 
products 
that 
are 
sold, 
offered 
for 
sale 
or 
installed in the State and are referred to in this chapter as 
"covered products": 
A. 
Automatic commercial ice makers; 
B. 
Ceiling fans and ceiling fan light kits; 
C. 
Commercial clothes washers; 
D. 
Commercial prerinse spray valves; 
E. 
Commercial refrigerators and freezers; 
F. 
Digital television adapters; 
G. 
Residential boilers and residential furnaces; 
Hf 
Furnace air handlers; 
If 
High-intensity discharge lamp ballasts; 
J. 
Illuminated exit signs; 
K. 
Large packaged air-conditioning equipment; 
L. 
Low-yoltage dry-type distribution transformers; 
M. 
Medium-voltage dry-type distribution transformers; 
N. 
Metal halide lamp fixtures; 
Of 
Single-voltage external AC-to-DC power supplies; 
P. 
State-regulated incandescent reflector lamps; 
O. 
Torchiere lighting fixtures; 
Rf 
Traffic signal modules; 
S. 
Unit heaters; and 
Tf 
Such 
other 
products 
as 
may 
be 
designated 
by 
the 
commission in accordance with section 3605. 
2. 
Exclusions. 
The provisions of this chapter do not apply 
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 outsid~ the State; 
C. 
Products installed in mobile manufactured homes at the 
time of construction: and 
D. 
Products designed expressly for installation and use in 
recreational vehic]~~ 
§3603. 
Rulemaking; energy efficiency standards 
No later than January It 2006, the commission shall adopt 
rules establishing 
m~n~mum efficiency standards for 
sale and 
installation of covered products. 
§3604. 
Implementation of energy efficien~ rules; varying 
effective dates 
1. 
Products sold on or after Januar.y L 
2001; products 
installed on or after January L 
2008. 
The following covered 
products may not be sold or offered for sale as new in the State 
on or after January 1, 2007 or installed for compensation in the 
State on or after January It 2008 unless the efficiency of the 
product meets or exceeds the efficiency standards set forth in 
the rules adopted pursuant to section 3603: 
A. 
Ceiling fan: 
B. 
Ceiling fan light kit; 
C. 
Commercial clothes washer; 
D. 
Commercial prerinse spray valve; 
E. 
Digital television adapter; 
F. 
High-intensity discharge lamp ballast; 
G. 
Illuminated exit sign; 
H. 
Low-voltage dry-type distribution transformer; 
I. 
Single-voltage external AC-to-DC power supply: 
J. 
State-regulated incandescent reflector lamp: 
K. 
Torchiere lighting fixture: 
L. 
Traffic signal module; and 
M. 
Unit heater. 
2. 
Products sold on or after January 1. 
2008; products 
installed on or after January 1. 2009. 
The following covered 
products may not be sold or offered for sale as new in the State 
on or after January 1, 2008 or installed for compensation in the 
State on or after January 1. 2009 unless the efficiency of the 
product meets or exceeds the efficiency standards set forth in 
the rules adopted pursuG~t to section 3603: 
A. 
Automatic commercial ice maker; 
B. 
Medium-voltage dry-type distribution transformer; and 
C. 
Metal halide lamp fixture. 
3. 
Products sold on or after January I. 
2010; products 
installed on or after January 1, 2011, 
The following covered 
products may not be sold or offered for sale as new in the State 
on or after January 1, 2010 or installed for compensation in the 
State on or after January L 
2011 unless the efficiency of the 
product meets or exceeds the efficiency standards set forth in 
the rules adopted pursuant to section 3603: 
A. 
Commercial refrigerator or freezer; and 
B. 
Large packaged air-conditioning equipment. 
For purposes of this section, "compensation" means money or 
any 
other 
valuable, 
regardless 
of 
form, 
received 
or 
to 
be 
received by a person fo~ services rendered. 
§3605. 
New and revised standards 
The commission may by rule establish standards higher than 
the minimum energy efficiency standards for covered products and 
may establish standards for products not specifically listed in 
section 3602. 
The commission may revise a standard or add a new 
standard for other products upon determination that the standard 
would serve to promote energy conservation in the State and would 
be 
cost-effective 
for 
consumers 
who 
purchase 
and 
use 
such 
products. 
A new or increased energy efficiency standard adopted 
by 
the 
commission 
may 
not 
take 
effect less 
than 
one 
year 
following 
the adoption of 
the 
rule establishing the 
new 
or 
increased energy efficiency standard. 
The commission may apply 
for a waiver of federal preemption in accordance with federal 
procedures under 42 United States Code, Section 6297(d) for those 
products regulated by the Federal Government. 
