Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 14 - INDEPENDENT AGENCIES › Subtitle 26 - MARYLAND ENERGY ADMINISTRATION › Chapter 14.26.03 - Maryland Energy Efficiency Standards › Section 14.26.03.03 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 14, July 12, 2024
A. In this chapter,
				the following terms have the meanings indicated.
B. Terms Defined.
(1) "Act" means the Energy Efficiency
				Standards Act.
(2) "Administration"
				means the Maryland Energy Administration.
(3) Commercial Refrigeration Cabinet.
(a) "Commercial refrigeration cabinet" means
				a refrigerator, freezer, or refrigerator-freezer, designed by the manufacturer
				for the purpose of storing food products, ice, or other perishable items at
				specified temperatures, which may be configured with either solid or
				transparent doors as a:
(i) Reach-in
				cabinet;
(ii) Pass-through
				cabinet;
(iii) Roll-in cabinet;
				or
(iv) Roll-through
				cabinet.
(b) "Commercial
				refrigeration cabinet" does not include a:
(i) Product with 85 cubic feet or more of
				internal volume;
(ii) Walk-in
				refrigerator or walk-in freezer;
(iii) Consumer product regulated under the
				National Appliance Energy Conservation Act of 1987 ( Public Law 100-12);
				or
(iv) Refrigerator, freezer, or
				refrigerator-freezer designed and marketed exclusively for medical, scientific,
				or research purposes.
(4) "Distributor of new products" means a
				person:
(a) Whose primary business is the
				wholesale distribution of commercial goods for resale;
(b) Who maintains an inventory of commercial
				goods for resale;
(c) Who has the
				right to sell or distribute commercial goods in Maryland for resale to
				retailers or other resellers or to an industrial or commercial manufacturer;
				and
(d) Who conducts substantial
				business in Maryland.
(5) "Installer" means a person engaged in the
				attachment of a product that the installer has either purchased or been
				contracted to attach to a structure by means of the electrical, plumbing, or
				ventilation systems.
(6) "Large
				packaged air-conditioning equipment" means packaged air-conditioning equipment
				with at least 20 tons, but not more than 80 tons, of cooling
				capacity.
(7) Low-Voltage Dry-Type
				Distribution Transformer.
(a) "Low-voltage
				dry-type distribution transformer" means a distribution transformer that:
(i) Has an input voltage of 600 volts or
				less;
(ii) Is air-cooled;
				and
(iii) Does not use oil as a
				coolant.
(b)
				"Low-voltage dry-type distribution transformer" does not include any of the
				following transformers:
(i) An autotransformer
				in which the primary and secondary windings are not electronically isolated and
				at least a portion of the secondary voltage is derived from the primary
				winding;
(ii) A drive transformer
				designed only to provide power to operate an electronic variable speed motor
				drive;
(iii) A grounding
				transformer designed only to provide a system ground reference point;
(iv) A harmonic transformer designed to
				supply a load with a higher than normal harmonic current level and that has a
				k-rating of k-4 or greater;
(v) An
				impedance transformer that has a specified impedance of less than 4 percent or
				greater than 8 percent;
(vi) A
				machine tool transformer designed only to provide power to machine tool
				equipment;
(vii) A rectifier
				transformer designed to provide power only to a rectifier circuit and that has
				a nameplate rating for both the fundamental frequency power rating and the root
				mean square (rms) power rating;
(viii) A regulating transformer with
				automatic tap changers;
(ix) A
				sealed and nonventilating transformer designed to prevent airflow through the
				transformer;
(x) A testing
				transformer designed only as part of, or to supply power to, electrical test
				equipment;
(xi) A ups transformer
				designed only as an integral part of an uninterruptible power system;
				or
(xii) A welding transformer
				designed only to provide power to welding equipment.
(8) "Manufacturer of new product"
				means a person who makes new products by hand or machinery.
(9) "Maryland business" means a corporation
				organized under the laws of the State.
(10) "Maryland consumer" means an individual
				who:
(a) Is solicited to purchase, or who
				purchases for personal, family, or household purposes; and
(b) Resides in Maryland.
(11) "New product" means any manufactured
				good at the time when it is sold for consumption or use other than resale,
				further processing, or manufacture for the first time.
(12) "Packaged air-conditioning equipment"
				means air-conditioning equipment that is built as a package and shipped as a
				whole to end-user sites.
(13)
				"Pass-through cabinet" means a commercial refrigerator or commercial freezer
				with hinged or sliding doors on both the front and rear of the refrigerator or
				freezer.
(14) Reach-in cabinet.
(a) "Reach-in cabinet" means a commercial
				refrigerator, freezer, or refrigerator-freezer with hinged or sliding doors or
				lids.
(b) "Reach-in cabinet" does
				not include a roll-in or roll-through cabinet or a pass-through
				cabinet.
(15) "Retailer"
				means a person engaged in the business of making retail sales within the
				State.
(16) "Roll-in cabinet" means
				a commercial refrigerator or freezer with hinged or sliding doors that allow
				wheeled racks of product to be rolled into the refrigerator or
				freezer.
(17) "Roll-through
				cabinet" means a commercial refrigerator or freezer with hinged or sliding
				doors that allows wheeled racks of product to be rolled through the
				refrigerator or freezer.
(18)
				"Transformer" means a device consisting essentially of two or more coils of
				insulated wire that transfers alternating current by electromagnetic induction
				from one coil to another in order to change the original voltage or current
				value.
(19) Unit Heater.
(a) "Unit heater" means a self-contained
				fan-type heater that:
(i) Is designed to be
				installed within the heated space; and
(ii) Includes an apparatus or appliance to
				supply heat and a fan for circulating air over a heat exchange surface, all
				enclosed in a common casing.
(b) "Unit heater" does not include a warm air
				furnace as defined under the Federal Energy Policy Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. §
												6311(11)(a)).
(20) "Widely available in
				Maryland" means a conforming product available in the State from three or more
				manufacturers.