§3606. 
Testing. certification. labeling and enforcement 
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1. 
Testing. 
The 
commission shall adopt procedures for 
testing 
the 
energy 
efficiency 
of 
covered 
products. 
The 
commission shall use United States Department of Energy approved 
test methods or, in the absence of such test methods, 
other 
appropriate 
nationally 
recognized 
test 
methods. 
The 
manufacturers 
of 
such 
products 
shall 
cause 
samples 
of 
the 
products to be tested in accordance with the test procedures 
adopted pursuant to this subsection. 
2. 
Certification. 
Manufacturers 
of 
covered 
products, 
except for single-voltage external AC-to-DC power supplies and 
high-intensity discharge 
lamp ballasts, shall certify to the 
commission 
that 
such 
products 
are 
in 
compliance 
with 
the 
provisions of this chapter. 
Such certifications must be based on 
.t..e..a.t results. 
The commission shall adopt rules governing the 
certification of such products and may work in coordination with 
the certification programs of other states with like standards. 
3. 
Identification. 
Manufacturers 
of 
covered 
products, 
except for high-intensity discharge lamP ballasts, shall identify 
each product offered for sale or installed in the State as being 
in compliance with the provisions of this chapter by means of a 
mark, label or tag on the product and packaging at the time of 
sale or installation. 
The commission shall adopt rules governing 
the 
identification of 
such 
products 
and 
packaging 
and 
may 
coordinate the rules with the labeling programs of other states 
with like standards. 
4. 
Commission testing. 
The 
commission may test covered 
products using an accr;;:dited testing facility. 
If products so 
tested are found to be not in compliance with the minimum energy 
efficiency 
standards 
established 
under 
section 
3603, 
the 
~mmission shall: 
A. 
Charge the manufacturer of such a product for the cost 
of product purchase and testing; and 
B. 
Provide information to the public on the product found 
to be not in compliance with the standards. 
5. 
Inspections. 
With prior notice and at reasonable and 
convenient hours, the commission may make periodic inspections of 
distributors 
or 
retailers 
of 
covered 
products 
to 
determine 
compliance with the provisions of this chapter. 
The commission 
shall work with the Department of Administrative and Financial 
Services to coordinate inspections of covered products that are 
installed as part of public improvements as defined in Title 5, 
section 1741. 
6. 
Investigations: 
enforcement. 
The 
commission 
shall 
investigate complaints concerning violations of this chapter and 
shall report the results of such investigations to the Attorney 
General. 
The 
Attorney 
General 
may 
institute 
proceedings 
to 
enforce 
the 
provisions 
of 
this 
chapter. 
A 
manufacturer, 
distributor or retailer that violates 
any provision of this 
chapter must be issued a warning for a first violation and for 
any subsequent violation is subject to a civil fine of not more 
than $250, 
Each violation constitutes a separate offense , ~ 
each day the violation continues constitutes a separate offense. 
Fines assessed under this subsection are in addition to costs 
assessed under subsection 4. 
7. 
Rules. 
The commission may adopt rules necessary to 
ensure 
the 
proper 
implementation 
and 
enforcement 
of 
the 
provisions of this chapter. 
Rules adopted under this subsection 
are routine technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, 
subchapter 2-A. 
Sec. 2. Rulemaking; establishment of efficiency standards. 
The 
Public Utili ties Commission shall adopt rules pursuant to the 
Maine Revised Statutes, Title 35-A, section 3603 that establish 
the following minimum energy efficiency standards. 
1. 
Automatic commercial ice makers must meet or exceed the 
energy efficiency requirements 
shown in Table A-7 
of section 
1605.3 of the California Code of Regulations, Title 20: Division 
2, 
Chapter 4, 
Article 4: 
Appliance Efficiency Regulations as 
adopted on December 15, 2004. 
2. 
Ceiling fans m1..<5t: 
A. 
Include lighting controls that are separate from fan 
speed controls; 
8. 
8e equipped with adjustable speed controls; and 
C. 
Have the capability of reversible fan action, except 
that this requirement does not apply to fans designed for 
industrial 
applications, 
fans 
designed 
for 
outdoor 
applications and fans designed for applications where safety 
standards would be violated by use of the reversible mode. 
3. 
Ceiling fan light kits must: 
A. 
Meet or exceed the requirements of the United States 
Environmental Protection Agency's Energy Star Program for 
Residential Light Fixtures (Version 3.1) 
and be packaged 
with lamps to fill all sockets; 
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B. 
Be packaged with screw-based compact fluorescent lamps 
to fill all sockets, with such lamps satisfying the Energy 
Star 
Program 
Requirements 
for 
Compact 
Fluorescent 
Lamps 
(Version 3.0); or 
C. 
Use 
and 
be 
packaged with light sources other than 
compact fluorescent lamps that meet or exceed the minimum 
efficacy requireme::ts, as measured in lumens per watt, of 
the Energy Star Program Requirements for Compact Fluorescent 
Lamps (Version 3.0). 
4. 
Commercial 
clothes washers must 
meet or 
exceed the 
requirements 
shown 
in 
Table 
P-4 
of 
section 
1605.3 
of 
the 
California Code of Regulations, Title 20: Division 2, Chapter 4, 
Article 4: Appliance Efficiency Regulations in effect on December 
15, 2004. 
5. 
Commercial prerinse spray valves must have a flow rate 
less than or equal to 1.6 gallons per minute. 
6. 
Commercial 
refrigerators, 
freezers 
and 
refrigerator-freezers must meet or exceed the minimum efficiency 
requirements 
shown 
in 
Table 
A-6 
of 
section 
1605.3 
of 
the 
California Code of Regulations, Title 20: Division 2, Chapter 4, 
Article 
4: 
Appliance 
Efficiency 
Regulations 
as 
adopted 
on 
December 
15, 
2004, 
except 
that 
pulldown 
refrigerators 
with 
transparent doors must meet or exceed a 
requirement 
5% 
less 
stringent than shown in the California regulations. 
7. 
Digital television adapters may not use more than one 
watt in "standby-passive" mode and may not use more than 8 watts 
in "on" mode. 
8. 
Residential furnaces and boilers must meet or exceed the 
following annual fuel use efficiency values: 
A. 
For natural gas-fired and propane-fired furnaces, 
a 
minimum efficiency level of 90%; 
B. 
For oil-fired furnaces, 
a minimum efficiency level of 
83'l-o; 
C. 
For 
natural 
gas-fired 
and 
propane-fired 
hot 
water 
boilers, a minimum efficiency level of 84%; 
D. 
For oil-fired hot-water boilers, 
a minimum efficiency 
level of 84'l-o; 
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E. 
For natural gas-fired and propane-fired steam boilers, a 
minimum efficiency level of 82%; and 
F. 
For oil-fired steam boilers, a minimum efficiency level 
of 82%. 
The commission may adopt rules to exempt compliance with furnace 
or 
boiler 
standards 
at 
any 
building, 
site 
or 
location 
if 
compliance with those 
~tandards would conflict with any local 
zoning 
ordinance, 
building 
or 
plumbing 
code 
or 
other 
rule 
regarding installation and venting of boilers or furnaces. 
9. 
Furnace air handlers must have an efficiency ratio of 
2.0 percent or less, 
except that air handlers 
for oil-fired 
furnaces with a capacity of less than 94,000 BTUs per hour must 
have an efficiency ratio of 2.3 percent or less. 
10. 
High-intensity discharge 
lamp 
ballasts 
may 
not 
be 
designed or marketed to operate a mercury vapor lamp. 
11. 
Illuminated exit signs must have an input power demand 
of 5 watts or less per illuminated face. 
12. 
Large packaged air-conditioning equipment must meet or 
exceed the following minimum energy efficiency ratios: 
A. 
For 
air 
conditioning without 
an 
integrated heating 
component or with electric resistance heating integrated 
into the unit, a minimum energy efficiency ratio of 10.0; 
B. 
For air conditioning with heating other than electric 
resistance 
integrated 
into 
the 
unit, 
a 
minimum 
energy 
efficiency ratio of 9.8; 
C. 
For air-conditioning heat pumps without an integrated 
heating 
component 
or 
with 
electric 
resistance 
heating 
integrated into the unit, a minimum energy efficiency ratio 
of 9.5; and 
D. 
For air-conditioning heat 
other than electric resistance 
minimum energy efficiency ratio 
pump equipment with 
integrated into the 
of 9.3. 
heating 
uni t, a 
Large packaged air-conditioning heat pumps must meet a minimum 
coefficient of performance in the heating mode of 3.2. 
13. 
Low-voltage 
dry-type distribution transformers 
must 
meet or exceed the Class 1 efficiency levels for low-voltage 
distribution transformers specified in Table 4-2 of the "Guide 
for Determining Energy Efficiency for Distribution Transformers" 
.. 
published by the National Electrical Manufacturers Association 
(NEMA Standard TP-1-2002). 
14. 
Medium-voltage dry-type distribution transformers must 
meet or exceed minimum efficiency levels 3/10 of a percentage 
point 
higher 
than 
the 
Class 
efficiency 
levels 
for 
medium-voltage distribution transformers specified in Table 4-2 
of the "Guide for Determining Energy Efficiency for Distribution 
Transformers" published by the National Electrical Manufacturers 
Association (NEMA Stand~rd TP-I-2002). 
15. 
Metal halide lamp fixtures designed to be operated with 
lamps rated greater than or equal to 150 watts but less than or 
equal to 500 watts may not contain a probe-start metal halide 
lamp ballast. 
16. 
Single-voltage external AC-to-DC power supplies must 
meet or exceed the Tier 1 energy efficiency requirements shown in 
Table 
U-l 
of 
section 
1605.3 
of 
the 
California 
Code 
of 
Regulations, 
Title 
20: 
Division 
2, 
Chapter 
4, 
Article 
4: 
Appliance 
Efficiency Regulations 
as 
adopted 
on 
December 
15, 
2004. 
This standard applies to single-voltage AC-to-DC power 
supplies that are sold individually and to those that are sold as 
a component of or in conjunction with another product. 
17. 
State-regulated incandescent reflector lamps must meet 
or exceed the 
m~n~mum average 
lamp efficacy requirements for 
federally regulated incandescent reflector lamps contained in 42 
United States Code, 
Section 6295 
(i)(I)(A). 
This requirement 
does not apply to 50-watt elliptical reflector lamps. 
18. 
Torchiere lighting fixtures 
may not use more than 190 
watts. 
A torchiere lighting fixture is deemed to use more than 
watts if any commercially available lamp or combination of 
lamps can be inserted in its socket or sockets and cause the 
torchiere lighting fixture to draw more than 190 watts when 
operated at full brightness. 
19. 
Traffic signal modules must meet or exceed the product 
specification of the Energy Star Program Requirements for Traffic 
Signals developed by the United States Environmental Protection 
Agency, 
which 
took effect in February 
2001. 
Traffic signal 
modules must be installed with compatible, electrically connected 
signal control interface devices and conflict monitoring systems 
20. 
Unit heaters must be 
ignition 
device 
and 
must 
have 
automatic flue damper. 
equipped with 
either 
power 
'i 
an intermittent 
venting 
or 
an 
Sec. 3. Review of other states' laws. 
No later than January 1, 
2006, the Public Utilities Commission shall determine for each 
covered product, as defined in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 
35-A, section 3602, whether at least 3 states other than Maine 
have established efficiency standards that are as stringent as 
those set forth for that product in section 2 of this Act. 
If 
the 
commission determines that such standards 
for 
a 
covered 
product have not been established by at least 3 states other than 
Maine, 
the Public Utilities Commission shall submit emergency 
legislation 
to 
the 
Second 
Regular 
Session 
of 
the 
l22nd 
Legislat'.lre to amend the effective date contained in Title 35-A, 
section 3604 for that product by advancing the relevant effective 
date by one year. 
Sec. 4. Review of federal law. 
No later than June 1, 2006, the 
Public Utilities Commission, in consultation with the Attorney 
General, 
shall 
determine 
whether 
implementation 
of 
state 
standards 
for 
residential 
boilers, 
furnaces 
or 
furnace 
air 
handlers 
requires 
a 
waiver 
from 
federal 
preemption. 
If the 
Public Utilities Commission determines that such a waiver is not 
needed, the commission shall submit emergency legislation to the 
implement 
minimum 
energy efficiency 
standards 
for 
residential boilers, 
furnaces or furnace air handlers to take effect on June 1, 2008. 
If 
the 
commission 
determines 
that 
a 
waiver 
from 
federal 
preemption 
is 
required 
for 
residential boilers, 
furnaces 
or 
furnace 
air 
handlers, 
the 
commission 
shall 
apply 
for 
any 
necessary waiver 
and 
submit legislation to 
implement 
minimum 
energy efficiency standards for residential boilers, furnaces or 
furnace 
air 
handlers 
to 
take 
effect 
at 
the 
earliest 
date 
permitted by federal law. 
SUMMARY 
This bill sets 
minimum 
energy efficiency 
certain products 
sold or installed in Maine, 
signs, traffic signals and ceiling fans. 
This bill authorizes 
the Public Utilities 
establish 
higher 
energy 
efficiency 
standards 
standards 
for 
including exit 
Commission to 
and 
to 
adopt 
standards 
for 
additional 
products 
and 
directs 
the 
Public 
Utilities Commission to monitor and enforce compliance with the 
standards. 
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